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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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

There are no upcoming GPSG events at this time. 

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Events Around Campus

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Kaffeeklatsch - German Conversation Hour

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Come and practice your German in a comfortable group setting!
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Dr. Jenna Spiering: Advocacy Through Research for School Libraries

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Virtual

Dr. Jenna Spiering ('12) is an associate professor and coordinator of the school library concentration at the University of South Carolina's School of Information, where she teaches within the school librarian preparation program and engages in research related to youth materials and issues of censorship and selection. In this talk, she will discuss her recent work on several projects related to challenges to LGBTQIA+ titles as well as the impact of state regulations on the role of school...

Recital: Eric Luminais, flute

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA I Recital: Eric Luminais, flute

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

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952063

This concert is free and open to the public.

Thrive During Finals

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10:00am to 2:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Finals can be a stressful time, stop by and see Tippie Thrive to unwind and gain some tips to manage stress during finals week.

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 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
...

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Study Hall

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 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.
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Human Rights Day

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10:00am to 3:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library

Students will be tabling in the Main Library. Human Rights Day is an annual commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United National General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

Departmental Brown Bag

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.

Presenter, title, and abstract to come.

AI Prompting (Beginner): Crafting the Basics

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Through hands-on practice and interactive exercises, attendees will apply promoting strategies in real-time with guidance and feedback.

Fall 2025 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 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. No appointment
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Book Matters: Jamel Brinkley in conversation with Stephen Lovely

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Prairie Lights Books

Join us for a special Book Matters celebrating acclaimed author Jamel Brinkley, recipient of a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2022–2023 Rome Prize in Literature.

Provost Kevin Kregel will recognize Brinkley for his external awards. Brinkley will read a selection from his work and then join Stephen Lovely, novelist and director of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, for conversation and audience Q&A.

“Jamel Brinkley is one of the best story writers we have…Read everything this man writes, and know...

Guest Chamber Recital: JACK Quartet

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Chamber Recital: JACK Quartet

This concert is free and open to the public. 

Canceled

December AI Monthly User Group

Thursday, December 11, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Virtual
A monthly session on artificial intelligence across campus

Fall 2025 IRB Office Hours

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research. No appointment necessary. First come, first served.

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys Manually and automatically sending surveys Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of...

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Degrees of Success: What To Know About Our Career Services Team

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:00am to 10:30am
Virtual
A special webinar about the full-time master's programs at the Tippie College of Business focusing on our career services team

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Lynne Dieckman

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Lynne Dieckman, PhD
Creighton University

Faculty Host: Todd Washington, PhD

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Stanley Award for International Research - Information Session

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Virtual
Dreaming of doing your own research abroad? The Stanley Award for International Research gives UI students up to $2,500 to design and carry out a research or fieldwork project overseas.
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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Thursday, December 11, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

This introductory course will give you a high-level overview of how to utilize Microsoft Teams and the tools within to collaborate and communicate with a work group, a project team, or any assortment of people. Topics covered include navigation, settings, chat, communicating in a team, and more. This course is designed for first-time users of Teams and those who would like to ensure they are getting the most out of this organizational tool. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for...

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Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Athira Anirudhan, PhD & Alex Keyes, PhD

Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial Ca2+ efflux in neurons
Athira Anirudhan, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab

Dynorphinergic neurons in the lateral pons inhibit inflammatory, neuropathic, and post-surgical pain via a descending circuit
Alex Keyes, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab

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ISE 5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR --DR. BOLI XU

Thursday, December 11, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Join us in welcoming Boli Xu, an assistant professor of economics in Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Seminar. Dr. Xu will present his seminar titled "Reserve Price Signaling with Public Information: Evidence from Online Auto Auctions."

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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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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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