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

Follow us on Instagram (uiowagpsg) for the latest updates!

Events Around Campus

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LNACC in Action Week

Monday, March 2 to Friday, March 6, 2026 (all day)
Latino Native American Cultural Center
LNACC in Action Week
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Earthmind Workshop

Monday, March 2, 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.

UI Jazz Combo Showcase

Monday, March 2, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

UI Jazz Combo Showcase

Click here for program.

Join the UI Jazz Studies area for an evening of exceptional student musicianship at the UI Jazz Combo Showcase, featuring the Black Combo under the direction of Dr. Michael D'Angelo, alongside the Gold Combo and Hawk Combo, directed by Professor Curtis Taylor. Each group will perform a diverse repertoire spanning classic standards to contemporary compositions

This concert is free and open to the public.

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LNACC in Action Week

Tuesday, March 3 to Friday, March 6, 2026 (all day)
Latino Native American Cultural Center
LNACC in Action Week
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Note Depot: ICON User Group

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

This user group is a chance for faculty to share and discuss ideas about using Note Depot in their courses. Note Depot is a centralized note sharing platform in ICON. Developed at the University of Iowa, this tool can simplify access to note-taking resources and support students with the class notes accommodation.

Register for the event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research...

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, March 3, 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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College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Kristina Thiel, PhD

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Kristina Thiel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

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Accessibility Focus: Document Headings and Structure

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 12:00pm to 12:45pm
Virtual
Headings and structure are core concepts in digital accessibility. Join us to learn some practices for managing headings and structure in your documents.
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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, March 3, 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...

Operator Theory Seminar - Juan Felipe Aria Mejia; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa promotional image

Operator Theory Seminar - Juan Felipe Aria Mejia; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
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Mathematical Physics Seminar - Zane Ozzello; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 2:30pm to 3:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Mathematical Physics Seminar

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Guest Speaker: Dr. Stephani Sutherland, PhD

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 4:00pm
General Hospital

The Neuroscience Graduate Program is pleased to welcome Stephani Sutherland, PhD, a neuroscientist and science communication professional, for a guest seminar focused on careers in science communication.

Dr. Sutherland will begin with an overview of career paths in science communication, drawing on her own wide-ranging professional journey. Trained as a neuroscientist, she has built a multifaceted career as a science communicator, writer, journalist, and educator, translating complex research for...

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work Info Session

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about earning a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work degree.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/96938044127

Contact our Admissions Office directly with any questions or requests.

ssw-admissions@uiowa.edu

319-335-1250

Burge Market Place Nutrition Tour: Building a Balanced Plate promotional image

Burge Market Place Nutrition Tour: Building a Balanced Plate

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Burge Hall
Looking to learn about Iowa's dining options from a nutrition professional? Sign up for a Market Place Tour with a UHD Registered Dietitian!
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Intuitive Eating Workshop for Students

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center

Intuitive Eating is an approach that teaches you how to create a healthy relationship with your food, mind, and body. It is based on 10 basic principles that invite you to a world of satisfying eating and a sense of freedom from dieting.

The four-week workshop is free for students and will provide education, activities, practice, and support to improve your food and body image awareness.

Register for the summer workshop by visiting our website.

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UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Tavern Blue
Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session

Faculty Chamber Recital: Piano Sextets

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty Chamber Recital: Piano Sextets

Click here for program.

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

This concert is free and open to the public. 

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LNACC in Action Week

Wednesday, March 4 to Friday, March 6, 2026 (all day)
Latino Native American Cultural Center
LNACC in Action Week
Pain Interest Group Seminar - Stephani Sutherland, PhD promotional image

Pain Interest Group Seminar - Stephani Sutherland, PhD

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Science communication in pain research and society

Stephani Sutherland, PhD
Science Writer
Communications Director
Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) Consortium
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

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Study Hall

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• Outputting data automatically with calculated fields
• Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection
• Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts
• And more

T...

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CSD Professional Seminar Series

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

Title: "Neural Encoding of Complex Acoustic Cues: Implications for Spatial Hearing"

Speaker: Aditi Gargeshwari, Ph.D.

Understanding speech and locating sound sources are fundamental to everyday communication, yet these abilities are often profoundly disrupted in individuals with hearing loss, even when sounds are made audible through amplification or cochlear implants. In this talk, I examine how temporal fine structure (TFS) and envelope (ENV) cues support sound localization, and how limitations...

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research.
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