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

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Legislative Meeting

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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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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Art & Write Night

Friday, August 7, 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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Astrophotography Post-Processing - presented by Griffin Carroll; Undergraduate Student; Department of Physics and Astronomy

Friday, August 7, 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 undergraduate student Griffin Carroll, who will discuss how astronomical images are stacked and enhanced with software.

A public observing session at the Van Allen Observatory will immediately follow this talk, weather permitting.

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Public Observing Night - Van Allen Observatory

Friday, August 7, 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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OSA at the 110th Annual Meskwaki Powwow

Saturday, August 8, 2026 (all day)
Meskwaki Powwow Grounds
OSA educators will be joining the Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museum staff in the History Exhibit tent at the 110th Annual Meskwaki Powwow! Learn about archaeology and OSA's Tribal partnerships. Chat to archaeologists and try some hands-on games and activities!
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Blood Drive at St. Thomas More Catholic Church

Sunday, August 9, 2026 9:00am to 1:00pm
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 9th, 2026 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
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Introducing University Instructional Technology

Monday, August 10, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Discover which supported instructional technologies the University of Iowa provides to instructors and students, and learn more about the process for getting new technologies approved.
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Summer Learn to Row Camp (Aug 10-14)

Monday, August 10, 2026 9:00am to 10:30am
Beckwith Boathouse
Junior Learn to Row Camp (Aug 10-14)
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ICON Overview

Monday, August 10, 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.
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Getting Started with Top Hat

Monday, August 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Top Hat has several options to engage students with in-class quizzes, surveys, and discussions, as well as attendance features that connect to the ICON gradebook. Learn how to get started with this platform and get ideas to adapt it to your courses.
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Copycat Academy: The Art of the Course Copy

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Learn how to copy an ICON course for a new semester in this step-by-step workshop. We'll cover settings, integrated tools, and common pitfalls to avoid.

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as:

Importing data from a CSV file

Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic

Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables

Sending automated, conditional email alerts

Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

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Microsoft Loop: Get Started with Loop

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

Microsoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content, and tasks across your tools and devices. This training will introduce you to Loop workspaces, which can be used as a notetaking tool or to manage projects. Additionally, we will discuss how you can integrate a Loop workspace into a team in Microsoft Teams. While this is a Microsoft Loop training, it is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before attending this session.

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Anthology Ally: An ICON Course Accessibility Tool

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Anthology Ally is a powerful tool in your ICON courses. It provides instructors guidance and feedback on accessibility issues in their course sites and offers students multiple formats for downloading and using course materials. Join us to learn how this tool works, how you can make your course sites more accessible, and how it can increase students' ability to engage with your course materials.
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Blood Drive hosted by IC Rotary Club at the Iowa City Environmental Education Center

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Iowa City Environment Education Center
The DeGowin Blood Center & Iowa City Rotary Club are hosting a blood drive from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 at the Iowa City Environmental Education Center.

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the MSW program in Des Moines at the John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95053466834

Questions? Contact Melanie at melanie-reed@uiowa.edu

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Getting Started with Elements of Success

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Elements of Success is a platform developed at the University of Iowa for students to better understand their course performance. This session gives an overview of the platform and how it can be incorporated into courses and how to set it up.

Iowa City MSW Info Session

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
To learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Iowa City.
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Summer Bird Banding

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 7:30am to 9:30am
Macbride Nature Recreation Area - Iowa Raptor Project Parking Area
Summer Bird Banding
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Forget It, I'm Using Paper

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual
Feeling the pressure to use digital assignments while worried that students might use AI tools to complete their work? This session explores how instructors can use paper-based assignments and assessments while leveraging Gradescope's powerful grading and feedback tools. Learn how students can submit their handwritten work to Gradescope, allowing instructors to annotate, comment, and grade efficiently online.

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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