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

GPSG Meetings Fall 2025

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Legislative Meeting

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

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GPSG Events

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Events Around Campus

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ICON Day 2025

Friday, November 14, 2025 9:00am to 3:00pm
Grand Ballroom in the Hilton Garden Inn
Join the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology for ICON Day 2025. Jeffrey Kontio, EdD, will deliver the keynote, "What You Do Matters: Designing for Real Access in Real Classrooms," focusing on the role of instructors and instructional designers in creating engaging learning environments while helping to frame accessibility as something that benefits all. Register by Monday, Nov. 3, to attend ICON Day 2025.Kontio is a digital accessibility expert, lecturer in the School of Communication...

Story Lab Fall Showcase

Friday, November 14, 2025 11:30am to 1:00pm
MERGE
Join us for lunch and stories around a theme to be announced soon! This free, open-to-all event includes a tasty meal and a chance to hear powerful stories from Tippie students. Connect and network with faculty, staff, alumni, and local business leaders at the Story Lab end-of-semester showcase.Presented by the Tippie Leadership Collaborative—come for the food, stay for the stories and connections!

Founding Mothers Support Group

Friday, November 14, 2025 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
This support group is led by Social Worker Sam for any student enrolled at Iowa Law who wishes to explore gender dynamics in law school and in the legal field. The invitation is to come together to share, process, and support each other. There is no long-term commitment and no need to attend consistently. If you are interested in attending, please email Social Worker Sam to receive and review a copy of the group’s Constitution before attending. All attendees must sign the group’s Constitution to...
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The Mini Series: Being a TA

Friday, November 14, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Pomerantz Center
This event is an opportunity for any student interested in our full-time programs to have a chance to hear from our student ambassadors, who are current Tippie full-time graduate students, what it is like being a teaching assistant. In the first half of the event, there will be presentation led by our student ambassadors with the opportunity for a Q&A. The second half will be dedicated to mingling with light bites provided. This will be an Open House style event, so you can attend the whole...

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Gage Liddiard

Friday, November 14, 2025 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
Gage Liddiard is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, as well as a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). His research has been with the Dr. Joseph Glykys lab.If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.
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Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye

Friday, November 14, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Part of Mic Check Poetry FestPart of Club HancherPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonPresented in collaboration with Mic Check Poetry Fest and Iowa City PoetryA beautiful friendship of two spoken word masters made even better by each other.Their origin story is a tale of unbelievable coincidences and unshakeable camaraderie—and they tell that story with their trademark trading of lines. Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye are two exceptional spoken word artists whose collaboration is greater than the sum of its...

Improvisation Summit: Tracteur Hammer & Board of Regents

Friday, November 14, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Improvisation Summit: Tracteur Hammer & Board of RegentsBoard of RegentsRitwik Banerji, tenor sax & no-input mixerJean-François Charles, clarinets & electronicsWill Yager, bassTracteur HammerHunter Diamond, tenor saxophone & electronicsFlorian Nastorg, baritone saxophoneYoram Rosilio, double bassMikel Patrick Avery, drumsThis concert is free and open to the public.
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Argonautika

Friday, November 14, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Written by Mary Zimmerman Adapted from The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts Gaius Valerius Flaccus Translated by David R. Slavitt Apollonius Rhodius Translated by Peter Green Directed by Josh Turner Sing in us, Muse, the story of Jason and his Argonauts, how he was sent away on the first voyage of the world to bring back the Golden Fleece. An epic story of heroes and monsters, of enchanted islands and vengeful gods, where danger looms at every turn --- from savage kings and sea beasts to a...
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Minnesota Orchestra

Saturday, November 15, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
With Thomas Søndergård, Music Director, and Benjamin Beilman, ViolinPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonRekindling a deep relationship with an outstanding orchestra that began in 1909.No ensemble has visited the University of Iowa more often than the Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra—but it’s been 43 years since the ensemble’s last performance on campus. We are delighted to welcome them back under the baton of Thomas Søndergård for a concert featuring violinist Benjamin Beilman, an adventuresome...
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Argonautika

Saturday, November 15, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Written by Mary Zimmerman Adapted from The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts Gaius Valerius Flaccus Translated by David R. Slavitt Apollonius Rhodius Translated by Peter Green Directed by Josh Turner Sing in us, Muse, the story of Jason and his Argonauts, how he was sent away on the first voyage of the world to bring back the Golden Fleece. An epic story of heroes and monsters, of enchanted islands and vengeful gods, where danger looms at every turn --- from savage kings and sea beasts to a...
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Iowa Volleyball vs. Minnesota

Sunday, November 16, 2025 2:00pm
Xtream Arena
The Iowa volleyball team will host Minnesota.

Clarinet Choir Recital

Sunday, November 16, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Clarinet Choir RecitalThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.
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Clinical Science Rounds: Aaron Scherer

Monday, November 17, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
Dr. Scherer is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Scherer is a medical decision-making researcher who uses insights from psychology to improve how we utilize and communicate about preventative services such as vaccines, cancer screening, and clinical laboratory test results.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Monday, November 17, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building
Seminar Series
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Free CPR/AED, Red Watch Band Training

Monday, November 17, 2025 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
The Red Watch Band Program focuses on knowledge, skill, and confidence building regarding preventing death from alcohol overdose. Students are taught the knowledge and skills to "make the call," and using role plays, given opportunities to build confidence to intervene on behalf of another. All students who complete the training will receive CPR and alcohol bystander training, and will be better able to link the impact that alcohol has on the body. Students will also receive training on how to...
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Intro to Mindfulness Workshop for Students

Monday, November 17, 2025 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
Intro to Mindfulness® is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management to college students and other young adults. To register or learn more information, please go to the link on our website.
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University Band & Concert Band

Monday, November 17, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
University & Concert BandThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Leslie Benet, PhD

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 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: Leslie Benet, PhDProfessorDepartment of Bioengineering & Therapeutic SciencesUniversity of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CaliforniaAll are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.
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Attacca Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 1:00pm
Dey House
TICKETSFree and open to the public, no ticket requiredPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonThe Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Attacca Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public with limited seating capacity.Attacca Quartet is engaged in a week-long residency at the University of Iowa alongside UI 2025–2026 Composer-in-Residence...
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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 3:00pm to 4:30pm
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.This offering combines content from previous CAFÉ sessions into a single extended session.Register for event.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools...
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Intuitive Eating Workshop for Students

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
Intuitive Eating is an approach that teaches you how to create a healthy relationship with your food, mind, and body. It is based on 10 basic principles that invite you to a world of satisfying eating and a sense of freedom from dieting.The four-week workshop is free for students and will provide education, activities, practice, and support to improve your food and body image awareness.Register for the summer workshop by visiting our website.
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Iowa Nurse Innovators Roadshow

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 11:00am to 3:00pm
University of Iowa Health Care University Campus
This two-day event brings nurse-led innovation to communities across Iowa, featuring inspiring keynotes, interactive workshops, and a live pitch competition. Note: November 19th is happening in Western Iowa and November 20th is at UI Health Care in Iowa City, Iowa. Please see the event page here for up to date event details.November 19 (Western Iowa): Ignite – Hear from leading nurse innovators, including keynote speaker Judy Lenane, and take part in a hands-on Spark Session designed to fuel...

IRB Efficiency Initiative Information Session

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
We will discuss the changes and demonstrate HawkIRB enhancements being implemented to streamline the IRB review process. The monthly session will cover upcoming enhancements and their expected rollout dates. Please join us to learn more about the IRB Efficiency Initiative.

Departmental Brown Bag

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
Brown Bag events feature presentations by Psychological and Brain Sciences graduate students from the Cognitive and Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience training areas.Presenter, title, and abstract to come.
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