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

Tickets open on March 1, 2026

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Events Around Campus

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National Trumpet Competition

Friday, March 20, 2026 9:00am to 9:00pm
Voxman Music Building
The UI School of Music is hosting the National Trumpet Competition in 2026!
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Astronomy Public Talk - John Momberg; Graduate Student; Department of Physics and Astronomy

Friday, March 20, 2026 7:30pm to 8:00pm
Van Allen Hall

Please join us for the Astronomy Public Talk series, where we host short, accessible talks on a wide range of astronomy and physics-related topics—free and open to the public! This event will feature a presentation by UI Physics and Astronomy graduate student John Momberg, who will explore how astronomers have historically used variable stars—particularly Cepheids—to measure cosmic distances and ultimately determine the size and scale of the universe.

A public observing session at the Van Allen...

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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, March 20, 2026 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Van Allen Hall

Please join the University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Department as we use the Van Allen Observatory and small telescopes to tour the spring sky. To attend this Astronomy observation session, follow the signs in Van Allen Hall to the east elevator to reach the roof.

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National Trumpet Competition

Saturday, March 21, 2026 9:00am to 9:00pm
Voxman Music Building
The UI School of Music is hosting the National Trumpet Competition in 2026!
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Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop)

Saturday, March 21, 2026 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Land Alliance Farm, Fold School, & Retreat Center

Learn the art of Yorùbá batik in this 2-day workshop led by multidisciplinary artist Peju Layiwola. Participants will create their own templates and stamped T-shirts.

Participants must be at least 15 years old and register in advance for the workshop.

Registration deadline is March 20, 2026. T-shirts will be ordered in advance for all participants: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/wax-resist-dye-workshop/3138629

Please note that workshop will not be held at the museum, it will take place at the L...

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Iowa softball vs. Minnesota

Saturday, March 21, 2026 1:00pm
Pearl Softball Field
The Iowa softball team hosts Minnesota.
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DeGowin Blood Center Blood Drive

Sunday, March 22, 2026 9:00am to 1:00pm
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday March 22, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, in their basement
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National Trumpet Competition

Sunday, March 22, 2026 9:00am to 9:00pm
Voxman Music Building
The UI School of Music is hosting the National Trumpet Competition in 2026!
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Iowa softball vs. Minnesota

Sunday, March 22, 2026 12:00pm
Pearl Softball Field
The Iowa softball team hosts Minnesota.
Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop) promotional image

Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop)

Sunday, March 22, 2026 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Land Alliance Farm, Fold School, & Retreat Center

Learn the art of Yorùbá batik in this 2-day workshop led by multidisciplinary artist Peju Layiwola. Participants will create their own templates and stamped T-shirts.

Participants must be at least 15 years old and register in advance for the workshop.

Registration deadline is March 20, 2026. T-shirts will be ordered in advance for all participants: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/wax-resist-dye-workshop/3138629

Please note that workshop will not be held at the museum, it will take place at the L...

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Fort Madison and the War of 1812 with State Archaeologist John Doershuk

Sunday, March 22, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Fort Madison Riverfront Pavilion
Join us for a presentation that explores Iowa’s only documented War of 1812 site. This talk will feature research and findings from the Office of the State Archaeologist.
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Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

Sunday, March 22, 2026 2:30pm to 4:15pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome.

Write at the Stanley meets every fourth...

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Pride Week

Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Pride Alliance Center
Pride Week

Clarence Tow Seminar in Economics: Ted O'Donoghue

Monday, March 23, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Ted O'Donoghue is the Zubrow Professor of Economics at Cornell University.

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, March 23, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Neuroscience presentations (virtual) hosted by Big Ten Academic Alliance members
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Clinical Science Rounds: Teresa Treat

Monday, March 23, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Dr. Treat (Professor) is the PI of the Clinical-Cognitive Science Lab here at the University of Iowa. Her lab leverages the theoretical, measurement, and computational models of contemporary cognitive science to investigate the role of cognitive processing in the development, maintenance, and modification of numerous clinical problems.

Pursuing a Career in International Law

Monday, March 23, 2026 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Join us for an energizing career chat with Taylor Kilpatrick, Senior Programs Manager at the American Society of International Law (ASIL). Get an insider look at the international law landscape—what career paths actually look like, how people land them, and the practical steps law students can take now to break in.

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - Katie Robinson, MD, PhD  promotional image

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Seminar - Katie Robinson, MD, PhD

Monday, March 23, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Please join us on Monday, March 23rd at 1:00 PM in 1289 CBRB (Kelch) where Katie Robinson, MD, PhD will be giving a talk titled, "Enhancing MACE Risk Prediction with Estimated Visceral Adiposity using Machine Learning".

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Hannah Stutt promotional image

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Hannah Stutt

Monday, March 23, 2026 2:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Hannah Stutt is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Dr. Nandakumar Narayanan's laboratory.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar - Marianne Moore; Department of Physics, MIT promotional image

Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar - Marianne Moore; Department of Physics, MIT

Monday, March 23, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar
Biology Seminar: "From friend to foe: how inaccurate homologous recombination leads to genome rearrangements" promotional image

Biology Seminar: "From friend to foe: how inaccurate homologous recombination leads to genome rearrangements"

Monday, March 23, 2026 4:00pm
Biology Building East
Diedre Reitz, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at UC Davis, will be giving a seminar on Monday, March 23, at 4:00pm in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE).
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Earthmind Workshop

Monday, March 23, 2026 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Earthmind is…

Provided in a collaboration with Backyard Abundance, a local nonprofit organization

Taught in four, 75-minute classes

Taught in small groups

Registration required. Space is limited; please only sign up if you can attend all four classes.

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Film Screening at FilmScene

Monday, March 23, 2026 7:00pm to 9:00pm
FilmScene

The Stanley presents a double feature screening in collaboration with FilmScene. Head over to The Chauncey to watch back-to-back screenings of A Dessert for Constance and Towards Tenderness, both films touch on the subject of masculinity and the lives of African immigrants in France.

Reserve your tickets here. Evening screening is Pay What You Can.

This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26...

Guest Artist Masterclass: Kenneth Thompkins, trombone

Monday, March 23, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Artist Masterclass: Kenneth Thompkins, trombone

This event is free and open to the public. 

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