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

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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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

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2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting

Tuesday, June 2 to Friday, June 5, 2026 (all day)
College of Pharmacy Building (CPB)

The UI College of Pharmacy will host the 2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting.

This long-standing collaboration between the United States and Thailand improves pharmacy education and the advancement of pharmacy practice in Thailand. It’s an opportunity for pharmacy faculty, students, practitioners, and others to share best practices and address challenges, such as curriculum differences, to improve health outcomes and strengthen international networks.

For more information: https:/...

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2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting

Wednesday, June 3 to Friday, June 5, 2026 (all day)
College of Pharmacy Building (CPB)

The UI College of Pharmacy will host the 2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting.

This long-standing collaboration between the United States and Thailand improves pharmacy education and the advancement of pharmacy practice in Thailand. It’s an opportunity for pharmacy faculty, students, practitioners, and others to share best practices and address challenges, such as curriculum differences, to improve health outcomes and strengthen international networks.

For more information: https:/...

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, June 3, 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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Blood Drive at HSSB

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 10:00am to 3:20pm
Health Care Support Services Building
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 10 am to 3:20 pm on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 at the HSSB!
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance...

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James Dixon and the “Thefts” of the U.S. Seventh Army Symphony

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

Join exhibition co-curator Sarah Suhadolnik for an online lecture as she explores James Dixon's time in the U.S. Army, where he developed both his signature fortitude and his technique for conducting opera. Please register in advance to receive the webinar link. All are welcome to attend this free event.

About the lecture:
James Dixon toured Germany with the U.S. Seventh Army Symphony in the 1950s, an experience that launched his professional career as a conductor. Learn about the fly-by-night...

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

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 2:00pm to 2:45pm
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...

Summer 2026 Office Hours

Wednesday, June 3, 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. No appointment necessary.
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2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting

Thursday, June 4 to Friday, June 5, 2026 (all day)
College of Pharmacy Building (CPB)

The UI College of Pharmacy will host the 2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting.

This long-standing collaboration between the United States and Thailand improves pharmacy education and the advancement of pharmacy practice in Thailand. It’s an opportunity for pharmacy faculty, students, practitioners, and others to share best practices and address challenges, such as curriculum differences, to improve health outcomes and strengthen international networks.

For more information: https:/...

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, June 4, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys

Manually and automatically sending surveys

Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms

Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of surveys in...

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Science Thursdays Blood Drive

Thursday, June 4, 2026 10:00am to 2:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 4th 2026 at the Atrium in MERF
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Boost Skills with LinkedIn Learning

Thursday, June 4, 2026 11:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

LinkedIn Learning is an online training library that provides access to thousands of courses. This session will discuss how to create a learning plan, how to use AI coaching and feedback, as well as certifications that can be obtained for free on the platform.

Design Your Own Copilot Agent: Custom AI for Everyday Tasks

Thursday, June 4, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Hands-on with Microsoft Copilot Agents: create, customize, and collaborate using everyday AI.
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2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting

Friday, June 5, 2026 (all day)
College of Pharmacy Building (CPB)

The UI College of Pharmacy will host the 2026 US-Thai/US-ASEAN Pharmacy Consortia Meeting.

This long-standing collaboration between the United States and Thailand improves pharmacy education and the advancement of pharmacy practice in Thailand. It’s an opportunity for pharmacy faculty, students, practitioners, and others to share best practices and address challenges, such as curriculum differences, to improve health outcomes and strengthen international networks.

For more information: https:/...

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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, June 5, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice. Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum...

Recital: Karina Glasinovic, piano

Friday, June 5, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Karina Glasinovic, piano

This concert is free and open to the public. 

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Gallery Walk + Art & Write Night

Friday, June 5, 2026 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Old Capitol Museum
A special edition Art & Write Night coincides with the Iowa City Downtown District's Summer Gallery Walk featuring "Thrift Style" exhibit at Old Capitol Museum.
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Summer 2026 Downtown Gallery Walk

Friday, June 5, 2026 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us for the 2026 Downtown Summer Gallery Walk at the Stanley Museum of Art! The museum will be open late for a special evening of art, food, and exploration.

Stop by to discover the latest student-curated exhibition, Dis/Comfort: Confronting Histories of African Art in the United States, and see Jiha Moon’s iconic mural, One An Other, one last time before it is deinstalled this summer. The mural that has become a familiar part of the museum lobby incorporates painting, drawing, collaged Hanji...

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Spectroscopy: Decoding Light from the Cosmos - presented by Philip Griffin; Graduate Student; Department of Physics and Astronomy

Friday, June 5, 2026 8:30pm to 9:00pm
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 Philip Griffin, who will share a brief overview of spectroscopy: a technique astronomers use to study how light interacts with matter to uncover the composition and properties of stars, planets, and galaxies. A public observing session at...

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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, June 5, 2026 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Van Allen Hall

Please join the University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy department as we use the Van Allen Observatory and small telescopes to tour the summer 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 Learn to Row

Saturday, June 6, 2026 8:00am to 11:00am
Beckwith Boathouse
National Learn to Row Day

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as:

Importing data from a CSV file

Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic

Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables

Sending automated, conditional email alerts

Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

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Blood Drive at Riverside Casino

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Riverside Casino
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9th 2026 from 12:00 pm to 4pm at the Riverside Casino!
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Microsoft Teams: Working with Files

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

This course will show you how to edit and share files in Teams chats, meetings, or channels. We will talk about best practices for Team file storage and organization as well as co-authoring files and how to access personal files view. We will discuss how Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive work together from a file storage perspective. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department...

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