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

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Tuesday, April 7 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Call for Nominations: 2026 UI Family Spirit Award promotional image

Call for Nominations: 2026 UI Family Spirit Award

Tuesday, April 7 to Thursday, April 9, 2026 (all day)
Virtual
Calling all Hawkeyes! It’s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2026 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award.
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UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Tavern Blue
Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session
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Reluctant Leadership/Management for Mid-Career Librarians

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Virtual

Kellee E. Warren is Associate Professor and Special Collections Librarian for University of Illinois Chicago, where her current research is on teaching with Chicago design collections and Black representation in nineteenth century children’s literature in the U.S.. In this presentation, she will facilitate a candid discussion on the benefits and challenges of advancement into management and leadership for both early and mid-career librarians. While some early career librarians have the curiosity...

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Grinnell promotional image

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Grinnell

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:00pm
Grinnell College HSSC A22321 Auditorium
Join University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist adjunct research associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, William Green, for a book discussion and meet the author event for his new title, This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map. This event is organized by the Center for Prairie Studies, contact grahamj@grinnell.edu if you have questions.

Jonathan Allen, Trombone Faculty Recital

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Jonathan Allen, Trombone Faculty Recital

Click here for program.

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive promotional image

CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive

Wednesday, April 8 to Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
CLAS Staff Council
CLAS Staff Council DVIP Donation Drive
Call for Nominations: 2026 UI Family Spirit Award promotional image

Call for Nominations: 2026 UI Family Spirit Award

Wednesday, April 8 to Thursday, April 9, 2026 (all day)
Virtual
Calling all Hawkeyes! It’s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2026 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award.
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Early Spring Bird Banding II

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 7:30am to 9:30am
Macbride Nature Recreation Area - Falcon Shelter
Early Spring Bird Banding
Pain Interest Group Seminar - Christine Goertz, DC, PhD promotional image

Pain Interest Group Seminar - Christine Goertz, DC, PhD

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

In Search of the Holy Grail for Low Back Pain. Or Anything that Works at All.

Christine Goertz, DC, PhD
Professor, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Vice Chair, Implementation of Spine Health Innovations, Duke University
CEO, Spine Institute for Quality
Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa

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Study Hall

Wednesday, April 8, 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.

Design Your Own Copilot Agent: Custom AI for Everyday Tasks

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Hands-on with Microsoft Copilot Agents: create, customize, and collaborate using everyday AI.

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, April 8, 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...

13th Annual Fulbright Week - New Grants and Countries Available! promotional image

13th Annual Fulbright Week - New Grants and Countries Available!

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Would you like to teach English, study, or do research abroad for an academic year at no cost? Join International Programs for a week of virtual workshops and information sessions to kick off the 2027-2028 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition!
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Departmental Brown Bag: Woo-Tek Lee

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.

Woo-Tek Lee is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Woo-Tek is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the Jiang Lab.

Title and abstract to come

What is Write-On? Journal Informational Event

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 12:40pm to 1:40pm
Boyd Law Building

Join us to learn about the application process for Journal from editors on the four journals! Anyone interested in applying to be on a journal next year should attend. This is the second and final informational meeting about Journal. Lunch Provided!

Ag-Gag Laws and the Limits of Agricultural Oversight

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building

Join Environmental Law Society for a conversation with Professor Barbas about "ag-gag" laws that inhibit investigation and journalism into the agriculture industry. Lunch will be provided.

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Graduate & Professional Student Ice Cream Sundae Bar

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Eckstein Medical Research Building

The Graduate College has joined the Graduate Student Senate and the Graduate & Professional Student Government to encourage a weeklong celebration of our graduate students from April 6-10, 2026. Learn more about the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.

Take a sweet study break and build your own sundae at our Ice Cream Sundae Bar! Join us for an afternoon of treats, toppings, and time to connect with fellow graduate and professional students. Whether you’re in need of a midweek...

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, April 8, 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.
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Utsav Mukherjee promotional image

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Utsav Mukherjee

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 2:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Utsav Mukherjee is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been conducted in Dr. Ted Abel'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.

Biology Master's Thesis Seminar: "The Role of ATP in Pathological and Physiological Aggregation" promotional image

Biology Master's Thesis Seminar: "The Role of ATP in Pathological and Physiological Aggregation"

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 3:00pm
Biology Building East
Maisie Laughlin, a Master's candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her thesis on Wednesday, April 8, at 3:00pm in Room 106, Biology Building East (BBE).
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Iowa softball vs. Iowa State

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 5:00pm
Pearl Softball Field
The Iowa softball team hosts Iowa State.
Application Deadline: Obermann Working Groups (2026–29) promotional image

Application Deadline: Obermann Working Groups (2026–29)

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 5:00pm
111 Church Street

Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups led by faculty that may include advanced graduate students, staff members, and community members with a shared intellectual interest.

Groups have used this opportunity to share their work in progress or draw up a set of readings they want to undertake and discuss. Others have organized conferences, applied for grants together, written articles together, designed new courses, taken field trips, organized...

Sioux City MSW Info Session

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
To learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Sioux City.
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