The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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Events Around Campus

The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition promotional image

The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition

Sunday, May 3 to Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (all day)
North Hall

The Last Rodeo

Featuring a collection of work by:

Poojana Prasanna, Louisa Eastley, Paige Wilkinson, Clara Reynen, Harper Folsom

The University of Iowa Center for the Book

Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Please join us for a celebratory reception! Friday, May 8 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with remarks at 5:15 p.m.

K. K. Merker Gallery Ground Floor of North Hall – 20 West Davenport St.

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Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Sunday, May 3, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Click here for program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Honors Recital: Nate Hammond, Saxophone

Sunday, May 3, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Honors Recital: Nate Hammond, Saxophone

Nate Hammond - Saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse - Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Iowa New Play Festival

Monday, May 4 to Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition promotional image

The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition

Monday, May 4 to Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (all day)
North Hall

The Last Rodeo

Featuring a collection of work by:

Poojana Prasanna, Louisa Eastley, Paige Wilkinson, Clara Reynen, Harper Folsom

The University of Iowa Center for the Book

Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Please join us for a celebratory reception! Friday, May 8 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with remarks at 5:15 p.m.

K. K. Merker Gallery Ground Floor of North Hall – 20 West Davenport St.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Xiao Lin

Monday, May 4, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Xiao Lin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

College of Public Health Undergraduate Student Experiential Learning Poster Fair promotional image

College of Public Health Undergraduate Student Experiential Learning Poster Fair

Monday, May 4, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
College of Public Health Building
College of Public Health Undergraduate Experiential Learning Fair
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Tony and Leo

Monday, May 4, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
By MD Frank
Directed by Søren Olsen
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series
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Honors Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026 2:30pm
Eckstein Medical Research Building

Celebrate Seniors graduating with Honors in Microbiology and Immunology.

Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar - Aditya Venkatesh; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Monday, May 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar
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The Milk Miracle

Monday, May 4, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
By Poonam Dhir
Directed by Caroline S. Clay
Part of Iowa New Play Festival

Recital: Danyun Zhao, piano

Monday, May 4, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Danyun Zhao, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Star Wars Trivia

Monday, May 4, 2026 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

May the 4th be with you! Join us for Star Wars trivia on May 4th starting at 7pm and running until prizes run out in the Hawkeye Room at the IMU! Try your luck at winning some super cool Star Wars themed prizes!

*Disclaimer: The Campus Activities Board is not affiliated with any fictional characters or movies mentioned and do not profit from their name or likeness.

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Music, International Business & Entrepreneurship - The Business of Music with Stefon Harris promotional image

Music, International Business & Entrepreneurship - The Business of Music with Stefon Harris

Monday, May 4, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Fireside chat with Grammy-nominated jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harries. Enjoy pizza and engage in discussion on the business of music.

Recital: Nuo Chen, piano

Monday, May 4, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Recital: Nuo Chen, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Symphony Band

Monday, May 4, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Symphony Band

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Molly Owen, voice

Monday, May 4, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Molly Owen, voice

Molly Owen - Soprano
Jason Sifford - Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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The Milk Miracle

Monday, May 4, 2026 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Theatre Building
By Poonam Dhir
Directed by Caroline S. Clay
Part of Iowa New Play Festival
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Iowa New Play Festival

Tuesday, May 5 to Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition promotional image

The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition

Tuesday, May 5 to Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (all day)
North Hall

The Last Rodeo

Featuring a collection of work by:

Poojana Prasanna, Louisa Eastley, Paige Wilkinson, Clara Reynen, Harper Folsom

The University of Iowa Center for the Book

Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Please join us for a celebratory reception! Friday, May 8 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with remarks at 5:15 p.m.

K. K. Merker Gallery Ground Floor of North Hall – 20 West Davenport St.

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:

• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating and...

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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 10:00am to 10:45am
Virtual

This course is designed for anyone who creates a team or has been given the team owner role in an existing team. Team owners have access to settings and capabilities that members do not see. This training will discuss how best to create a team, choose settings based upon your needs, and manage the team throughout its existence. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team...

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Guest Roundtable | The Milk Miracle

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Theatre Building
A roundtable discussion of the Iowa New Play Festival production The Milk Miracle by Poonam Dhir directed by Ann Kreitman.
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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: CANCELED

Jan. 27: Lori Wallrath, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Feb. 3...

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