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

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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Events Around Campus

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Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of...

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the MSW program in Des Moines at the John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95053466834

Questions? Contact Melanie at melanie-reed@uiowa.edu

Iowa City MSW Info Session

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
To learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Iowa City.
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Keynote Panel Event

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Please join us for a special public keynote panel exploring Iowa City as a creative ecosystem, opening the 2026 Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) Conference. All are welcome to this free event featuring University of Iowa leaders in writing, museums, anthropology, and the arts in conversation about how place shapes creativity and collaboration in our community. All are welcome.

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:

Creating participants

Creating tasks and schedules

Active tasks and their unique data output

Direct messages and announcements

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.

Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going here:  https:/...

Out to Lunch in Des Moines

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 11:00am to 1:30pm
Pappajohn Education Center

Des Moines Tippie alumni and friends—join us downtown for lunch!

Wednesday, June 10
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
12th Street (Grand to Locust)
Des Moines, IA

The Tippie College of Business is proud to serve as a location sponsor for the Greater Des Moines Partnership's Out to Lunch series. This free, public event offers a fun and welcoming opportunity for downtown employees, residents, and visitors to gather, connect, and enjoy a lively outdoor atmosphere.

We warmly invite Tippie alumni and all University...

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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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:

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins...

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Microsoft Planner: An Introduction

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

Microsoft Planner is a task management and collaboration tool that helps you organize and track your projects and teams. Participants will learn how to use Planner to create plans, assign tasks, set deadlines, and monitor progress. Additionally, we will discuss how to integrate a planner board within Microsoft Teams. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this training.

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Iowa City Area Realtors Blood Drive

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Education Center
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 2 pm to 6pm on Wednesday, June 10th 2026 at the Education Center for the Iowa City Area Realtors

Summer 2026 Office Hours

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 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 necessary.
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Microsoft Teams: Webinars

Thursday, June 11, 2026 10:00am to 10:45am
Virtual

Microsoft Teams offers powerful tools for delivering large-scale events--including webinars and town halls. This session provides a step-by-step guide to planning, configuring, and running large events. Participants will learn how to choose the right Teams format, manage presenters and attendees, and apply best practices for smooth, accessible, and interactive experiences.

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, June 11, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training we won't use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:

Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with vlookup()

Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering

Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables

Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables

Transforming unusable data to a usable format...

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Artificial Intelligence Lightning Talks

Thursday, June 11, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
June AI Lightning Talks

Online MSW Info Session

Thursday, June 11, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the online MSW program.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91760640877

Questions? Contact Lauren at ssw-admissions@uiowa.edu

College of Law Reception: Twin Cities

Thursday, June 11, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Winthrop & Weinstine
Minneapolis College of Law Reception
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Improving Scholarly Communication Series - Writing for Publication

Friday, June 12, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
University Capitol Centre

The Improving Scholarly Communication sessions are a three-part series designed to provide you strategies to improve the clarity of your scholarly communications, both written and oral. These workshops are hosted by Paul Casella (Academic/Scientific Editorial Manager; Office of Faculty Affairs and Development) and will take place in-person during the summer of 2026.

Session 1 - Writing for Publication (Friday, June 12 from 11am-12pm; University Capitol Centre)

A clear and reasoned presentation of...

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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, June 12, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice. Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum...

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Blood Drive at Parkview Church

Monday, June 15, 2026 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Parkview Church
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 2 pm to 6 pm on Monday, June 15th 2026 at the Parkview Church!
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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 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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Food Truck Tuesdays at the Iowa Research Park

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 11:30am to 1:30pm
UI Bioventures Center
Food Truck Tuesdays feature a rotating lineup of local food trucks on the third Tuesday of each month, May through October, at the BioVentures Center.
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Blood Drive at New Life Community Church

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 2:00pm to 6:00pm
New Life Community Church
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16th at New Life Community Church
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Discover Your University: IIHR Hydraulic Wind Tunnel Annex

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Hydraulics Wind Tunnel Annex

Following the devastating 2008 flood, the Iowa Flood Center joined IIHR in 2009 and provides Iowans with critical tools and information to help them understand and mitigate flood risks.

Tour attendees will get a glimpse of IIHR and the Iowa Flood Center's research expertise and breadth by seeing what goes into the fabrication of field monitoring equipment. Participants will also experience interactive demonstrations of research labs solving complex erosion and sedimentation challenges, advancing...

Summer 2026 Office Hours

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 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 necessary.
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