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

GPSG Meetings Fall 2025

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Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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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

There are no upcoming GPSG events at this time. 

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Events Around Campus

Midterm Reset @ the Museum

Thursday, November 6, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Midterms are upon us, and we’re practicing the art of the pause here at the Museum of Natural History. Join us for one or all three upcoming events designed to help you unwind and recharge through origami, movement, and mindfulness at the museum.

Origami in Bird Hall
Step into the calm of Bird Hall for an origami break led by Mary Alice, our Visitor Services Coordinator. Fold peaceful paper birds, quiet your mind, and take a moment to breathe. No experience needed—just show up and recharge.
Wednesd...

Iowa Steel Bands Fall Concert

Thursday, November 6, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Iowa Percussion Fall Concert

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/952021

This concert is free and open to the public.

Annual First-Generation College Celebration Week

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!

DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Jeff Cockburn

Friday, November 7, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.

This roundtable event features Dr. Jeff Cockburn. Jeff is an Assistant Professor the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the...

College of Pharmacy P4 Career Prep Event - Day 2

Friday, November 7, 2025 9:30am to 12:15pm
College of Pharmacy Building

The College of Pharmacy will host a P4 Career Prep Event, with opportunities for fourth-year pharmacy students to participate in a CV review, mock interviews, networking, and more! 

Day 2 topics include:

Salary and benefits negotiation

Paying off loans

NAPLEX prep tips

2025 CS Prospective Graduate Student Visit Day - Morning Sessions

Friday, November 7, 2025 9:30am to 1:25pm
Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories
The Computer Science (CS) department welcomes prospective students interested in our graduate programs to our annual Prospective Student Visit Day and Graduate Research Symposium

Sip and String: Museum of Natural History

Friday, November 7, 2025 10:00am to 1:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Celebrate First-Gen Week with a cozy creative break!

Swing Fore Stead

Friday, November 7, 2025 10:00am to 3:00pm
PinSeekers
Grab your clubs—and your competitive spirit—and join us for a fun-filled day benefitting University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Pecha Kucha - Glocal at Iowa

Friday, November 7, 2025 11:30am to 12:30pm
Iowa City Public Library
Using the fast-paced and visually engaging Pecha Kucha format—meaning “chit-chat” in Japanese—five student speakers will share their most meaningful “glocal” experiences in six-minute presentations composed of 20 timed slides.

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Angela Richardson

Friday, November 7, 2025 12:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

Angela Richardson is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Dr. Mark Blumberg's laboratory.

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.

Trisha Brown's "Floor of the Forest"

Friday, November 7, 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.

Story Lab Showcase Prep (MERGE)

Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00pm to 3:00pm
MERGE
Showcase practice in the space—one week out!

Environmental Engineering and Science Graduate Seminar

Friday, November 7, 2025 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Seamans Center

Cristina Poleacovschi, Assistant Professor, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, will be presenting, Place Matters: Sociotechnical Approaches for Understanding and Addressing Tap Water Distrust in the U.S.

2025 Prospective Student Visit Day and Graduate Research Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025 1:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre
The Computer Science (CS) department welcomes prospective students interested in our graduate programs to our annual Prospective Student Visit Day and Graduate Research Symposium

Structuring for Success: Legal Tools for Healthcare Inventors and Startups

Friday, November 7, 2025 2:00pm to 7:00pm
Courtyard Marriott University Heights, The Heights Rooftop Ballroom & Patio
Half-day event designed to equip startup founders and students with essential legal insights for launching and growing successful ventures.

Anthropology Colloquium: Kyle Bikowski, "Gayming Beyond Games"

Friday, November 7, 2025 2:30pm
Macbride Hall
Anthropology Colloquium: Kyle Bikowski, "Gayming Beyond Games: Play as a Fundamental Component to Community Building Among Gaymers in Mexico"

Course Help: Accessibility in ICON

Friday, November 7, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre

Drop by 2523 University Capitol Centre from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Fridays through Nov. 21 for in-person accessibility support. No appointment required. OTLT staff and student instructional technology assistants (SITAs) will be available to:

Introduce you to TidyUP. Use TidyUP to scan ICON course sites for unused files, check for unpublished or unused pages, and easily remove pages you no longer need.

Review your Anthology Ally course report and help you improve your score. Ally provides scores (only...

Plasma Physics Seminar - M. Hasan Barbhuiya, Ph.D.; Clemson University

Friday, November 7, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Van Allen Hall
Plasma Physics Seminar

Improv Workshop for Law Students

Friday, November 7, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Boyd Law Building

Whether you’re discussing the law in class, meeting clients, or advocating in a courtroom, being present and responsive matters. Join University of Iowa Theater Arts Professor Kristen Hartsgrove Mooers for an engaging improv workshop that helps law students build confidence, think on their feet, and communicate naturally—skills that translate to every part of law school and professional life. No acting experience required!

Limited spots available! Register at https://tinyurl.com/lawimprov

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2025 Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award Ceremony

Friday, November 7, 2025 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
2025 Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award Ceremony

Morgan Sackett: TV Producer and Director

Friday, November 7, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Producer of Parks and Rec, The Good Place, and more will lecture about his career in television

Art & Write Night

Friday, November 7, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.

Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.

Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

Saw-whet Owl Banding

Friday, November 7, 2025 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Iowa Raptor Project

Join us after dark for this exclusive Northern Saw-whet Owl banding event! We will begin indoors at the Raptor Center for an engaging educational program to learn more about the secretive world of owls with our education birds. Next, you will be transported to our remote owl banding station where you will help collect data, band, and release owls that we may encounter. Due to the nature of this event, space is limited. Registrants must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Friday, November 7, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
An essential company honors a vital artist in a program also featuring UI dancers.
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