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

There are no upcoming GPSG events at this time. 

Please check back soon or follow us on Instagram (uiowagpsg) for the latest updates!

Events Around Campus

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PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Thursday, January 15, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

This training session will teach you about the pitfalls of PDF files and how to replace or remediate them to help make your materials meet digital accessibility standards. We will learn about the tools we have on campus to help with this process and provide a demo on how to fix PDFs and make your documents better.

Register to attend.

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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Thursday, January 15, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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...

Online MSW Info Session

Thursday, January 15, 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

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Women's basketball vs. Oregon

Thursday, January 15, 2026 8:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa women's basketball team hosts Oregon.
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Iowa diving vs. Nebraska and Illinois

Friday, January 16 to Saturday, January 17, 2026 (all day)
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
Iowa diving hosts Nebraska and Illinois.

New TA Orientation

Friday, January 16, 2026 9:00am to 12:00pm
Van Allen Hall
This in-person event will introduce participants to the role of teaching assistant at the University of Iowa. This event is geared toward any TA interested in developing practical teaching skills and increasing their knowledge of pedagogy. New TA Orientation is especially beneficial to anyone who will be a TA at the UI for the first time.
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College of Nursing White Coat Ceremony

Friday, January 16, 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
BSN and MSN:EIP White Coat Ceremony
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Men's wrestling vs. Penn State

Friday, January 16, 2026 6:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's wrestling team hosts Penn State.
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Iowa diving vs. Nebraska and Illinois

Saturday, January 17, 2026 (all day)
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
Iowa diving hosts Nebraska and Illinois.
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Iowa women's gymnastics vs. Michigan State

Saturday, January 17, 2026 4:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

The Iowa women's gymnastics team hosts Michigan State.

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Women's wrestling home dual vs. Lehigh and Otterbein

Sunday, January 18, 2026 12:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Women's wrestling home dual vs. Lehigh and Otterbein
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An Assessment of Iowaville (1765-1824) by Cindy Peterson and Alan Kelley

Sunday, January 18, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Lacey-Keosauqua State Park
Discover Iowaville, a historic Báxoje (Ioway) village in Van Buren County. Cindy Peterson and Alan Kelley share research, stories, and insights on its significance and NHL recommendation.
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Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo

Sunday, January 18, 2026 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

The Drawing Salon focuses on drawing artworks from the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different artwork. The sessions will begin with an introduction and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the artworks in the gallery.

Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are the only artmaking materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers and clipboards for participants to use. Stools...

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Women's basketball vs. Michigan State

Sunday, January 18, 2026 7:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa women's basketball team hosts Michigan State.

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Jason Duskey, PhD

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 11:30am
Virtual

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Jason Duskey, PhD
Department of Life Sciences
University of Modena
Modena, Italy

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Zoom Link Info:
Meeting ID: 967 3140 7256
Passcode: 584174

Appellate Advocacy II Kickoff Meeting

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Appellate Advocacy II class kickoff meeting. There will be 7 Moot Court members and Professor Ksobiech giving an overview of the class to 36 domestic competition members and 16 international competition members.

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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: open

Jan. 27: open

Feb. 3: open

Feb. 10: open

Feb. 17: Tyler Woodward, PhD Candidate, 4th Year...

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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 1:00pm to 1:45pm
Virtual

This course is designed for anyone who creates a team or has been given the team owner role in an existing team. Team owners have access to settings and capabilities that members do not see. This training will discuss how best to create a team, choose settings based upon your needs, and manage the team throughout its existence. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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ICON Overview

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

ICON (Iowa Courses Online) is the Learning Management System at the University of Iowa, and is primarily powered by Canvas, but there is even more to know about ICON. Join this session for an introduction to ICON's basic user interface, how to manage your account settings, and learn about the tools available in an ICON course site.

Register for event.

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On Clowns, Magic, Dirt, Decay: Artist Talk with Alex Tatarsky

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Theatre Building

A “hilarious, finely tuned absurdist” (Theatre Jones), Alex Tatarsky makes performances in the uncomfortable in-between zone of comedy, dance-theater, performance art, and deluded rant--sometimes with songs. Tatarsky experienced fleeting fame as Andy Kaufman’s daughter and used to perform as a mound of dirt. They are currently touring their falling apart bildungsroman about wanting to die, Sad Boys in Harpy Land, and their compost clown lecture-performance Dirt Trip. MATERIAL, an improvisational...

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Men's basketball vs. Rutgers

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 7:30pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's basketball team hosts Rutgers.
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ICON Quizzes and Respondus Lockdown Browser

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

Join us to learn about creating quizzes, tests, and other assessments in ICON that are automatically graded, and how to add the Respondus Lockdown Browser to those assessments that require a higher level of security. 

Register to attend.

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Microsoft Teams: Get Started with Teams Phone

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 11:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

The University of Iowa is currently in the process of migrating from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams for telephony services. This course is designed for a user of Teams phone, and will show you how to place calls, transfer calls, set up voicemail, assign delegates, and more.

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