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

GPSG Meetings Fall 2025

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Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

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Events Around Campus

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Winter Fest

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

It's Winterfest time! Celebrate the colder weather and destress before finals season at Winterfest on Dec. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the International Ballroom at the IMU. We will have indoor ice skating, treats, crafts, and more!🌨⛄❄

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Composers Workshop II

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Composers Workshop II

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952047

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Handel’s Messiah, featuring UI Choirs and Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, December 6, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium

Perfectly timed to ring in the holiday season.

Handel’s Messiah is a beloved masterwork. University of Iowa student musicians from the choir and orchestra programs will come together to bring this perennial favorite gloriously to life. Hallelujah!

Music by George Frideric Handel
Conducted by David Puderbaugh

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream-2

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952048

This event is free and non...

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Free CPR/AED, Red Watch Band Training

Sunday, December 7, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center

The Red Watch Band Program focuses on knowledge, skill, and confidence building regarding preventing death from alcohol overdose. Students are taught the knowledge and skills to "make the call," and using role plays, given opportunities to build confidence to intervene on behalf of another. All students who complete the training will receive CPR and alcohol bystander training, and will be better able to link the impact that alcohol has on the body. Students will also receive training on how to...

Women's wrestling home dual vs. Oklahoma State, Colorado Mesa promotional image

Women's wrestling home dual vs. Oklahoma State, Colorado Mesa

Sunday, December 7, 2025 2:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Women's wrestling home dual vs. Oklahoma State, Colorado Mesa
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Holiday Concert at the Stanley

Sunday, December 7, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Free annual holiday concert at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Double Bass Studio Recital

Sunday, December 7, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Double Bass Studio Recital

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952049

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Band Extravaganza

Sunday, December 7, 2025 3:00pm
Xtream Arena

Band Extravaganza
Featuring the Iowa Symphony Band (Richard Mark Heidel, conductor), Johnson County Landmark (Curtis Taylor, conductor), and the Hawkeye Marching Band (Eric W. Bush, director). Our special guest band this year is the Iowa City West High School Trojan Marching Band, Brian Zeglis and Ryan Middleton, directors.

General Public - $21
Youth and Senior - $16.50
UI Student - $5
Prices are inclusive of Xtream Arena ticket fees

https://xtreamarena.com/event/ui-band-extravaganza-2025/507

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Senior Recital: Joanna Leston, trumpet

Sunday, December 7, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Joanna Leston, trumpet

Joanna Leston, trumpet
Jason Sifford, piano

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952062

This concert is free and open to the public.

Center for New Music Ensemble Concert II

Sunday, December 7, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Center for New Music | Concert II

More concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952051

This concert is free and open to the public.

AI Prompting (Advanced): Elevating your Craft

Monday, December 8, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
Designed for users who already understand the basics, this session dives deeper into prompt engineering techniques to generate more precise, creative, and impactful generative artificial intelligence responses.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, December 8, 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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Entomology Lab Insect Collection Showcase

Monday, December 8, 2025 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Biology Building East
The students in the Entomology Lab course will be displaying their insect collections on Monday, December 8 from 1:30-2:30pm in the BBE Lobby. All are invited.
Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Hamza Mohammed): "Sequence determinants of DNA curvature" promotional image

Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Hamza Mohammed): "Sequence determinants of DNA curvature"

Monday, December 8, 2025 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Hamza Mohammed, a Ph.D. student in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be giving a seminar on Monday, Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101, Biology Building East).
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Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar - Zane Ozzello & Blake Senseman

Monday, December 8, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminar
Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Rebekah Yarvis/Cheng Lab): "The evolution of the transition to reproduction from ferns to flowering plants" promotional image

Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Rebekah Yarvis/Cheng Lab): "The evolution of the transition to reproduction from ferns to flowering plants"

Monday, December 8, 2025 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Rebekah Yarvis, a Ph.D. student in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program and a member of the Cheng Lab, will be giving a seminar on Monday, Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101, Biology Building East).
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Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Michelle Mazei-Robison, PhD

Monday, December 8, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Novel molecular mechanisms induced in the ventral tegmental area by drugs of abuse

Michelle S. Mazei-Robison, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Physiology
Michigan State University

Playwrights Workshop Reading: Sorority Sex Kittens 3: Revenge of the Femboys promotional image

Playwrights Workshop Reading: Sorority Sex Kittens 3: Revenge of the Femboys

Monday, December 8, 2025 5:30pm
Theatre Building

By Adrian Enzastiga

An aspiring film director finds a new way to make next month’s rent.

Please be advised this play contains homophobic slurs, consensual non-consent, vivid pornographic descriptions, and a lot of sexual content.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

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

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Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Monday, December 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Jazz Repertory Ensemble

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952052

This concert is free and open to the public.

Student Recital: Hugo Kaut, violin

Monday, December 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Optional Recital: Hugo Kaut, violin

Hugo Kaut, violin
Danyun Zhao, piano
Katie Forbush, cello

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Tatum Calderwood, Mezzo-Soprano

Monday, December 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Tatum Calderwood, Mezzo-Soprano

This concert is free and open to the public.

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Peter Adams, PhD promotional image

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Peter Adams, PhD

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Design Your Own Copilot Agent: Custom AI for Everyday Tasks

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Hands-on with Microsoft Copilot Agents: create, customize, and collaborate using everyday AI.

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
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...

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