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

GPSG Meetings Spring 2024

meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)
meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)
meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)

GPSG Events

Wholistic Wellness Week 2024

Wholistic Wellness Week Safety Training Flyer

WWW: Personal Safety Training Sessions

UCC Campus Safety Training Room
Wholistic Wellness Week Safety Training Flyer

WWW: Personal Safety Training Sessions

UCC Campus Safety Training Room
Wholistic Wellness Week: Mindfulness Meditation

WWW: Mindfulness Meditation

Zoom

Events Around Campus

Iowa Summer Writing Festival: June Workshops promotional image

Iowa Summer Writing Festival: June Workshops

Sunday, June 22 to Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (all day)
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...
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Iowa Summer Writing Festival: June Workshops

Monday, June 23 to Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (all day)
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...
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Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Monday, June 23 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...
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Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition -School of Art, Art History, and Design

Monday, June 23, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition🗓 June 2–25, 2025📍 Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building, 107 River St, Iowa City🕒 Gallery Hours: Weekdays, 8 a.m.–8 p.m.🎉 Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 5–7 p.m.🎨 RITUAL Workshop: Friday, May 30, VAB E318 (Details below)🆓 Free & open to the publicSoft Hold brings together photographs from Signal by riel Sturchio and before the last lilac blooms by Bianca and riel Sturchio — two series grounded in care, connection, and the act of witnessing.Signal honors...
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Kevin Smith, "To Practice Is to Blossom"

Monday, June 23, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Gilmore Hall
We want our first draft to be amazing. Sometimes, our first draft isn’t amazing. But rather than experience this as disheartening, we can turn to what musicians and athletes know in their bones: to accomplish our goal, there must be hundreds, even thousands of hours of practice. Whether it’s running laps, playing scales, or penciling a sketch before committing a vision to paint, our creative endeavors flourish through an appreciation for practice. Practice is a kind of blossoming, an...
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Topics in Human Genetics

Monday, June 23, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building
The course is open to individuals wishing to learn more about current topics in Human Genetics who meet the following criteria; individuals must have completed a course in genetics and are currently in a genetics lab, or have past genetics research experience. Genetics educators are also welcome to attend the course.The objective of the course is to provide persons familiar with genetics a broad overview of gene identification, molecular genetics, complex disease, next generation sequencing...
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Iowa Summer Writing Festival: June Workshops

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (all day)
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival is back on campus at the University of Iowa this June and July, offering 70 weekend and weeklong workshops led by 45 acclaimed instructors.Since 1987, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival has welcomed to The University of Iowa writers from 18 to 98 years of age, from all 50 states, and from every continent. Most come to the workshop table from other areas of expertise, other lives — including the armed forces, business, diplomacy, education, farming, homemaking...
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Tuesday, June 24 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...
Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition -School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition -School of Art, Art History, and Design

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition🗓 June 2–25, 2025📍 Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building, 107 River St, Iowa City🕒 Gallery Hours: Weekdays, 8 a.m.–8 p.m.🎉 Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 5–7 p.m.🎨 RITUAL Workshop: Friday, May 30, VAB E318 (Details below)🆓 Free & open to the publicSoft Hold brings together photographs from Signal by riel Sturchio and before the last lilac blooms by Bianca and riel Sturchio — two series grounded in care, connection, and the act of witnessing.Signal honors...
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Microsoft Teams: Meetings

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 10:00am to 10:45am
Virtual
This course is designed for users who would like to gain a better understanding about one of the key collaboration tools within Microsoft Teams — meetings. We will cover scheduling a meeting, as well as how to use the controls and features available during the meeting, such as breakout rooms. After the meeting is over, we will teach you how to access recordings, in-meeting chat, notes, and files. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To...
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Final Exam — Enhancing Software-Based Soft Error Resilience in High-Performance Computing Systems through Cross-Layer Optimization and Performance Variation Analysis

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 10:00am
Virtual
PhD Candidate: Zhengyang HeAbstractThis dissertation addresses soft error resilience challenges in high-performance computing systems by analyzing performance variations in software-based detection techniques. It proposes cross-layer optimizations that bridge protection gaps between compiler and assembly levels, significantly improving fault coverage while maintaining low performance overhead.Advisor: Guanpeng LiPlease contact Zhengyang you wish to attend.
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Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators (June 2025)

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.Register here. The RDO will send a Zoom link and calendar invitation upon registration.
Kat O’Brien, "Finding the Funny: Chicago Comedy Scene Wisdom for Writers of All Genres" promotional image

Kat O’Brien, "Finding the Funny: Chicago Comedy Scene Wisdom for Writers of All Genres"

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Gilmore Hall
Whether you’re writing for page, stage, or screen, understanding how to “find the funny” can sharpen your storytelling vision and voice for writing in all formats and genres. Drawing from her years in Chicago’s legendary comedy scene — as a performer, producer, and writing professor — comedy writer Kat O’Brien shares tools from the trade that every writer can use in their work. This talk explores how finding levity and executing a “comedy punch-up” isn’t just about punchlines — it’s about...
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Intro to Mindfulness Workshop for Students

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 12:00pm to 1:15pm
Virtual
Intro to Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students and other young adults. The workshop will run Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 from Noon to 1:15 p.m. on Zoom. To register or learn more information, please go to the link on our website.

Jazz Camp Faculty Combo Recital

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 7:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Jazz Camp Faculty Combo RecitalThis concert is free and open to the public.
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Wednesday, June 25 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...
Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition -School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition -School of Art, Art History, and Design

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Soft Hold - Photo Exhibition🗓 June 2–25, 2025📍 Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building, 107 River St, Iowa City🕒 Gallery Hours: Weekdays, 8 a.m.–8 p.m.🎉 Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 5–7 p.m.🎨 RITUAL Workshop: Friday, May 30, VAB E318 (Details below)🆓 Free & open to the publicSoft Hold brings together photographs from Signal by riel Sturchio and before the last lilac blooms by Bianca and riel Sturchio — two series grounded in care, connection, and the act of witnessing.Signal honors...
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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 10:00am to 10:45am
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...
Eric Goodman, "Reviving the Dead: Creating Vivid Characters in Historical Fiction and Memoir" promotional image

Eric Goodman, "Reviving the Dead: Creating Vivid Characters in Historical Fiction and Memoir"

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Gilmore Hall
Creating characters that pulse on the page presents special problems for writers of historical fiction and memoir. Not only are they trying to breathe life into nouns, verbs, and maybe a few adjectives, they are attempting to reanimate characters who may have lived and died 50 or even 150 years ago. In this lecture, we'll discuss different sorts of research as well as specialized writerly tricks to reanimate the dead. In addition to Eric's experience, this lecture will reference the work of...

IRB Efficiency Initiative Information Session

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative.

IRB/HSO Office Hours Summer 2025

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
First come, first served.; computers are available. HSO Staff will be available to:Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an...

Flute, Trumpet, and Organ Camps Faculty Recital

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 7:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Flute, Trumpet, and Organ Camps Faculty RecitalThis concert is free and open to the public.
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Thursday, June 26 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, June 26, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Register by clicking the virtual event link...
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