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

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, January 13, 11:00am to Monday, December 8, 2025 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.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, March 10, 2025 11:00am to Monday, February 2, 2026 11:00am
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.

MFA Thesis Show: Dana King & Margaret Yapp

Sunday, March 30 to Saturday, April 5, 2025 (all day)
North Hall
University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidates Dana King & Margaret Yapp will both have thesis exhibitions on view from March 30–April 5.
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The Game of a Healthier Life Online Program

Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 27, 2025 (all day)
Virtual
Participate in the Game of a Healthier Life from Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 27 to improve your overall well-being by completing one goal per day for 4 weeks. Each week will have a different theme, with daily goals related to that theme.  Week 1: Physical Activity and Nutrition  Week 2: Stress Management and Time Management  Week 3: Mindfulness, Body Image, and Healthy Relationships  Week 4: Sleep For more information or to register, click here. 
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Artist Talks and Conversation | Sonya Clark & Taiye Idahor

Thursday, April 3, 2025 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Join us at the Stanley Museum of Art for insightful talks by artists Sonya Clark and Taiye Idahor, followed by a conversation with Cory Gundlach, Curator of African Art.Both Clark and Idahor, whose works are included in the Stanley’s collection, explore critical themes of identity, memory, and cultural heritage through their art, with a shared interest in the visual and symbolic power of hair. Their multidisciplinary approaches, spanning sculpture, textiles, and more, create compelling...

Guest Artist Recital: Yu Tamaki Hoso, trombone

Thursday, April 3, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Artist Recital: Yu Tamaki Hoso, trombone This concert is free and open to the public.  View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943843
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Nominations Open for Family Spirit Award

Friday, April 4 to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (all day)
Calling all Hawkeyes! It’s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2025 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award. The award recognizes a family—spanning at least three generations of Iowa graduates—that has substantially benefited from and continues to advocate for the university, as well as contributes toward bettering the state of Iowa and its communities. Nominate a family: https://www.foriowa.org/family-spirit/nomination.php The recipients of this award will receive the ultimate...
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Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Friday, April 4 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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TLCP Symposium: AI & International Humanitarian Law

Friday, April 4, 2025 (all day)
Boyd Law Building
Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems (TLCP), the University of Iowa College of Law's international law journal, will hold its 2025 symposium Artificial Intelligence and International Humanitarian Law on April 3-4 in Iowa City, Iowa.This symposium will focus on the evolving role of technology in armed conflict, with special attention to topics such as cyber warfare and AI, autonomous weapons systems and the law of armed conflict, and regulating AI in warfare. We aim to foster meaningful...
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Webinar: Exploring Anne Frank & Difficult Life Stories

Friday, April 4, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Discover how Anne Frank’s story continues to shape conversations on empathy, education, and human rights in a compelling webinar featuring scholars from across the U.S. Join the University  of Iowa (UI) Anne Frank Initiative, an International Programs affinity group, on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 10 a.m. (CDT) as they host an insightful and engaging webinar featuring several esteemed authors from the groundbreaking book, Exploring Anne Frank and Difficult Life Stories (Routledge, 2025). Hear...
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Mutations and Permutations of Care: Graduate Conference

Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Schaeffer Hall

Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Kelly Bijanki, PhD

Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
"Unlocking affective neurobiology through intracranial recording and stimulation” Kelly Bijanki, PhD Associate Professor  Department of Neurosurgery Baylor College of Medicine
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Fostering Climate Resilience Together

Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Iowa City Public Library
Researchers, sovereign tribal communities, and women farmland-owners will discuss how they are collaborating to foster climate resilience through the newly established Central Midwest Climate Opportunities and Learning Team (CM CO-Learn), funded by the NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, that supports Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. This panel brings together a tribal community member, a woman farmland owner, and several project researchers to share what they are learning from...
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Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Bill Milanick

Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
Bill Milanick is a student in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been in Dr. Sam Young's laboratory.If you are unable to make it in person, please consider joining via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95163819372Meeting ID: 951 6381 9372 
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Mutations and Permutations of Care: Graduate Conference

Friday, April 4 12:00pm to Saturday, April 5, 2025 5:00pm
Schaeffer Hall
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Linguistics Day 2025

Friday, April 4, 2025 12:30pm to 5:00pm
Phillips Hall
Linguistics Day (April 4, 2025)   12:30 – 1:30    Poster session 1:30 – 2:00      Meet and greet faculty 2:15 – 3:00       Invited speaker: Dr. Misato Hiraga 3:10 – 4:10       Graduate student research presentations 4:15-5:00         Pizza and announcement of poster session winner  

Story Lab Showcase Prep (MERGE)

Friday, April 4, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
MERGE
In preparation for the April 11th Story Lab Showcase at MERGE, we will practice stories on site in the space the week before. Questions? Contact Nick Westergaard at nick-westergaard@uiowa.edu.  

Story Lab Showcase Prep (MERGE)

Friday, April 4, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
MERGE
In preparation for the April 11 Story Lab Showcase at MERGE, we will meet Fridays in March/April. Attend these casual sessions to workshop and practice your story. Questions? Contact Nick Westergaard at nick-westergaard@uiowa.edu.
Canceled
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Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Misty Perez

Friday, April 4, 2025 2:00pm
Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building
Misty Perez is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been with the Dr. Matt Potthoff laboratory.If you are not able to attend in person, please consider showing your support by attending via Zoom.Zoom link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99175823379

Colloquium- Prof. Farnaz A. Shakib

Friday, April 4, 2025 3:30pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Prof. Farnaz Shakib, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technologyhttps://people.njit.edu/profile/shakibBio: Dr. Shakib completed her Bachelor degree in applied chemistry at the University of Tabriz, Iran, followed by her Master in computational organic chemistry at Tarbiat Modares University. She obtained her PhD from University of Alberta, Canada, with Prof. Gabriel Hanna in 2016. Her PhD studies was the starting point of her career in developing...

From Electric Vehicles to Constrained Variational Inequalities

Friday, April 4, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Qi Luo, Dept. of Business Analytics

EES Seminar Series: Dr. He (Jackie) Feng: "Rheological Bridge Zones: The Initiation of Strain Localization"

Friday, April 4, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Trowbridge Hall
Dr. He (Jackie) Feng: "Rheological Bridge Zones: The Initiation of Strain Localization" Dr. Feng is a post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences (University of Iowa)
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Free CPR/AED, Red Watch Band Training

Friday, April 4, 2025 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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...
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Physics and Astronomy Thesis Defense Seminar - Raaman Nair

Friday, April 4, 2025 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Van Allen Hall
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