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)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

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Events Around Campus

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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, February 5, 2026 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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Women's basketball vs. Minnesota

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa women's basketball team hosts Minnesota.
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Artist Talk & Performance with Alejandro Russo

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Space Place Theater

Join us for a lecture and performance with Alejandro Russo, an Argentine-Spanish choreographer and the co-director of La Malagua dance company based in Lille, France. Russo’s work uniquely blends the disciplines of engineering, dance notation, and movement research. His work Entre-autre, created while in residence at an auto factory in the north of France, highlights the body in working atmospheres and explores the erasure and withdrawal of corporeal physicality in factory environments. Russo is...

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Faith on the Plate

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Explore the intersection of religion and cuisine, guided by Christina Ward's book "Holy Food"
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Jazz at the Stanley

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Experience an evening of art and music at the Stanley Museum of Art with a jazz ensemble performance featuring the Ben Banta Trio & Mathuin Smith Trio. Explore the galleries before or after the performance as the museum will remain open late till 8 p.m. This program is in collaboration with SCOPE and is free for all.

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Gallery Talk | Abstract Patterns

Friday, February 6, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us for a Gallery Talk that offers an engaging, hands-on exploration of artworks that use repetition to spark emotion, movement, and meaning.

Visitors will start with a tour of the works on view in the Visual Lab led by Isabel Cazares, followed by close-looking exercises that will deepen their understanding of the works on display.

After the tour, enjoy a creative session inspired by the patterns using colored pencils and paper. Participants will experiment with pattern making to translate...

Don't Knock It Til You Try It: Creating Writing Rituals to Help Get you Started

Friday, February 6, 2026 12:45pm to 1:30pm
Boyd Law Building

Writing Center Workshop with Prof. Dawn Anderson Friday, February 6, 2026 12:45pm to 1:30pm Boyd Law Building

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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, February 6, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons for Crafternoons. Bring whatever low-mess craft you're currently working on (a sketchbook, knitting, embroidery, coloring books, origami — whatever you're into!) or just show up and use some of the various supplies we'll have on hand. No experience required! Light snacks provided. Stay for five minutes or hang out for a while, it's up to you.

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, February 6, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Associate Dean for Research, Director, Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, will be presenting, A Persistent Problem: PCB Exposure and Adverse Health Effects.

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Publishing Talk with n+1 Editors Lisa Borst and Mark Krotov

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:00pm
English-Philosophy Building
n+1 Editors Lisa Borst and Mark Krotov are on campus for a publishing talk
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Biology Seminar/Barbara Stay Alumnus Seminar featuring UI Alumnus Atulya Iyengar

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology’s inaugural Barbara Stay Alumnus Seminar will be held on Friday, February 6, featuring UI alumnus Atulya Iyengar, as the speaker. His seminar will be held at 3:30pm in 101 BBE.

A Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning

Friday, February 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Shaoping Xiao, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Art & Write Night

Friday, February 6, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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How to Defend Yourself

Friday, February 6, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
In the immediate aftermath of an assault, a group of college students gather for a DIY self-defense class. This setting quickly becomes a space for channeling their anger, anxiety, trauma, confusion, and desire. In navigating these feelings, the group of strangers unites as a community and works to move forward together. Using humor and candor, Liliana Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself asks us to look beyond the labels of 'perpetrator' and 'survivor,' and to examine the complexities that exist in each of us.

Myths and Fables: A Voice Studio Recital

Saturday, February 7, 2026 3:00pm
West Music

Myths and Fables: A Voice Studio Recital

Students of Dr. Jeremiah Sanders Voice Studio

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Iowa women's gymnastics vs. Nebraska

Saturday, February 7, 2026 4:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

The Iowa women's gymnastics team hosts Nebraska.

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College of Pharmacy Ball 2026

Saturday, February 7, 2026 7:00pm
Hyatt Regency IRL

College of Pharmacy students, faculty/staff, alumni, and friends are invited to attend the annual College of Pharmacy Ball. The evening will include dinner, dancing, and drinks. The event's theme is "The Roaring Twenties."

Tickets are $40/person and include admission and dinner. Ticket sales will end on January 30, 2026.

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How to Defend Yourself

Saturday, February 7, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
In the immediate aftermath of an assault, a group of college students gather for a DIY self-defense class. This setting quickly becomes a space for channeling their anger, anxiety, trauma, confusion, and desire. In navigating these feelings, the group of strangers unites as a community and works to move forward together. Using humor and candor, Liliana Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself asks us to look beyond the labels of 'perpetrator' and 'survivor,' and to examine the complexities that exist in each of us.
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Women's wrestling For Her Duals

Sunday, February 8, 2026 (all day)
Xtream Arena
The Iowa women's wrestling team hosts the For Her Dual at Xtream Arena.
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Recital: Nathan Ortiz, percussion

Sunday, February 8, 2026 1:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Optional Recital: Nathan Ortiz, percussion

Nathan Ortiz, percussion
Drew Hansen, percussion
Ava Chopskie, percussion
Peyton Flynn, percussion
Shaun Everson, percussion

This event is free and open to the public.

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Men's basketball vs. Northwestern

Sunday, February 8, 2026 2:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's basketball team hosts Northwestern.
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How to Defend Yourself

Sunday, February 8, 2026 2:00pm
Theatre Building
In the immediate aftermath of an assault, a group of college students gather for a DIY self-defense class. This setting quickly becomes a space for channeling their anger, anxiety, trauma, confusion, and desire. In navigating these feelings, the group of strangers unites as a community and works to move forward together. Using humor and candor, Liliana Padilla’s How to Defend Yourself asks us to look beyond the labels of 'perpetrator' and 'survivor,' and to examine the complexities that exist in each of us.

Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #4

Sunday, February 8, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Key Change: Brahms and His Piano Legacy, Concert #4

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Tippie Impact Week

Monday, February 9 to Friday, February 13, 2026 (all day)
Pappajohn Business Building
Faculty, Staff, students, and student organizations can support Tippie Impact Week by participating in the weeklong swap and participating in flexible, drop-in events.
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