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

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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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

IPLS Speaker Event: Matt Kuykendall, Director of Brand Intellectual Property at Sony Interactive Entertainment

Monday, March 9, 2026 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building

The Intellectual Property Law Society is hosting an in-person speaker event with Matt Kuykendall. Matt is the current Director of Brand Intellectual Property at Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind PlayStation. Matt has also previously served as the Director of Global Trademarks and as Senior Corporate Counsel. Matt has worked across and oversees several areas of intellectual property law, both at Sony and Wilson Sonsini. We invite the law school community to come to this event and...

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Clinical Science Rounds: Jonathan Platt & Rose-Angele Mizose

Monday, March 9, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Dr. Jonathan Platt is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health. Dr. Platt’s research integrates social theory with causal inference methods to better understand how systems of social stratification influence mental health disorders and disparities. Ms. Rose-Angele Mizose is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds using trauma-informed interventions such as Acceptance and...

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Data Centers in Iowa: Perspectives from Community, Government, and Research

Monday, March 9, 2026 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
This panel will offer a high-level overview of how community, government, and industry considerations shape data center development in Iowa and the broader Midwest.
MLK Day Lecture - "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Under Threat at the University Lectern" with Antonio Ingram promotional image

MLK Day Lecture - "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Under Threat at the University Lectern" with Antonio Ingram

Monday, March 9, 2026 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Boyd Law Building

Antonio Lavalle Ingram II serves as Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund where he works on educational equity cases. Mr. Ingram serves as lead counsel in Simon et al v. Ivey et al., challenging Alabama’s SB 129, prohibiting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in public colleges and universities. Mr. Ingram also Co-authored a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief in 303 Creative v. Elenis where he opposed intersectional anti-Black and anti-LGBTQIA+ public accommodations discrimination. In...

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FRONTIERS IN OBESITY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM SEMINAR - Jamal Naderi, PhD

Monday, March 9, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Jamal Naderi, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Department of Internal Medicine will be giving a talk titled, "Ceramide-Induced FGF13 as a Determinant of Systemic Metabolic Health".

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Biostatistics Seminar: Dr. Julian Wolfson

Monday, March 9, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
College of Public Health Building
Please join the Department of Biostatistics for our first lecture of the semester: Dr. Julian Wolfson, Professor of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, University of Minnesota, will present his research March 9th, 2026, from 3:30pm to 4:20pm in C217 CPHB.

Iowa Trivia Challenge

Monday, March 9, 2026 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Iowa Trivia Challenge
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Poojana Prasanna's MFA Thesis Exhibition, "A Portrait of Home"

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 7:00am to 8:30pm
North Hall

Poojana Prasanna's MFA Thesis Exhibition, A Portrait of Home

Exhibition Dates: March 8–13 2026

Reception: March 10, 5–7 p.m.

Three years ago, I moved from India to Iowa City to pursue the MFA in Book Arts. As I settled down in this new place, the river by the department, the tree behind the Old Capitol, the vibrant colours of fall, the great sugar maple tree I walk past every day, the morphing of days into days and nights into nights on opposite sides of Earth all anchored me to the new life I...

Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend promotional image

Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
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...

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, March 10, 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...

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

Dissecting the gut-brain dynamics of anorexia and aversion

Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University

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Course Help for Accessibility in ICON (CHAI)

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:00am to 1:00pm
Virtual

This time is for in-person and online accessibility support. OTLT staff will be available to help instructors make ICON course sites and digital documents, including PDFs, more accessible. They'll also assist instructors in taking advantage of tools like TidyUP and Ally to simplify the process.

Instructors are invited to drop in anytime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. during these sessions.

Register for event.

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

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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:00am to 11:45am
Virtual

This course is designed for anyone who creates a team or has been given the team owner role in an existing team. Team owners have access to settings and capabilities that members do not see. This training will discuss how best to create a team, choose settings based upon your needs, and manage the team throughout its existence. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with Microsoft Teams before taking this course. To schedule additional Microsoft Teams training for your department, team...

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Textiles in Focus Pop-Up: Exploring the art and culture of fabric

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 11:30am to 1:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Explore a selection of items from the University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives related to embroidery, weaving, and textiles design and production.

Spend some time reviewing materials like Rosey Grier’s needlepoint for men, a textile production map from Germany, and artist books of thread and fabric on display in the lobby. We will also have a selection of books from the Art Library to inspire, and a craft activity related to the theme. Bring a friend to experience the pop-up...

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Feng Zhang, PhD

Tuesday, March 10, 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: 

Feng Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

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

Pi Day Craft

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Seamans Center

Join CBE and the Engineering Library in a Pi day craft and some delicious pie!

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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: CANCELED

Jan. 27: Lori Wallrath, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Feb. 3...

Graduation Checklist and Reminder Meeting

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:40pm to 2:30pm
Boyd Law Building

Graduation checklist/reminders meeting - all 3Ls are urged to attend in person or on Zoom. We want to make sure you are all prepared and registered for graduation! Meeting at 12:40 pm in Levitt.

Across the Aisle - Does America Need More Babies?

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:40pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building

Across the Aisle is hosting an all-school discussion on Declining Birth Rates: Should America Have More Babies? Brought to you by the Collegiate Community Committee, our goal is to bridge division by bringing people with different perspectives on important social and political issues into conversation with each other. This event will focus on the problem of declining birth rates in developed countries, whether government policies encouraging people to have children amount to reproductive...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, March 10, 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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Iowa baseball vs. St. Thomas

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 3:05pm
Duane Banks Field
The Iowa baseball team hosts St. Thomas.

Iowa City MSW Info Session

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
To learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Iowa City.

Des Moines MSW Info Session

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Learn about the MSW program options and specializations available in Des Moines.

Corridor Jazz Concert

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 6:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Corridor Jazz Concert

This concert is free and open to the public. 

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