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

GPSG Meetings Spring 2024

meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)
meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)
meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)

GPSG Events

Wholistic Wellness Week 2024

Wholistic Wellness Week Safety Training Flyer

WWW: Personal Safety Training Sessions

UCC Campus Safety Training Room
Wholistic Wellness Week Safety Training Flyer

WWW: Personal Safety Training Sessions

UCC Campus Safety Training Room
Wholistic Wellness Week: Mindfulness Meditation

WWW: Mindfulness Meditation

Zoom

Events Around Campus

UICHR 25th Anniversary Celebration promotional image

UICHR 25th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, April 27, 2025 11:30am to 2:00pm
Walker Homestead
Join us at Walker Homestead from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, 2025 as we celebrate the UI Center for Human Rights' 25th anniversary and support its ongoing impact in human rights education. Food and drink will be available for purchase from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and live music will be provided by HomeBrewed. Guests can enjoy the farm and play Baby Goat Bingo. Reservations are not necessary, but are encouraged so to be assured a table. Use this link to reserve a table during open...
Miyawaki Forest Tree Planting promotional image

Miyawaki Forest Tree Planting

Sunday, April 27, 2025 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Hillcrest Hall
This exciting initiative aims to plant 4,000 native tree saplings and shrubs using the Miyawaki Method, a technique for densely planting native trees to create bio-diverse and self-sustaining forests.Getting There:The planting will take place on the northeast side of Hillcrest Residence Hall, east of Lot 13.Parking is limited, so we recommend using public transportation or carpooling.Lot 13: 25 public spots available after 4:30 p.m. weekdays and all day weekends.Lot 14: Public parking available...

MA Recital: Jacob Fekete, trumpet

Sunday, April 27, 2025 1:30pm
Voxman Music Building
MA Recital: Jacob Fekete, trumpet This concert is free and open to the public.

Iowa Hawkapellas

Sunday, April 27, 2025 2:00pm
The Englert Theatre
Iowa HawkapellasThis concert is free and open to the public.
Song*Lines Project: People Power promotional image

Song*Lines Project: People Power

Sunday, April 27, 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Iowa City Bike Library
SONG*LINES PROJECT Weaving Village by singing together in places we love   Spring 2025, Iowa City  In partnership with Grant Wood Art Colony + the University of Iowa School of Music  TO REGISTER, <SIGN UP HERE>

MA Jazz Recital: Cal Mason, drums

Sunday, April 27, 2025 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building
MA Jazz Recital: Cal Mason, drums Cal Mason, drums Ben Williams, bass Joe Shanks, guitar Ben Banta, saxophone This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA II Recital: Craig Jordan, piano

Sunday, April 27, 2025 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building
DMA II Recital: Craig Jordan, piano This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943875 This concert is free and open to the public. 

Senior Recital: Maya St. Clair, organ

Sunday, April 27, 2025 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Senior Recital: Maya St. Clair, organ This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Amanda Baker, organ

Sunday, April 27, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Senior Recital: Amanda Baker, organ This concert is free and open to the public.
Chamber Recital: Dolce Brass & Hazel Aldrege promotional image

Chamber Recital: Dolce Brass & Hazel Aldrege

Sunday, April 27, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Chamber Recital: Dolce Brass & Hazel AldregeHazel Aldrege, euphoniumNatalie Roth, trumpetEmily Bach, trumpetBrad Balster, euphoniumElliot Baughman, tromboneBryson Kinnan, tubaThis concert is free and open to the public.

MA Recital: Neile Breiten, french horn

Sunday, April 27, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
MA Recital: Neile Breiten, french horn Neile Breiten, french Horn Shengbo Shi, piano This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943876 This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Kade Ferchen, tenor

Sunday, April 27, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Senior Recital: Kade Ferchen, tenor Kade Ferchen, tenor Halie Augustus, piano This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Sam Ross, saxophone

Sunday, April 27, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Senior Recital: Sam Ross, saxophone Marvin Truong - Alto sax Carson Parker - Piano Jose Medrano - Bass Milo Savage - Drums This concert is free and open to the public. 

Farewell Recital: Rachel Joselson, voice

Sunday, April 27, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Farewell Recital: Rachel Joselson, Voice This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943877 This concert is free and open to the public. 
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City Nature Challenge

Monday, April 28, 2025 (all day)
Johnson County
Celebrate Our Local Nature, Join the City Nature ChallengeThe University of Iowa is collaborating with Johnson County communities to join 700+ cities around the world in documenting nature as part of the City Nature Challenge! You can contribute to citizen science during this global biodiversity challenge no matter where you are in Johnson County! From April 25-28, 2025, take photographs of WILD plants and animals in backyards, in parks, along city streets, on school grounds, or any place in...
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Monday, April 28 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...
Nominations Open for Family Spirit Award promotional image

Nominations Open for Family Spirit Award

Monday, April 28 to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (all day)
Levitt Center for University Advancement
Calling all Hawkeyes! It’s time to nominate your favorite family for the 2025 University of Iowa Family Spirit Award.The award recognizes a family—spanning at least three generations of Iowa graduates—that has substantially benefited from and continues to advocate for the university, as well as contributes toward bettering the state of Iowa and its communities.Nominate a family: https://www.foriowa.org/family-spirit/nomination.phpThe recipients of this award will receive the ultimate Hawkeye...
Rush Baker IV - Shifting Grounds  promotional image

Rush Baker IV - Shifting Grounds

Monday, April 28, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
embracing the void: moments between space and time exhibition by matthew willie garcia promotional image

embracing the void: moments between space and time exhibition by matthew willie garcia

Monday, April 28, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Opening reception: April 24, 5-7 p.m. in the Drewelowe GalleryExhibition dates: April 22–May 3Suminigashi workshop: April 27, 1–2 p.m.Gallery talk: April 27, 2–3 p.m.Communion: song circle led by Lyndsey Scott & Federico Rincón Pedraza, April 30, 5 p.m.

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, April 28, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
The 2024-2025 Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series is organized by our colleagues at Penn State University and will feature virtual seminars from a different Big Ten neuro program on the 4th Monday of each month (November, December, May dates are adjusted for holidays.) The links will be shared in the Neuroscience this week email. Contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu if you do not receive this email and would like to attend a seminar.
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Bike Commuting 101

Monday, April 28, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Join us for a Lunch and Learn session on the basics of bike commuting. Three passionate bike commuters: Angie Smith, Jenna McCoy, and Ryan Dusil are all connected through volunteer work at the Iowa City Bike Library. They will tell us about what the Iowa City Bike Library is, tips, and tricks about bike commuting and information on what one-on-one "bike buddy" sessions are to help help plan routes and ride together.Registering in advance will assist in planning! https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe...
Miyawaki Forest Tree Planting promotional image

Miyawaki Forest Tree Planting

Monday, April 28, 2025 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Hillcrest Hall
This exciting initiative aims to plant 4,000 native tree saplings and shrubs using the Miyawaki Method, a technique for densely planting native trees to create bio-diverse and self-sustaining forests.Getting There:The planting will take place on the northeast side of Hillcrest Residence Hall, east of Lot 13.Parking is limited, so we recommend using public transportation or carpooling.Lot 13: 25 public spots available after 4:30 p.m. weekdays and all day weekends.Lot 14: Public parking available...
Plasma Physics Seminar - Rui Huang; University of Iowa, Department of Physics & Astronomy promotional image

Plasma Physics Seminar - Rui Huang; University of Iowa, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Monday, April 28, 2025 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
We found another way to calculate field-particle correlation.Rui HuangThe field-particle correlation (FPC) technique, proposed by Klein & Howes ApJL (2016), enables the characterization of interactions between electromagnetic fields and plasma particles using single-point measurements of electric field and particle distribution functions. FPCs associated with distinct physical mechanisms exhibit characteristic patterns in velocity space. To properly characterize one mechanism, field and particle...
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