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)
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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FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship

Saturday, February 28, 2026 (all day)
Xtream Arena
72 student teams compete their robots in the FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship
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VOCES8

Saturday, February 28, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
A spectacular vocal ensemble shares their talents — with UI students and with the audience
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Love Pentagram

Saturday, February 28, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building

By MK Shultz

Part of Theatre Arts' Workshop Series

A queer campus center, aka The Quark. A handful of sapphics. A bunch of them have kissed. Their fate is uncertain.

Tickets:
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.

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CAB's Annual Casino Night

Saturday, February 28, 2026 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

It's that time of year again! CAB's Casino Night is officially 1 month out. Join us Feb. 28 from 8 to 11 p.m. in the IMU Main Lounge to play all sorts of fun games like Blackjack, Poker, BINGO, Craps, and more! Play with tokens and win tickets to enter and potentially win some amazing prizes!♥️♠️♦️♣️Registration of a student organization does not imply University of Iowa endorsement of its views, activities, or content.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in a student...

Jessup Competition Oral Arguments, Second Round

Sunday, March 1, 2026 8:00am to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Appellate Advocacy II: Jessup Competition Oral Arguments, Second Round

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Piano Sundays at Old Capitol: Ksenia Nosikova and Studio

Sunday, March 1, 2026 1:30pm
Old Capitol Museum

Piano Sundays at Old Capitol

This event will feature Ksenia Nosikova and Studio.

Upcoming Piano Sundays at Old Capitol:
May 3, 2026 | Alan Huckleberry and Studio

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Ava Chopskie, percussion

Sunday, March 1, 2026 1:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Ava Chopskie, percussion

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Shaun Everson, percussion
Drew Hansen, percussion
Peyton Flynn, percussion
Ashley Hatland, percussion
Marcus Truong, percussion

This performance can be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Love Pentagram

Sunday, March 1, 2026 2:00pm
Theatre Building

By MK Shultz

Part of Theatre Arts' Workshop Series

A queer campus center, aka The Quark. A handful of sapphics. A bunch of them have kissed. Their fate is uncertain.

Tickets:
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.

Longing: Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano and Amanda Arrington, piano

Sunday, March 1, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty & Guest Artist Recital: Longing

Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano and Amanda Arrington, piano

This event can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Composers Workshop III

Sunday, March 1, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

The Center for New Music will premiere new works by University of Iowa student composers.

Click here for program.

Event can be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate one part of the full range of creative work happening at the...

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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

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Michele Belot

Monday, March 2, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Michele Belot is the Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and a Professor of Economics at Cornell University.

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AI in Medicine: Legal and Ethical Issues

Monday, March 2, 2026 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building

The Alan Ross Hawley Distinguished Visitorship and Lecture Series welcomes Professor Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law to present "AI in Medicine: Legal and Ethical Issues."

Professor Cohen is the Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and serves as the Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and the law, as well as health law. He...

A Conversation with Judge Martha Pacold of the U.S. District Court for the N.D. of IL

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

Join the Iowa student chapter of the Federalist Society for a conversation with the Honorable Martha Pacold of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Solicitor General Eric Wessan. Judge Pacold clerked for two federal appellate courts before clerking for the Supreme Court, and previously served as a Deputy General Counsel of the US Dept. of Treasury. Lunch is provided.

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Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism - Chelsea Howland, PhD, RN

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

Chelsea Howland, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing will be giving a presentation titled, "Mind-body physical activity intervention among rural older adults with type 2 diabetes".

Introduction to ChatGPT Edu: Key Features and Best Practices

Monday, March 2, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
An introductory training to ChatGPT Edu
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Engaging Across Cultures: Employment

Monday, March 2, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
This session will help guide graduate and professional students to map out their career path after graduation. Facilitators will help tackle some concerns international graduate students might have regarding employment in the United States. Facilitators will assist participants to discover potential career interests and prepare for future employment.
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Application Deadline: Obermann-Humanities Without Walls Graduate Student Summer Internships

Monday, March 2, 2026 5:00pm
111 Church Street

The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies invites UI graduate students in humanities and humanities-adjacent programs to apply for paid summer internships with Iowa City nonprofit organizations Public Space One, Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County, and the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. Six positions are available (two at each site).

This eight-week summer program will give UI graduate students the chance to gain hands-on professional experience outside the classroom while...

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Playwrights Workshop Reading: Steps for the Uninspired

Monday, March 2, 2026 5:30pm
Theatre Building

By Cianon Jones

Maybe it's a Mouse going through this world?

Please be advised this play contains depictions different forms of death and dying, discussions about depression and suicide.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

UI Jazz Combo Showcase

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

UI Jazz Combo Showcase

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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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