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

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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, July 11, 2025 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Van Allen Hall
Please join the University of Iowa Physics & 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 or visit the southeast lawn.
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5th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory

Saturday, July 12, 2025 9:00am to 11:00am
Ashton Cross Country Course
What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out! Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 5th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History...
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5th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory

Saturday, July 12, 2025 9:00am to 11:00am
Ashton Cross Country Course
What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out! Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 5th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History...
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Stanley Creates | Chihuly-Inspired Suncatchers

Saturday, July 12, 2025 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Create dazzling suncatchers to capture the summer sun inspired by Dale Chihuly's brightly colored, organically shaped glass sculptures.Spots are limited, register here: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/stanley-creates-chihuly-inspired-suncatchers/3105243Stanley Creates is a free, family-friendly event offered twice a semester at the Stanley Museum of Art. It provides an opportunity for families to experience the museum together through an art-making activity that takes inspiration from the...
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Iowa Summer Writing Festival: July Workshops

Sunday, July 13 to Tuesday, July 22, 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: July Workshops

Monday, July 14 to Tuesday, July 22, 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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100-Word Microstory Contest

Monday, July 14 to Friday, July 25, 2025 (all day)
Virtual
Our 100-Word Microstory Contest is a free online writing competition for a variety of age groups. Writing prompts here on Monday, July 14, 2025, at 9 a.m. CDT.You don’t have to be an Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad—or even have participated in a writing contest before—to join in the fun. Just create a story in 100 words or less that uses one of two specific writing prompts.The age categories are:· Grades 3 & 4· Grades 5 & 6· Grades 7 & 8· Grades 9–12· Adult (University of Iowa Alumni)· Adult (Friend...

AI Prompting (Beginner): Crafting the Basics

Monday, July 14, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Unlock the full potential of generative artificial intelligence tools by learning the art of effective prompting in this foundational training session. Participants will learn key principles of crafting clear, concise and contextually relevant prompts to get the best responses from an AI tool. This session will cover basic best practices for a beginner level of knowledge in prompting, including administrative tasks, academic support and research help, while also identifying common pitfalls and...

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, July 14, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
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Diana Goetsch, "'Emotional Truth' or Making Shit Up? How Far Should 'Creative' Nonfiction Go?"

Monday, July 14, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Gilmore Hall
The proliferation of Creative Nonfiction departments came with a campaign for a new and distinct genre. Since “truth” is relative (the argument often went) and memory is unreliable, why not mix fictive techniques with fact and experience to better “shape” nonfiction narratives? OK, but what becomes of our contract with the reader when we embellish or omit key elements of what we know, or invent what we don’t? How far is too far? What’s creativity, and what is making shit up? This talk, rife with...
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Topics in Human Genetics

Monday, July 14, 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: July Workshops

Tuesday, July 15 to Tuesday, July 22, 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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100-Word Microstory Contest

Tuesday, July 15 to Friday, July 25, 2025 (all day)
Virtual
Our 100-Word Microstory Contest is a free online writing competition for a variety of age groups. Writing prompts here on Monday, July 14, 2025, at 9 a.m. CDT.You don’t have to be an Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad—or even have participated in a writing contest before—to join in the fun. Just create a story in 100 words or less that uses one of two specific writing prompts.The age categories are:· Grades 3 & 4· Grades 5 & 6· Grades 7 & 8· Grades 9–12· Adult (University of Iowa Alumni)· Adult (Friend...

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 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...
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Katie Runde, "How to Navigate the Agent Querying Process"

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Gilmore Hall
The process of finding a literary agent is both a simple and straightforward endeavor and an emotional roller coaster. Through an FAQ format, we will discuss the basics of query letter writing, best practices for researching and reaching out to literary agents, common mistakes to avoid and etiquette to keep in mind, what your rejections might teach you about your project and its place in the marketplace, and how to keep your ego intact through the process of finding an agent for your book. We...
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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 11:30am to 1:00pm
Virtual
Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.This offering combines content from previous CAFÉ sessions into a single extended session.Register for event.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools...
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Food Truck Tuesdays at the Iowa Research Park: Blazing Hibachi

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 11:30am to 1:30pm
UI Bioventures Center
Join us on Tuesday, July 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for Food Truck Tuesdays at the Research Park featuring Blazing Hibachi.Take your food to go, or stick around and enjoy it with others! Indoor seating will be available in the BioVentures Center conference rooms, along with outdoor tables and chairs (weather permitting).About Blazing Hibachi:Blazing Hibachi takes pride in serving authentic Japanese cuisine made from only the freshest ingredients. From their perfectly seasoned grilled meats...
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From Draft to Impact: Strategies for Publishing in Leading Journals

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Social Sciences Research Building
Take your manuscript from draft to impact in this 8-hour in-person workshop hosted by the Center for Social Science Innovation and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Presenter: Jamil Marques, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Date(s) and Time(s):Part 1: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1–5 p.m.Part 2: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 1–5 p.m.IMPORTANT: Registering for this workshop enrolls you for both Part 1 and Part 2.Description: This workshop is designed to...
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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 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...

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Copilot Enterprise is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant tool designed to respond to user queries in a conversational manner. This tool can be an invaluable asset, offering assistance in tasks ranging from answering questions, providing information, to generating content. The goal of Copilot Enterprise is to enhance productivity by helping you automate repetitive tasks, learn new concepts, problem solve, and more, all while keeping your data safe. This introductory level...
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Iowa Summer Writing Festival: July Workshops

Wednesday, July 16 to Tuesday, July 22, 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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100-Word Microstory Contest

Wednesday, July 16 to Friday, July 25, 2025 (all day)
Virtual
Our 100-Word Microstory Contest is a free online writing competition for a variety of age groups. Writing prompts here on Monday, July 14, 2025, at 9 a.m. CDT.You don’t have to be an Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad—or even have participated in a writing contest before—to join in the fun. Just create a story in 100 words or less that uses one of two specific writing prompts.The age categories are:· Grades 3 & 4· Grades 5 & 6· Grades 7 & 8· Grades 9–12· Adult (University of Iowa Alumni)· Adult (Friend...

July AI Monthly User Group

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
We invite you to explore the world of AI with us. Join our monthly AI User Group, a welcoming space for all AI enthusiasts, from beginners to experts, to inspire, educate, and foster a community. Each session will feature presentations on various topics, including ongoing projects for various AI Committees, tips from AI experts on using specific AI tools, and panel discussions on diverse AI-related subjects. The sessions will conclude with a roundtable for open discussion and questions. If you...
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account.PLEASE NOTE:Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
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