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

GPSG Meetings Spring 2026

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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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Events Around Campus

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Destress Fest

Thursday, December 11, 2025 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Take care of your mental health before finals by joining CAB with Destress Fest happening Dec. 11, 5–7 p.m. in the Hawkeye Room at the IMU. Join us for some fun crafts to help take your mind off exams and reset before finals.

Registration of a student organization does not imply University of Iowa endorsement of its views, activities, or content. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in a student organization activity, please fill out the accommodations form in the link in our...

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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, December 11, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Bowman House

Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website.

This is not a treatment group and will not satisfy legal or other disciplinary mandates...

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Kapustnik - Russian Culture Festival

Thursday, December 11, 2025 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Phillips Hall
Join us to celebrate the Russian culture festival, Kapustnik, while sharing good food in good company.

Opera Workshop Gala

Thursday, December 11, 2025 7:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Opera Workshop Gala

Sofia Davis, Soprano
Sarah Hachtman, Soprano
Sean Harken, Bass-Baritone
Caleb Haselhuhn, Baritone
Adam Griffiths, Tenor
Wendi Griffiths, Soprano
Jiarui Mao, Soprano
Sherry Xie, Mezzo-Soprano
Dr. Minji Kwon, Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Black Pop Music Ensemble at Wildwood

Thursday, December 11, 2025 7:00pm
Wildwood

Black Popular Music Ensemble (BPM)

A partnership between the School of Music and the African American Studies department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Black Popular Music Ensemble (BPM) provides a means of detailed study and performance of popular music styles emanating from African American culture. With a focus on Black music from 1950 onwards, this ensemble will include styles commonly overlooked by the academy, including R&B, Gospel, Soul, Hip Hop, Neo Soul, and Funk. BPM...

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Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I

Thursday, December 11, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I

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

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952054

This concert is free and open to the public.

Clarinet Studio Recital I

Thursday, December 11, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Clarinet Studio I Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952055

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Dance Grad/Undergrad Concert

Thursday, December 11, 2025 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

This performance will feature 10 works choreographed by graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

Please be advised this concert includes strobe, haze, adult language, and dancers entering the aisles. In Act II, Reckoning contains subject matter surrounding sexual assault that may cause distress or trigger challenging emotions from some audience members. Please be advised that the dancers will be in the aisles, and the piece includes harsh language...

"Holidays" Organ Studio Concert

Friday, December 12, 2025 12:00pm
Voxman Music Building

"Holidays" Organ Studio Concert

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Annual Holiday Tubas @ the Old Capitol Museum

Friday, December 12, 2025 12:30pm to 1:00pm
Old Capitol Museum
Annual Holiday Tubas event at the Old Capitol Museum!
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Teaching with AI Agents: A Post Pilot Panel

Friday, December 12, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Join us to learn about the Cogniti pilot that was carried out this fall. Cogniti is designed to let instructors build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions and resources to assist student learning. Instructors will share their experiences from this semester, highlighting how they integrated AI chatbots into their ICON courses, the outcomes from these decisions, and if they recommend this platform to their colleagues.

1 to 1:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion featuring pilot...

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Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Joseph Chin

Friday, December 12, 2025 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Joseph Chin is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science - Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, as well as a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). His research has been conducted in Dr. Richard Smith'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.

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Chill & Create

Friday, December 12, 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Feeling stressed at the end of the semester? We invite you to take a creative relaxation break at the Stanley Museum of Art with Chill & Create, a workshop led by Dana Keeton, a local artist, art therapist, and mental health counselor.

Students will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of collage materials to put together a collage with colors, textures and materials that feel relaxing and peaceful. The workshop will include strategies for calming and focusing.

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Spence Lecture: Lisa Feldman Barrett

Friday, December 12, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

The Spence Lecture Series honors the legacy of Kenneth W. Spence, prominent learning theorist and chair of the department from 1942-1964. This series, which is supported by the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, brings leaders in the field of behavioral neuroscience to our campus each year.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett as this year's Spence Lecturer. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a university distinguished professor at Northeastern University with appointments at the Massachusetts...

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Colloquium - New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond

Friday, December 12, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
How to efficiently learn the best policy when the objective is to ensure fairness among agents.
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UI Center for the Book Open House

Friday, December 12, 2025 4:00pm to 6:00pm
North Hall
UICB Open House
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Cocoa and Cram

Friday, December 12, 2025 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Cram for all your exams and finals with free hot cocoa at CAB's Cocoa and Cram event Dec. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Hawkeye Room at the IMU.☕

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Senior Recital: Chloe Schultz, soprano

Friday, December 12, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Chloe Schultz, soprano

Chloe Schultz- Soprano
Craig Jordan- Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Nate Smith

Friday, December 12, 2025 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
With music visceral and viral, a stellar drummer blends modern jazz with hip-hop and more.
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Chamber Music Residency Program Recital II

Friday, December 12, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music Residency Program Recital 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/952056

This concert is free and open to the public.

Clarinet Studio Recital II

Friday, December 12, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Clarinet Studio Recital II

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952059

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Dance Grad/Undergrad Concert

Friday, December 12, 2025 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

This performance will feature 10 works choreographed by graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

Please be advised this concert includes strobe, haze, adult language, and dancers entering the aisles. In Act II, Reckoning contains subject matter surrounding sexual assault that may cause distress or trigger challenging emotions from some audience members. Please be advised that the dancers will be in the aisles, and the piece includes harsh language...

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Nate Smith

Friday, December 12, 2025 9:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
With music visceral and viral, a stellar drummer blends modern jazz with hip-hop and more.

Voice Studio Recital

Saturday, December 13, 2025 11:30am
Voxman Music Building

Voice Studio Recital

This recital is for the voice students of Adam Griffiths.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952057

This concert is free and open to the public.

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