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

Tickets open on March 1, 2026

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Events Around Campus

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Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:30pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Join us for the Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholars Symposium on Thursday, March 5 in the Iowa Theater of the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU). During the symposium, each member of the 2024-2027 cohort of scholars will give a 15-minute presentation on their area of expertise. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn about and engage with some of the most exciting work happening at the University of Iowa. The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the IMU's Iowa Theater, Room 166IMU. A public reception will follow in the Hubbard Commons.
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ISE:5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR -- DR.MENGXIAO ZHANG

Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Join us in welcoming Mengxiao Zhang, Professor of Business Analytics at Tippie College of Business, to the ISE graduate seminar. Dr. Zhang will present his seminar titled"New Challenges for (Contextual) Multi-Armed Bandits: Fairness Objectives, Indirect Feedback, and Beyond" on Thursday, March 5th, from 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. in 4030 SC.

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Arabic Cultural Hour: Henna Night

Thursday, March 5, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Join the Arabic Cultural Hour this week for Henna Night! We will explore the cultural significance of henna and the process behind making it. Henna will be provided and everyone is welcome to participate and make designs!
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Arabic Cultural Hour

Thursday, March 5, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Join the UI Arabic Program for Arabic Cultural Hour! We have set up a number of exciting activities to explore the cultural practices behind Arabic and their relationship with the language. These activities include traditional crafts, cooking, movies, and more. Alongside each activity we will practice our in-class vocabulary and learn new terms to describe the activity.
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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, March 5, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Bowman House

Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website.

This is not a treatment group and will not satisfy legal or other disciplinary mandates...

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WiCS x SASI - Bracelet Making

Thursday, March 5, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Macbride Hall
Let’s get crafty with the Sexual Assault Survivors at Iowa (SASI) club and make some bracelets together!
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Faith on the Plate

Thursday, March 5, 2026 6:00pm
Phillips Hall
Explore the intersection of religion and cuisine, guided by Christina Ward's book "Holy Food"
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"Can We Talk?" with Penn Badgley and Dr. Nura Mowzoon

Thursday, March 5, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

As a team, Penn & Nura bring a unique and refreshing perspective, analyzing and unpacking the interplay of media and social science. Together they seek to explore how we are having conversations both with those in our immediate circles, and also with the wider society. They are eager to engage in a constructive dialogue exploring how to shift our style of discourse from one of contention to one of cohesion and collaboration.

Penn Badgley is an actor, director, producer and writer in television &...

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Men's basketball vs. Michigan

Thursday, March 5, 2026 7:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa men's basketball team hosts Michigan.
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LNACC in Action Week

Friday, March 6, 2026 (all day)
Latino Native American Cultural Center
LNACC in Action Week
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OSA Brown Bag | Hit the Floor: Stratigraphy in Glenwood Phase Lodges

Friday, March 6, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Clinton Street Building
Join OSA Adjunct Research Associate Mike Perry as he presents an OSA Brown Bag talk on stratigraphy in Glenwood phase lodges. This program is free and open to the public. It will also be viewable via Zoom.

Van Oosterhout-Baskerville Moot Court Competition

Friday, March 6, 2026 12:00pm to 4:30pm
Boyd Law Building

The Van Oosterhout-Baskerville moot court competition was established in honor of the late Judge Martin Van Oosterhout, a 1924 graduate of the College of Law and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Richard Baskerville, a member of the Iowa Law Class of 1959. The winners of the Van Oosterhout-Baskerville competition will represent Iowa Law on the National Moot Court team during the 2025-26 academic year.

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AI in Teaching Roundtable

Friday, March 6, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
University Capitol Centre
Join this roundtable discussion featuring campus AI thought leaders to consider the opportunities and challenges generative AI presents in the classroom.
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Friday Crafternoons

Friday, March 6, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Need a break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons for Crafternoons. Bring whatever low-mess craft you're currently working on (a sketchbook, knitting, embroidery, coloring books, origami — whatever you're into!) or just show up and use some of the various supplies we'll have on hand. No experience required! Light snacks provided. Stay for five minutes or hang out for a while, it's up to you.

Story Lab Showcase Prep

Friday, March 6, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Pappajohn Business Building
Story coaching before the April showcase.

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, March 6, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Nancy-Jeanne LeFevre, Director of Sustainability Services, Locus Environmental, will be presenting, Greenhouse Gas and Clean Fuels Programs: Origins and Implementation.

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A Conversation with the United Nations Youth Observer

Friday, March 6, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Phillips Hall
Meet the UN Youth Observer for a conversation about how you can become involved locally and globally in civic engagement and public service careers. Share your thoughts on international issues and global policies with Jarrett as he travels the US to learn about and share the perspectives of young people.
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Biology Seminar: "Studying The Maintenance of Sex and Other Big Questions, Mostly in Snails"

Friday, March 6, 2026 3:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology’s seminar speaker on Friday, March 6, is from our own department, Maurine Neiman. Her seminar will be held at 3:30pm in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE).
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Colloquium - When 'Good' Systems Fail: What Employment Technologies Miss Under Real-World Constraints

Friday, March 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Tawanna Dillahunt, PhD, from the University of Michigan School of Information, who will speak to the design and deployment of employment technologies, considering real-world constraints rather than idealized conditions.

Dynamical Models of Collective Behavior

Friday, March 6, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Buddhika Nettasinghe, Dept. of Business Analytics

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This Ain’t No Riot!: Naming and Framing Unrest

Friday, March 6, 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.
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Iowa baseball vs. Lindenwood

Friday, March 6, 2026 4:05pm
Duane Banks Field
The Iowa baseball team hosts Lindenwood.
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On the (same) paper Plane — Nana Takano and Poojana Prasanna installation at RSVP in Annual Downtown Iowa City Gallery Walk

Friday, March 6, 2026 5:00pm to 8:00pm
RSVP
"On the (same) paper Plane" is an interactive handmade paper installation by UICB MFA candidates Nana Takano and Poojana Prasanna, on view at RSVP (140 N Linn St, Iowa City) during the 2026 Downtown Spring Gallery Walk on Friday, March 6, 2026, from 5:00–8:00 p.m.
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2026 Downtown Spring Gallery Walk

Friday, March 6, 2026 5:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library

Join the UI Libraries, the Stanley Museum of Art, and the UI Museum of Natural History for the Iowa City Downtown District's Spring Gallery Walk! This annual free event invites everyone to take a self-guided tour of shops and galleries showcasing local art and exhibitions in downtown Iowa City.

Main Library Gallery: Visit Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon to see photographs, letters, artifacts, and more from Special Collections and Archives and the Rita...

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