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

GPSG Meetings Fall 2026

meetings

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)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

GPSG Ball 2026

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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Events Around Campus

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Fall 2026 New TA Orientation

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Pomerantz Center
The Center for Teaching's New TA Orientation will be held in person from 1-3:30 pm on August 19. 

Summer 2026 Office Hours

Wednesday, August 19, 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. No appointment necessary.
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Equatio for Handwritten Math and Chemistry Accessibility

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Handwriting notes and equations can be a powerful pedagogical tool. However, when designing courses with digital accessibility in mind, handwritten documents can cause real roadblocks. Equatio is a tool that can turn handwritten math and chemistry into screen-readable information as well as other helpful tools for learners and instructors

College of Law Orientation

Thursday, August 20 to Friday, August 21, 2026 (all day)
Boyd Law Building

College of Law Orientation for incoming 1Ls will be August 19-21, 2026. There will be mandatory class sessions, as well as panels with current faculty, students, student support staff, and alumni.

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College of Pharmacy Class of 2030 Professional Engagement Week

Thursday, August 20 to Friday, August 21, 2026 (all day)
College of Pharmacy Building

The College of Pharmacy will welcome the class of 2030 during Professional Engagement Week.

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Blood Drive at UIHC - Fountain Lobby

Thursday, August 20, 2026 10:00am to 3:00pm
University of Iowa Health Care GH
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 20th, 2026 at UIHC - Fountain Lobby.
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Learning and Studying with AI

Thursday, August 20, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Instructors will learn to use AI tools to improve student outcomes in this workshop. There will be specific examples that instructors can adapt into their courses and conversations around how to talk to students about using AI to support studying. These activities aim to integrate AI into courses effectively and innovatively.
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Microsoft Teams: An Introduction

Thursday, August 20, 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...

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PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Thursday, August 20, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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.
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Just a word, and the word a movement.

Thursday, August 20, 2026 9:30pm
Theatre Building
A Theatre Arts Interdisciplinary Summer Workshop
Experimental performances inspired by the University of Iowa Dada and Fluxus special collections.

College of Law Orientation

Friday, August 21, 2026 (all day)
Boyd Law Building

College of Law Orientation for incoming 1Ls will be August 19-21, 2026. There will be mandatory class sessions, as well as panels with current faculty, students, student support staff, and alumni.

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College of Pharmacy Class of 2030 Professional Engagement Week

Friday, August 21, 2026 (all day)
College of Pharmacy Building

The College of Pharmacy will welcome the class of 2030 during Professional Engagement Week.

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Launch Your Semester Clinics

Friday, August 21, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Have last-minute teaching questions? Drop in to either of two Teaching Clinics for refreshments and consultations on your syllabus, ICON, first-day lesson plans, and any other teaching or instructional technology questions. An optional TILE consultation is also available. All faculty and graduate teaching assistants are welcome.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology

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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, August 21, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice.

Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum of...

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The Curious Case of Rapidly Rotating Stars - presented by Sadie Kobos; Graduate Student; Department of Physics and Astronomy

Friday, August 21, 2026 8:30pm to 9:00pm
Van Allen Hall

Please join us for the Astronomy Public Talk series, where we host short, accessible talks on a wide range of astronomy and physics-related topics—free and open to the public! This event will feature a presentation by UI Physics and Astronomy graduate student Sadie Kobos, who will discuss how recent discoveries have revealed that rapidly rotating stars do not behave as scientists once thought they should. As researchers begin to understand how these surprising findings are reshaping stellar...

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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, August 21, 2026 9:00pm to 11:00pm
Van Allen Hall

Please join the University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy department as we use the Van Allen Observatory and small telescopes to tour the summer 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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2026 College of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony

Saturday, August 22, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
Hancher Auditorium

The College of Pharmacy will host a special ceremony to welcome the Class of 2030 into the college family. The White Coat Ceremony is a tradition that marks the beginning of a student's first semester and their formal entry into the pharmacy profession. During the ceremony, students receive their white coat, which symbolizes their commitment to the profession and their patients' health.

Event will be live-streamed (link coming this summer).

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Filmscene in the Park

Saturday, August 22, 2026 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp
Filmscene in the Park
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Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

Sunday, August 23, 2026 2:30pm to 4:15pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome.

Write at the Stanley meets every fourth...

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Battle of the Bands

Sunday, August 23, 2026 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
SCOPE presents Battle of the Bands
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UI Academic Job Market Bootcamp

Monday, August 24, 2026 10:45am to 12:45pm
Virtual
UI Academic Job Preparation
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Try, Explore, Adjust (TEA): Advanced Course Accessibility

Monday, August 24, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
This course will take the base skills you've learned in Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) and build on that knowledge with the principles of TEA: Try, Explore, Adjust. We'll dig into accessible course design, learn more about the particulars of web and document accessibility standards, and put best practices into use for our courses.
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Launch Your Semester Clinics

Monday, August 24, 2026 12:00pm to 2:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Have last-minute teaching questions? Drop in to either of two Teaching Clinics for refreshments and consultations on your syllabus, ICON, first-day lesson plans, and any other teaching or instructional technology questions. An optional TILE consultation is also available. All faculty and graduate teaching assistants are welcome.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology

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ICON Overview

Monday, August 24, 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.
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