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

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
meetings

Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

There are no upcoming GPSG events at this time. 

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Events Around Campus

"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell promotional image

"Only a Mask" a new musical by Blake Cordell

Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:30pm
The James Theatre
A workshop of a new musical about identity and superpowers written by a music composition graduate student as part of thesis research

Martin Schmeding, Guest Organ Recital

Saturday, November 1, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Martin Schmeding, Guest Organ Recital

This event is free and open to the public.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952017

Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet promotional image

Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet

Saturday, November 1, 2025 9:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
A confluence of a powerhouse saxophonist and a top-shelf quartet honors the past and heralds the future.
Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest" promotional image

Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest"

Sunday, November 2, 2025 12:00pm to 2:59pm
Visual Arts Building
First performed in 1970 in downtown New York City by Trisha Brown and Carmen Beuchat, Floor of the Forest is danced upon a sculptural steel frame holding up a web of ropes that have been threaded with colorful used clothing.
Piano Sundays at Old Capitol: Doreen Lee and UI Collaborative Pianists promotional image

Piano Sundays at Old Capitol: Doreen Lee and UI Collaborative Pianists

Sunday, November 2, 2025 1:30pm
Old Capitol Museum

Piano Sundays at Old Capitol

This event will feature Doreen Lee and UI Collaborative Pianists

Upcoming Piano Sundays at Old Capitol:
March 1, 2026 | Ksenia Nosikova and Studio
May 3, 2026 | Alan Huckleberry and Studio

This concert is free and open to the public.

Women's wrestling All Iowa Dual promotional image

Women's wrestling All Iowa Dual

Sunday, November 2, 2025 2:00pm
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The Iowa women's wrestling team hosts the All Iowa Dual.
Faculty Chamber Concert #2 promotional image

Faculty Chamber Concert #2

Sunday, November 2, 2025 3:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Faculty Chamber Concert

Suite for Violin and Cello Reinhold Glière
Cello Sonata for Two Cellos Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Piano Quintet in C Minor Ralph Vaughan Williams

Jamie Clark, cello

Alan Huckleberry, piano

Volkan Orhon, double bass

Rebecca Vieker, viola (Guest)

Katie Wolfe, violin

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

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952018

This concert is free and open to the public.

Piano Studio Recital

Sunday, November 2, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Piano Studio Recital

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952019

This concert is free and open to the public.

Joint Recital: Charlie Muehlberger, Grace Walker, Cali Weber: horn promotional image

Joint Recital: Charlie Muehlberger, Grace Walker, Cali Weber: horn

Sunday, November 2, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Joint Recital: Charlie Muehlberger, Grace Walker, Cali Weber: horn

Charlie Muehlberger, horn
Grace Walker, horn
Cali Weber, horn

This event is free and open to the public.

Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week promotional image

Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week

Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 7, 2025 (all day)
Various Locations
Held each year on November 8th, the National First-Generation College Celebration encourages colleges and universities across the country to celebrate the successes of the institution's first-generation students. At the University of Iowa, one day isn't enough - we celebrate all week long!

Clarence TOW Seminar Series in Economics: Jeongbin Kim

Monday, November 3, 2025 11:30am to 12:45pm
Pomerantz Center

Jeongbin Kim is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Florida State University.

Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest" promotional image

Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest"

Monday, November 3, 2025 12:00pm to 2:59pm
Visual Arts Building
First performed in 1970 in downtown New York City by Trisha Brown and Carmen Beuchat, Floor of the Forest is danced upon a sculptural steel frame holding up a web of ropes that have been threaded with colorful used clothing.
Finding Common Ground: Bypassing Polarization on Energy Issues Fireside Chat promotional image

Finding Common Ground: Bypassing Polarization on Energy Issues Fireside Chat

Monday, November 3, 2025 12:10pm to 1:10pm
Virtual

The Private Sector and the Planet: Environmental Governance Across Industries series presents:

Watch Party – Finding Common Ground: Energy and Bipartisanship
Join us for a live watch party of “Finding Common Ground: Bypassing Polarization on Energy Issues,” featuring former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, a nationally recognized leader in clean energy and pragmatic policymaking. Hosted by Vanderbilt Law School, this conversation explores how collaboration can drive real progress on...

Clinical Science Rounds: Joanna Arch promotional image

Clinical Science Rounds: Joanna Arch

Monday, November 3, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

ACT and Exposure Across Contexts: Insights from 20 Years of Anxiety and Cancer Research

Abstract: This talk will highlight key findings, lessons, and emerging directions from two decades of research on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and exposure therapy across diverse populations—ranging from adults with anxiety disorders to individuals coping with cancer. I will begin by summarizing our early work integrating exposure-based ACT for anxiety disorders, then turn to our ongoing efforts...

Global Perspectives: Constitutional Courts in an Age of Democratic Backsliding promotional image

Global Perspectives: Constitutional Courts in an Age of Democratic Backsliding

Monday, November 3, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Boyd Law Building
Global Perspectives: Constitutional Courts in an Age of Democratic Backsliding

Career Pathways: Judicial Internships

Monday, November 3, 2025 12:40pm to 1:40pm
Boyd Law Building

Come learn from those who have interned for judges on different courts about their judicial internships, how to get the position, and why it’s a great experience! Career Services and the Field Placement office will be there to answer your questions and set you up for success.

2025 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Gregory Corder, PhD promotional image

2025 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Gregory Corder, PhD

Monday, November 3, 2025 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Dr. Gregory F. Corder
2025 Neuroscience Research Day – Monday, November 3, 2025

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience is pleased to announce Dr. Gregory F. Corder, Ph.D., as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Neuroscience Research Day. Dr. Corder is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Corder’s keynote presentation, titled “Pain, Poppies, Placebos, and...

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Monday, November 3, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - James Juno, Ph.D.; Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory promotional image

Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - James Juno, Ph.D.; Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Monday, November 3, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium
Intro to Mindfulness Workshop for Students promotional image

Intro to Mindfulness Workshop for Students

Monday, November 3, 2025 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
Sign up for a free, 4-week workshop to learn mindfulness meditation in community with other students
Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week promotional image

Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week

Tuesday, November 4 to Friday, November 7, 2025 (all day)
Various Locations
Held each year on November 8th, the National First-Generation College Celebration encourages colleges and universities across the country to celebrate the successes of the institution's first-generation students. At the University of Iowa, one day isn't enough - we celebrate all week long!
4v4 Indoor Soccer Tournament Sign Up! promotional image

4v4 Indoor Soccer Tournament Sign Up!

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 8:00am
Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex

Registration Information: Pre-Registration begins on Monday, August 18 at 8:00 a.m. During Pre-Registration, captains can start their teams, and begin sending invitations to teammates to build the roster. Once official registration opens on Tuesday, November 4 at 8:00 a.m., teams that meet the minimum player requirements (four players on the team roster) can select a division to complete registration. Teams must select their divisions before registration closes on Wednesday, November 12 at 11:59...

Top Hat Student Response System promotional image

Top Hat Student Response System

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

Top Hat has several options to engage students with in-class quizzes, surveys, and discussions, as well as attendance features that connect to the ICON gradebook. Learn how to get started with this platform and get ideas to adapt it to your courses.

Register for 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, and advanced classroom and...

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Randy Stockbridge, PhD promotional image

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Randy Stockbridge, PhD

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
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