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

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

Senior Recital: Sara Sample, clarinet

Sunday, April 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Sara Sample, clarinet

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Composers Workshop IV

Sunday, April 26, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

This concert is free and open to the public.

The Center for New Music will premiere new works by University of Iowa student composers.

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we celebrate one part of the full range of creative work happening at the University of Iowa. Keep an eye out for more posts this spring featuring #NewWorkCity: a nod to the energy and...

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, April 27, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Neuroscience presentations (virtual) hosted by Big Ten Academic Alliance members
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Concert Band

Monday, April 27, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Concert Band

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

MA Recital: Katie Forbush, cello

Monday, April 27, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Katie Forbush, cello

Solo cello, and piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Robin Bogner, PhD

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Robin Bogner, PhD
Director, Kildsig Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research (CPPR)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Seminar Title: "Emerging Technology to Enhance the Stabilization of Therapeutics by Lyophilization"

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

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Anthology Ally: An ICON Course Accessibility Tool

Tuesday, April 28, 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.

Register for event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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LLLC Work in Progress Working Group

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Phillips Hall

LLLC Work in progress Working Group presentations will take place on the fourth Tuesday of each month in 318 Phillips Hall from 3:30-5pm.These workshops will feature writing by WIP group members, which will be circulated beforehand by the author/translator/scholar. We will begin with a short presentation by the writer, followed by workshop and Q&A. The goal of these meetings is to give a platform for working group members to share writing and get feedback, edits, ideas from colleagues in the...

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Iowa baseball vs. Illinois State

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 6:05pm
Duane Banks Field
The Iowa baseball team hosts Illinois State.
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Book Reading: Residual, by Tisa Bryant

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Celebrate the book launch of Residual, by Tisa Bryant

Levitt Lecture with David Axelrod

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Daniel Cosio, Guest Trombone Recital

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Daniel Cosio, Guest Trombone Recital

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Levitt Lecture with David Axelrod

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
David Axelrod- Levitt Lecture Series
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Study Hall

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Hansen Distinguished Lecture

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
College of Public Health Building
Hansen Distinguished Lecture

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, April 29, 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.
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Curator Guided Tour of 'Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon'

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library

Join co-curators Sarah Suhadolnik and Katie Buehner for a special guided tour of the current University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery exhibition, Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon. Admission is free, and all are welcome.

About the exhibit:

An Iowa native and a Hawkeye, conductor James Dixon (1928–2007) was instrumental in building orchestras at the University of Iowa, in the Midwest, and abroad. Through a look at Dixon’s adventurous international...

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Iowa softball vs. Northern Illinois

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 5:00pm
Pearl Softball Field
The Iowa softball team hosts Northern Illinois.

DMA Qualifying Recital: Andrew Deaver, Trombone

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Andrew Deaver, Trombone

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA Qualifying Recital: Zijie Wang, piano

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Zijie Wang, piano

This event is free and open to the public.

Black Pop Music Ensemble Concert

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Black Pop Music Ensemble Concert

This event can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This event is free and open to the public.

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Gradebook: ICON User Group

Thursday, April 30, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

This session of the ICON User Group will start with an overview of how to use and organize the ICON Gradebook and then lead into faculty discussing how they use ICON, asking each other questions and giving each other tips. All instructors are welcome to attend ICON User Group sessions.

Register for the event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data...

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Gradebook: ICON User Group

Thursday, April 30, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

This session of the ICON User Group will start with an overview of how to use and organize the ICON Gradebook and then lead into faculty discussing how they use ICON, asking each other questions and giving each other tips. All instructors are welcome to attend ICON User Group sessions.

Register for the event.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data...

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