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

GPSG Meetings Spring 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)

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

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:

Creating participants

Creating tasks and schedules

Active tasks and their unique data output

Direct messages and announcements

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap.

Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going here:  https:/...

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ICON Overview

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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.

Summer 2026 Office Hours

Wednesday, August 12, 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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Microsoft Teams: Customize with Apps

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

This course will show you how to utilize applications in a channel, meeting, or chat to extend the capabilities of your team. We will talk about using personal applications to help streamline and organize your work within Microsoft Teams. The apps covered in this course include OneNote, Forms, Planner, and Viva Learning. 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, or...

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, August 13, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training we won't use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:

Populating data from one Excel sheet to another with vlookup()

Seeing specific data with column sorting and filtering

Ensuring data is cohesive by creating tables

Looking at how data relates to other data by creating pivot tables

Transforming unusable data to a usable format...

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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Thursday, August 13, 2026 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Virtual
Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Collaboration (Zoom)

Thursday, August 13, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

For those already using Endnote, this class teaches you to maximize the tool. You’ll learn about the Endnote options for sharing so that you can collaborate effectively. From exporting and importing to syncing and sharing, this class will help you manage your information seamlessly on the desktop and on the web.

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 are...

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

Thursday, August 13, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
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...

Online MSW Info Session

Thursday, August 13, 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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Tech Tools for Group Projects

Friday, August 14, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Group work can be an important way to support student learning, but challenging to facilitate. In this workshop, we will talk about three tools that can support group projects: Microsoft Teams, Peerceptiv, and Pressbooks. The goal is to introduce these tools, their features and to help participants think about the possibilities for their courses.
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LaTeX Accessibility with MathJax and Pressbooks

Friday, August 14, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
LaTeX markup language is an efficient and powerful way to prepare mathematical equations and formulae to share with others, but PDF outputs of LaTeX don't meet important accessibility standards. This training will demonstrate how to transform your LaTeX files into HTML, use MathJax to make them more accessible, and share them with others in the Pressbooks platform.
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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, August 14, 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...

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College of Pharmacy Class of 2030 Professional Engagement Week

Monday, August 17 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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Syllabus Savvy: Communicating AI Expectations

Monday, August 17, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Join this session to learn how to model clear instructions about AI use, ways to create AI disclosure statements, and suggestions for maintaining ongoing conversations about your AI policies throughout the semester. By setting expectations, promoting transparency, and encouraging open dialogue about AI use, you'll create an informed learning environment where students can leverage these tools responsibly and effectively.
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Catch Up With ICON

Monday, August 17, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Come to this session to see how ICON has evolved over the year. We'll highlight the new gradebook coming to ICON, which includes features designed to improve the grading experience, especially in classes with large numbers of students and/or assignments.
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College of Pharmacy Class of 2030 Professional Engagement Week

Tuesday, August 18 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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Food Truck Tuesdays at the Iowa Research Park

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 11:30am to 1:30pm
UI Bioventures Center
Food Truck Tuesdays feature a rotating lineup of local food trucks on the third Tuesday of each month, May through October, at the BioVentures Center.
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Gradescope Bubble Sheets

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Discover the efficiency of assessment management with Gradescope's Bubble Sheets. Learn to effortlessly create assessments with multiple-choice answer keys for automatic grading of your students' submission. Simplify your assessment workflow with Gradescope's effectiveness and precision. 

College of Law Orientation

Wednesday, August 19 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

Wednesday, August 19 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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ICON Overview

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
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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Microsoft Teams: Working with Files

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This course will show you how to edit and share files in Teams chats, meetings, or channels. We will talk about best practices for Team file storage and organization as well as co-authoring files and how to access personal files view. We will discuss how Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive work together from a file storage perspective. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department...

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Getting Started with UICapture

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Join this information session to learn the basic functions of UICapture, including creating, editing, and sharing recordings.
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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. 
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