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

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

The ticket request period has now closed. All attendees who RSVP’d will receive additional details from GPSG soon.

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

Events Around Campus

Online Degree Programs Information Session

Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:00pm to 12:29pm
Virtual

Join us for a 30-minute online overview of the Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) and Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) online degree programs from the Univeristy of Iowa. You can join from a PC, Mac, iOS, or Android device here: BAS and BLS Information Session Zoom Link

You are welcome to drop-in or register!

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Free CPR/AED Training, Red Watch Band

Thursday, September 24, 2026 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Free CPR/AED Training + Narcan Administration
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Earthmind: Mindful Walks

Monday, September 28, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Swap your screen time for green time! Discover ways to transform your everyday outdoor activities into stress-relieving tools in a free four-week workshop.

Earthmind is…

provided in a collaboration with Earthmind, a local nonprofit organization

taught in four, individual sessions

taught in small groups

Fall 2026

Offered on Mondays from 5:00pm-5:50pm as individual sessions.

Sept. 21: Outdoor Tea and Study Reset: Sip tea outdoors and learn a simple reset ritual you can use before studying, after class...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, September 29, 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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Mindfulness Basics, for Students

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Mindfulness Basics
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Free CPR/AED Training, Red Watch Band

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Free CPR/AED Training + Narcan Administration
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Habit Hacks Workshop for Students

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Sign up for a free, 4-week workshop to tackle your goals
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Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium

Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by Hancher Auditorium

Here’s the way it is: Bruce Hornsby is an iconic and endlessly original musician.

Bruce Hornsby rose to prominence with The Way It Is, his 1986 Grammy-winning debut album with The Range. An avid collaborator who has work with everyone from Bob Dylan to Bon Iver and from Stevie Nicks to Bonnie Raitt, Hornsby was also a part-time member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, performing in over 100 concerts. This...

Supreme Court Day

Friday, October 2, 2026 (all day)
Boyd Law Building

This is a tentative date with more details to come!

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Art & Write Night

Friday, October 2, 2026 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...

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Pregame Cookout at the Boyd Law Building Courtyard

Saturday, October 3, 2026 (all day)
Boyd Law Building

All College of Law students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to gather two hours before kickoff to enjoy food, fun, and Hawkeye spirit. Come connect with the College of Law community and cheer on the Hawkeyes together!

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Earthmind: Grounding Through Plant-Based Scents

Monday, October 5, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Swap your screen time for green time! Discover ways to transform your everyday outdoor activities into stress-relieving tools in a free four-week workshop.

Earthmind is…

provided in a collaboration with Earthmind, a local nonprofit organization

taught in four, individual sessions

taught in small groups

Fall 2026

Offered on Mondays from 5:00pm-5:50pm as individual sessions.

Sept. 21: Outdoor Tea and Study Reset: Sip tea outdoors and learn a simple reset ritual you can use before studying, after class...

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:

• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating and...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

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

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• Outputting data automatically with calculated fields
• Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection
• Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts
• And more

T...

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Habit Hacks Workshop for Students

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Sign up for a free, 4-week workshop to tackle your goals

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, October 8, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys

Manually and automatically sending surveys

Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms

Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of surveys in...

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Free CPR/AED Training, Red Watch Band

Sunday, October 11, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Free CPR/AED Training + Narcan Administration

Almita Vamos, violin and Ksenia Nosikova, piano

Sunday, October 11, 2026 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Almita Vamos, violin and Ksenia Nosikova, piano

This concert is free and open to the public.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, October 12, 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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Earthmind: Choosing Houseplants That Survive Midterms

Monday, October 12, 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Swap your screen time for green time! Discover ways to transform your everyday outdoor activities into stress-relieving tools in a free four-week workshop.

Earthmind is…

provided in a collaboration with Earthmind, a local nonprofit organization

taught in four, individual sessions

taught in small groups

Fall 2026

Offered on Mondays from 5:00pm-5:50pm as individual sessions.

Sept. 21: Outdoor Tea and Study Reset: Sip tea outdoors and learn a simple reset ritual you can use before studying, after class...

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Snarky Puppy

Monday, October 12, 2026 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season

We say this with full sincerity and zero snark: You do not want to miss this band.

Snarky Puppy is a five-time Grammy-winning collective drawing from a wide array of influences including funk, rhythm & blues, hard rock, classic soul, modern gospel, new tech, fusion, and jazz. The band isn’t too keen on labels. Snarky Puppy isn’t exactly a jazz band or fusion band or a jam band. The band simply is what it is: a powerhouse music-making wonder that is always...

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, October 13, 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, October 13, 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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