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. 

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Events Around Campus

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

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:00am to 11:45am
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...

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Feng Zhang, PhD

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

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

Feng Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

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

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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, March 10, 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 Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research.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...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

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

Iowa City MSW Info Session

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
To learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Iowa City.

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Des Moines.

Corridor Jazz Concert

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 6:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Corridor Jazz Concert

This concert is free and open to the public. 

Microsoft Teams: Webinars promotional image

Microsoft Teams: Webinars

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:00am to 10:45am
Virtual

This session provides a step-by-step guide to planning, configuring, and running webinars in Microsoft Teams. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course.

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Study Hall

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
Departmental Brown Bag: Taylor Christiansen and Emily Schulz promotional image

Departmental Brown Bag: Taylor Christiansen and Emily Schulz

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.

Taylor Christiansen is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Taylor is in the Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience training area and is a member of the Blumberg Lab.

Emily Schulz is a Graduate Student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Emily is in the Behavioral & Cognitive...

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom) promotional image

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 1:00pm to 12:59pm
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...

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, March 11, 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.
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Q & A with Jessie Kindig, Yale University Press Editor

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 3:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House

The Nonfiction Writing Program presents a Q&A with Jessie Kindig.

Jessie Kindig is Senior Editor for Humanities at Yale University Press. She oversees "a broad and capacious list across the humanities, with special focus on Black Studies, English and Literature, and the performing arts."

Sioux City MSW Info Session

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
To learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Sioux City.

Many Keys, One Conversation: Schizophrenia, Neuroscience and Creativity

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 5:30pm to 8:30pm
The James Theater

This event brings together storytelling, dance, science, and dialogue to destigmatize schizophrenia and mental illness. Through personal narratives, artistic expression, cutting-edge research, and expert insight, attendees will discover the power of vulnerability, resilience, and community support in mental health. When we share our stories, we heal together

5:30 - 6:00 PM | Reception with Hors d'oeuvres & Poster Session
6:00 - 6:15 PM | Michael Judge: A Brother's Perspective
6:15 - 6:45 PM |...

Joshua Bell and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields promotional image

Joshua Bell and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Experience the beauty brought forth by some of the finest musicians to be found anywhere.

Black Pop Music Ensemble

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Black Pop Music Ensemble

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Guest Chamber Recital: JACK Quartet

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Chamber Recital: JACK Quartet

JACK continues their long-standing relationship with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program. In their 2-part 25-26 residency, the JACK Quartet will workshop drafts by student composers, and teach chamber music. In this recital, JACK will perform a recital of works written expressly for them by UI student composers.

This concert is free and open to the public. 

Alumni Panel: Tippie Full-Time Graduate Programs promotional image

Alumni Panel: Tippie Full-Time Graduate Programs

Thursday, March 12, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Get the chance to ask questions to our alumni in our full-time graduate programs at the Tippie College of Business
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom) promotional image

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Thursday, March 12, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.

PLEASE NOTE

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

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Thursday, March 12, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Robert Eoff

Thursday, March 12, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Robert Eoff, PhD
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
University of Arkansas College of Medicine

Faculty Host: Maria Spies, PhD

Hardin Open Workshops - Scopus and Web of Science (Zoom) promotional image

Hardin Open Workshops - Scopus and Web of Science (Zoom)

Thursday, March 12, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
Scopus and Web of Science
DeLTA Center Colloquium: Casey Lew-Williams promotional image

DeLTA Center Colloquium: Casey Lew-Williams

Thursday, March 12, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Dr. Lew-Williams is a Professor and the Department Chair of the Department of Psychology at Princeton University

Interests: How do young children learn from the dynamics of their communicative environments? From the beginning of life, infants spend a lot of time interacting with their caregivers, and their experiences across milliseconds and years add up to something big: active and rewarding participation in their own local community. Scientists can barely figure out how this complicated story...

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