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

Tickets open on March 1, 2026

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Events Around Campus

Story Lab Showcase Prep (MERGE)

Friday, April 3, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
MERGE
Showcase practice in the space—one week out!
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School's Out at the Stanley | Wobbly Eggs

Friday, April 3, 2026 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Make your very own collection of weighted easter eggs that won't fall over. Use them to play, decorate, or hide around the house!

Space is limited; please reserve your spot at https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/schools-out-at-the-stanley-wobbly-eggs/3114202

Please arrive in time for children to settle in and begin the project at 2 p.m.

School's Out at the Stanley is offered on days when Iowa City Community Schools District has no classes. Art projects are developed with school-aged children in mind...

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Colloquium - "From Anxiety to Agency: Empowering users against SMiShing and digital stress in the age of AI"

Friday, April 3, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Cori Faklaris, Ph.D., from University of North Carolina - Charlotte, whose focus is on understanding people's needs and designing for safe, secure, and trustworthy computing.

Role-Play as a Midcentury Social Technology

Friday, April 3, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Jefferson Building
The Department of American Studies will host as series of research presentations by a faculty member, recent Department PhD, or American Studies graduate students. As experts and emerging scholars in fields devoted to the study of American culture in the U.S. and globally, we invite students and scholars, at any stage of research, to attend and participate in discussions of the core issues and challenges of our time.

Show Me Your Talent!

Friday, April 3, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Boyd Law Building

Join us for Show Me Your Talent! — A talent and art showcase hosted by Iowa Law’s Collegiate Community Committee (CCC).

Whether you’re performing, displaying art, or simply coming to support your classmates, faculty, and staff, this event is about celebrating creativity, connection, and balance in law school.

Come enjoy an evening of music, art, poetry, comedy, and more as members of the Iowa Law community showcase their hidden (or not-so-hidden) talents. All are welcome!

If you are interested in...

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Art & Write Night

Friday, April 3, 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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Iowa baseball vs. Minnesota

Friday, April 3, 2026 6:05pm
Duane Banks Field
The Iowa baseball team hosts Minnesota.

Old Gold a Cappella

Friday, April 3, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Old Gold a Cappella

Soprano: Elisabeth Carlsson, Sophia Kizzier, Mia Roldan, Danielle Velasquez

Mezzo: Olivia Colloton, Victoria Delgado, Breanna Young

Alto: Maile Kruse, Claire Krysiak, Emily Patterson

Tenor: Eric Fox, Brady Meyers, Avery Theis

Baritone: Jacob Forney, Cooper Frank, JP Nemec, Jake Roth

Bass: Euan Mugisha, Ben Nededog, Joshua Nieman, Aaron Van Roosendaal

Vocal Percussion: Nathan Wight

This concert is free and open to the public.

MA Recital: Jair Lopez, flute

Friday, April 3, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Jair Lopez, flute

Casey Tse, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Dance Thesis Concert: Lauren Linder, Mikey Rioux

Friday, April 3, 2026 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

Free and open to the public.

This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students Lauren Linder and Mikey Rioux from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate one part of the full range of creative work happening at the University of Iowa. Keep an eye out for more posts this spring featuring...

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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, April 3, 2026 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Van Allen Hall

Please join the University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Department as we use the Van Allen Observatory and small telescopes to tour the spring sky. To attend this Astronomy observation session, follow the signs in Van Allen Hall to the east elevator to reach the roof.

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Stop/Time Festival

Saturday, April 4, 2026 (all day)
Hancher Auditorium
Stop/Time Festival is a two-day, multi-venue, multi-artist spring festival produced by Hancher Auditorium and devoted to innovation and independence in contemporary music and the arts. This is a festival of discovery—opening our ears and minds to new sounds, ideas, and possibilities.
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The Homage to Mirage

Saturday, April 4, 2026 (all day)
Pride Alliance Center
The Homage to Mirage
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Iowa baseball vs. Minnesota

Saturday, April 4, 2026 2:05pm
Duane Banks Field
The Iowa baseball team hosts Minnesota.

Horn Festival Recital

Saturday, April 4, 2026 2:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Horn Festival Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.

Dance Thesis Concert: Lauren Linder, Mikey Rioux promotional image

Dance Thesis Concert: Lauren Linder, Mikey Rioux

Saturday, April 4, 2026 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

Free and open to the public.

This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students Lauren Linder and Mikey Rioux from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate one part of the full range of creative work happening at the University of Iowa. Keep an eye out for more posts this spring featuring...

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Iowa baseball vs. Minnesota

Sunday, April 5, 2026 1:05pm
Duane Banks Field
The Iowa baseball team hosts Minnesota.

Senior Recital: Darwin Kohl, Tenor

Sunday, April 5, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Darwin Kohl, Tenor

Darwin Kohl - Tenor
Caleb Haselhuhn - Baritone

This concert is free and open to the public.

Faculty and Guest Recital: Doreen Lee, Jamie Clark, and Patrick Yim

Sunday, April 5, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty and Guest Recital: Doreen Lee, Jamie Clark, and Patrick Yim

This concert is free and open to the public.

Clarence Tow Seminar Series in Economics: Rohit Allena

Monday, April 6, 2026 10:45am to 12:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building

Rohit Allena is an assistant professor at the University of Houston.

AI Prompting (Advanced): Elevating your Craft

Monday, April 6, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Designed for users who already understand the basics, this session dives deeper into prompt engineering techniques to generate more precise, creative, and impactful generative artificial intelligence responses.
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OSA Brown Bag | A Forgotten Excavation: Seeberger Cave

Monday, April 6, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Clinton Street Building
Join Bill Green, OSA Adjunct Research Associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, as he presents an OSA Brown Bag talk on excavations at Seeberger Cave. This program is free and open to the public. It will also be viewable via Zoom.
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Virtual Clinical Science Rounds (via Zoom): Adam Bramoweth

Monday, April 6, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Virtual

Dr. Bramoweth, PhD, DBSM, is a Research Health Scientist at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) in the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) and the VISN4 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC). He is also a Staff psychologist at VAPHS in the Behavioral Medicine Clinic where he treats behavioral sleep disorders, particularly chronic insomnia. His program of research is focused on improving access to insomnia care using methods from implementation...

Across the Aisle: Housing Affordability

Monday, April 6, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Brought to you by the Collegiate Community Committee, our goal is to bridge divisions by bringing people with different perspectives on important social issues into conversation with one another. Our upcoming topic is Housing Affordability.

Participants will pair up during lunch to discuss their views after introductory remarks. Participants are not expected to reach a consensus. Instead, the event is meant to foster civil dialogue and exchange. Across the Aisle is open to all BLB students, staff...

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