The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Fall 2025

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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)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

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Events Around Campus

Public Lecture: Entangled Ecologies: Memory, Place, and the Camellia Forests of Jeju

Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
Drawing on ethnographic research with Jeju villagers, conservationists, and environmental activists, Dr. Jeongsu Shin, LB Korean Studies postdoctoral associate in the East Asia Program at Cornell University, will explore how memory, ecology, and place intertwine in Jeju’s Giving Forest.

Native Policy Lab Open House

Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:00pm to 7:30pm
The Green House
Learn more about Native Policy Lab projects!

College of Law Alumni Reception in Cedar Rapids

Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll
College of Law Alumni Reception

WATER: The Current of Life - Investigate Midwest Storytelling Event

Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Trumpet Blossom Cafe

You're invited to join us on the evening of Thursday November 13th, at Trumpet Blossom Cafe in Iowa City. Doors open at 5:30, program starts at 6:20. Investigate Midwest will bring together a diverse group of storytellers to discuss water and its impacts on their lives. Through an evening of storytelling, interactive engagement, and a silent auction benefiting Investigate Midwest's investigative journalism and educational initiatives, WATER: The Current of Life seeks to create a space where...

Owl Prowl

Thursday, November 13, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Iowa Raptor Project

Your evening will begin indoors with an up-close introduction to our ambassador owls. After this interactive program, we will embark on a night hike adventure in search of owls. Warm up afterwards with a hot beverage. Head lamps will be provided. Space is limited. Participants ages 10+ are invited to register.

Iowa volleyball vs. Northwestern

Thursday, November 13, 2025 6:00pm
Xtream Arena
The Iowa volleyball team will host Northwestern.

U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford, Writer of Jarhead

Thursday, November 13, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Anthony Swofford is the author of the memoirs Jarhead and Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails and the novel Exit A. The 2005 Sam Mendes film Jarhead was adapted from his first book, detailing his service in the United States Marine Corps and his combat deployment for the 1990-1991 Gulf War.

His essays, reportage, and opinion pieces have appeared in Harper’s, The Guardian, Slate, and the New York Times, among other places. He has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently Special Faculty in...

Horn Studio Recital

Thursday, November 13, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Horn Studio Recital

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

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952029

This concert is free and open to the public.

Good Things: An Evening with Samin Nosrat

Thursday, November 13, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Samin Nosrat, champion of the home cook, connects food and community with her new book GOOD THINGS.

Argonautika

Thursday, November 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
An epic story of heroes and monsters, of enchanted islands and vengeful gods, where danger looms at every turn --- from savage kings and sea beasts to a capricious sorceress named Medea --- Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika explores themes of heroism, love, and loss in a modern retelling of the 3rd century B.C. poem.

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Kaya de Barbaro

Friday, November 14, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

Dr. de Barbaro is an Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin.

Interests: behavior, social interactions...

ICON Day 2025

Friday, November 14, 2025 9:00am to 3:00pm
Grand Ballroom in the Hilton Garden Inn
ICON Day 2025 will take place on Friday, Nov. 14, at the Hilton Garden Inn's Grand Ballroom. Jeffrey Kontio will deliver the keynote, "What You Do Matters: Designing for Real Access in Real Classrooms," focusing on the role of instructors and instructional designers in creating engaging learning environments while helping to frame accessibility as something that benefits all. Register by Monday, Nov. 3, to attend ICON Day 2025.

UICB Annual Kozo Harvest

Friday, November 14, 2025 9:30am to 4:30pm
UICB Paper Research Facility & Kozo Garden
Join us for the 2025 Kozo Harvest!

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Finance: Gerard Hoberg

Friday, November 14, 2025 10:35am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Gerard Hoberg is the Charles E. Cook Community Bank Professor of Finance at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

Story Lab Fall Showcase

Friday, November 14, 2025 11:30am to 1:00pm
MERGE
Join us for lunch and a showcase of this semester’s best student stories.

UI Center for the Book - MFA in Book Arts Info Session

Friday, November 14, 2025 12:00pm
Virtual
UICB Book Arts MFA Info Session

The Mini Series: Being a TA

Friday, November 14, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Pomerantz Center
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a teaching assistant? Now's your chance to ask questions!

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Gage Liddiard

Friday, November 14, 2025 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Gage Liddiard is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, as well as a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). His research has been with the Dr. Joseph Glykys lab.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, November 14, 2025 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Abby Carlin, graduate PhD candidate, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, will be presenting, Environmental Fate, Transformation, and Toxicity of Quinone Outside Inhibitor Fungicides.

Multicultural Showcase

Friday, November 14, 2025 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The Multicultural Showcase introduces University of Iowa (UI) students, faculty, staff, and the greater Iowa City community to different cultures through vocal and dance performances, ethnic dishes to try, as well as interactive tabling hosted by student organizations and UI colleges and departments.

Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye

Friday, November 14, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
A beautiful friendship of two spoken word masters made even better by each other.

Improvisation Summit: Tracteur Hammer & Board of Regents

Friday, November 14, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Improvisation Summit: Tracteur Hammer & Board of Regents

Board of Regents
Ritwik Banerji, tenor sax & no-input mixer
Jean-François Charles, clarinets & electronics
Will Yager, bass

Tracteur Hammer
Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone & electronics
Florian Nastorg, baritone saxophone
Yoram Rosilio, double bass
Mikel Patrick Avery, drums

This concert is free and open to the public.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952031

Old Gold A Cappella Concert

Friday, November 14, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Old Gold A Cappella Concert

This concert is free and open to the public.

Argonautika

Friday, November 14, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
An epic story of heroes and monsters, of enchanted islands and vengeful gods, where danger looms at every turn --- from savage kings and sea beasts to a capricious sorceress named Medea --- Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika explores themes of heroism, love, and loss in a modern retelling of the 3rd century B.C. poem.
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