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

Follow us on Instagram (uiowagpsg) for the latest updates!

Events Around Campus

MA Recital: Robert Krause, Trumpet

Saturday, May 9, 2026 1:30pm
Voxman Music Building

MA Recital: Robert Krause, Trumpet

Performer: Robert Krause - Trumpet
Accompanist: Jason Sifford - Piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA Qualifying Recital: Ingrid Popp, viola

Saturday, May 9, 2026 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Ingrid Popp, viola

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA III Recital: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Saturday, May 9, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute
Mariya Akhadjanova, piano

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

This concert is free and open to the public.

DMA III Recital: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Saturday, May 9, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute
Mariya Akhadjanova, piano

This event is free and open to the public.

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UI Choir & Voxman Chorale Concert

Saturday, May 9, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

UI Choir & Voxman Chorale Concert

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

This event is free and open to the public.

DMA Qualifying Recital: Jiachen Tang, piano

Saturday, May 9, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Jiachen Tang, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Dance Graduate Concert

Saturday, May 9, 2026 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

Free and open to the public.

This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

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...

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Brad Mehldau Trio

Sunday, May 10, 2026 6:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Expression and abstraction characterize the music of an indispensable jazz trio.
Brad Mehldau Trio promotional image

Brad Mehldau Trio

Sunday, May 10, 2026 8:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Expression and abstraction characterize the music of an indispensable jazz trio.

Leveraging Microsoft Copilot: How AI Can Assist You

Monday, May 11, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
An introductory training on Copilot

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, May 11, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!

This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.

Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

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Study at the Stanley

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 10:00am to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Make the Stanley your study spot for finals week. We'll have free coffee, lemonade, punch, and snacks available all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (10 a.m.–4 p.m.).

Stop by for a few hours to study for your exams: grab a snack, replenish your study supplies (we'll have post-its, highlighters, and more) and take a quick break — either by exploring the galleries or playing with a fidget toy.

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, May 12, 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...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

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

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Des Moines.

Schubert Song Cycle "Die Schöne Müllerin"

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Schubert Song Cycle "Die Schöne Müllerin"

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Study at the Stanley

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:00am to 3:59pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Make the Stanley your study spot for finals week. We'll have free coffee, lemonade, punch, and snacks available all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (10 a.m.–4 p.m.).

Stop by for a few hours to study for your exams: grab a snack, replenish your study supplies (we'll have post-its, highlighters, and more) and take a quick break — either by exploring the galleries or playing with a fidget toy.

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, May 13, 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:/...

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, May 13, 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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Study at the Stanley

Thursday, May 14, 2026 10:00am to 3:59pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Make the Stanley your study spot for finals week. We'll have free coffee, lemonade, punch, and snacks available all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (10 a.m.–4 p.m.).

Stop by for a few hours to study for your exams: grab a snack, replenish your study supplies (we'll have post-its, highlighters, and more) and take a quick break — either by exploring the galleries or playing with a fidget toy.

Spring 2026 IRB Office Hours

Thursday, May 14, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
IRB Office Hours are for all UI faculty, staff, and Investigators, HawkIRB delegates, and research team members involved with Human Subjects research.

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, May 14, 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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Latinx Graduation

Friday, May 15, 2026 (all day)
Latino Native American Cultural Center
Latinx Graduation
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Black Graduation

Friday, May 15, 2026 (all day)
Afro American Cultural Center
Black Graduation
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