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

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Iowa New Play Festival

Tuesday, May 5 to Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
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The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition

Tuesday, May 5 to Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (all day)
North Hall

The Last Rodeo

Featuring a collection of work by:

Poojana Prasanna, Louisa Eastley, Paige Wilkinson, Clara Reynen, Harper Folsom

The University of Iowa Center for the Book

Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Please join us for a celebratory reception! Friday, May 8 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with remarks at 5:15 p.m.

K. K. Merker Gallery Ground Floor of North Hall – 20 West Davenport St.

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The Year Between

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Theatre Building
Written and directed by Randy Jackson-Alvarenga
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series
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UI Monthly Jazz Jam with special guest Stefon Harris

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Tavern Blue
Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session with special guest Stefon Harris
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5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 4: Structure

Click here for program.

Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the fourth presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.

Tyler Hagy, conductor
City High Concert Choir

This concert is free and open to the...

Joint Chamber Recital: Dolce and Moonlight Brass Quintets

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Joint Chamber Recital: Dolce and Moonlight Brass Quintets

Natalie Roth, trumpet
Emily Bach, trumpet
Brad Balster, euphonium
Elliot Baughman, trombone
Bryson Kinnan, tubaTyler Cook, trumpet
Ashton Heim, trumpet
Charlie Muehlberger, horn
Kaleb Sutcliffe, trombone
Elly Kern, tuba

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled

Iowa Trombone Choir

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Iowa Trombone Choir

Click here for program.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Iowa New Play Festival

Wednesday, May 6 to Friday, May 8, 2026 (all day)
Theatre Building
We are thrilled to present our annual Iowa New Play Festival in the Theatre Building featuring full productions written by MFA playwrights. Plus, there are readings daily from new, full plays written by MFA and undergraduate playwrights.
The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition promotional image

The Last Rodeo — A UICB MFA Group Exhibition

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 (all day)
North Hall

The Last Rodeo

Featuring a collection of work by:

Poojana Prasanna, Louisa Eastley, Paige Wilkinson, Clara Reynen, Harper Folsom

The University of Iowa Center for the Book

Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Please join us for a celebratory reception! Friday, May 8 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. with remarks at 5:15 p.m.

K. K. Merker Gallery Ground Floor of North Hall – 20 West Davenport St.

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Mid-Spring Bird Banding

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 7:30am to 9:30am
Macbride Nature Recreation Area - Falcon Shelter
Early Spring Bird Banding
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Study Hall

Wednesday, May 6, 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, May 6, 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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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, May 6, 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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College of Pharmacy PSET Thesis Seminar: Rachel Crawford

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 12:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy will host a thesis seminar presented by Human Toxicology PhD Candidate Rachel Crawford.

Thesis Title: "Monoamine Oxidase in Heart Disease: A Link Between Sympathetic Tone, Oxidative Stress, and Cardiac Dysfunction."

All are welcome to attend.

POSTPONED Iowa Law Virtual Panel: “Diverse Career Paths in Law”

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Boyd Law Building

This event is postponed - please keep an eye out for future Iowa Law alumni events.

Virtual Panel: “Diverse Career Paths in Law”

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Noon-1 p.m.

Zoom event (Join here)

Diverse Career Paths in Law is a virtual panel for recent Iowa Law graduates exploring the many ways a law degree can shape a career. Alumni panelists from a range of practice areas and professional settings—traditional and nontraditional—will share how they found their paths, made pivots, and built fulfilling...

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Lucia

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Theatre Building
By Emily Kaufman-Bell
Directed by Kayla Adams
Part of Iowa New Play Festival – Reading Series

Introduction to ChatGPT Edu: Key Features and Best Practices

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
An introductory training to ChatGPT Edu

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, May 6, 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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Microsoft Loop: Get Started with Loop

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 2:00pm to 2:45pm
Virtual

Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. This training will introduce you to Loop workspaces, which can be used as a notetaking tool or to manage projects. Additionally, we will discuss how you can integrate a Loop workspace into a team in Microsoft Teams. While this is a Microsoft Loop training, it is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before attending this session.

Recital: Chaosupei Gao, Flute

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA I Recital: Chaosupei Gao, Flute

Chaosupei Gao, Flute
Mariya Akhadjanova, piano

This event is free and open to the public.

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Conflict and Resolution — An Obermann Wide Lens Event

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

In a world shaped by tension, disagreement, and change, conflict surrounds us, from moments of personal friction to struggles within communities and across nations. It surfaces in our institutions, our relationships, and the stories we tell about ourselves and others. How do conflicts take shape and persist? How are they influenced by power, perspective, and history? Can conflict be generative? What forms might resolution take? How do we begin that process?

This Wide Lens event brings together...

Graduate Song Performance: Song Cycles

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 4:00pm
Voxman Music Building

An Afternoon of Song Cycles

Paul Cort, Adam Griffiths, Wendi Griffiths, Sarah Hachtman, Jack Power and Dr. Minji Kwon

This performance is free and open to the public.

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Harmony Cloud: Reimagining Music Education Through Listening, Technology, and Creative Play with Stefon Harris

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Stefon Harris introduces Harmony Cloud, an innovative digital platform designed to transform how musicians learn harmony, improvisation, and deep listening.

Blending decades of musical insight with cutting-edge technology, Harmony Cloud encourages musicians to move beyond rote theory toward an intuitive, embodied understanding of musical language. Harris will demonstrate how the platform works and discuss the broader implications of technology-enabled learning in the arts. Appropriate for...

Honors Recital: Emily Davisdon, saxophone

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Honors Recital: Emily Davisdon, saxophone

This concert is free and open to the public.

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