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

GPSG Meetings Spring 2024

meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)
meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)
meetings

Council Meeting

IMU Room 337 (or join via Zoom)

GPSG Events

Wholistic Wellness Week 2024

Wholistic Wellness Week Safety Training Flyer

WWW: Personal Safety Training Sessions

UCC Campus Safety Training Room
Wholistic Wellness Week Safety Training Flyer

WWW: Personal Safety Training Sessions

UCC Campus Safety Training Room
Wholistic Wellness Week: Mindfulness Meditation

WWW: Mindfulness Meditation

Zoom

Events Around Campus

Optional Recital: Madeline Nuss, mezzo-soprano promotional image

Optional Recital: Madeline Nuss, mezzo-soprano

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Optional Recital: Madeline Nuss, mezzo-sopranoThis concert is free and open to the public.
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Thursday, May 8 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...

IRB/HSO Spring 2025 Office Hours

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Answer questions about conducting human subjects research. Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system. Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies. Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB.
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Microsoft Teams: Structure and Manage Your Team (Best Practices)

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:00am to 10:45am
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...

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, May 8, 2025 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...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Douglas Kojetin

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility
This event is open to the public."TBA"Douglas Kojetin, PhDVanderbilt UniversityFaculty Host: Ernesto Fuentes, PhDKojetin Lab | https://www.kojetinlab.org/
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Honors in Microbiology and Immunology

Thursday, May 8, 2025 2:00pm
Eckstein Medical Research Building

Storytelling through Immersive Technologies

Thursday, May 8, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center
PRESENTER: Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb, California State University – San Bernandino FACULTY HOST: Dr. Deema Totah, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

Online MSW Info Session

Thursday, May 8, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the Online MSW program. We offer Advanced Standing and Regular Standing with specializations in Clinical Practice and Leadership Practice.Click here to register: https://socialwork.uiowa.edu/graduate/msw-social-work/onlineQuestions? Contact Melanie at melanie-reed@uiowa.edu 
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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, May 8, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Supporting Students Desiring a Change Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website. This is not a treatment group and will not...
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Wide Lens: LISTENING

Thursday, May 8, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
In a world full of noise, we often try to listen—to conversations with colleagues and family, to music in our headphones, to videos blasting from our smartphones. We hear all these things daily, but what does it mean to truly listen? In what sense do devices also listen to us? What is the role of silence in listening? How has listening changed over time? Can political tensions be solved through listening? How is listening both an art and a science?This Wide Lens event brings together researchers...

Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I

Thursday, May 8, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Chamber Music Residency Program Recital I The students of the Chamber Music Residency Programs will give their final recitals. This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. This concert is free and open to the public.
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Digital Graffiti showing

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:15pm
Theatre Building
The world has seen the dazzling delights of digital artwork projection mapped onto some of the most iconic buildings: the Empire State Building, the Sidney Opera House... even our own Old Capitol! Now you can see the Theatre Arts building come to life with digital art made by students in the new UI course, Digital Graffiti.The art of projection mapping is a growing sector in public art and engagement. Many cities are eager to engage their communities and shine light onto the facades of their...
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Friday, May 9 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...

27th Annual Optometric Conference

Friday, May 9, 2025 8:00am to 4:00pm
Levitt Center for University Advancement
Each Spring faculty at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences present a full-day conference for optometric practitioners. This conference will provide the optometric practitioner with information that will assist him/her with diagnostic dilemmas and patient questions that are encountered daily. This activity will also provide information about current and expected diagnostic and treatment options for a variety of eye diseases. Finally, this activity will provide...

Health and Human Physiology Research and Experiential Learning Showcase & Poster Session

Friday, May 9, 2025 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The HHP Undergraduate Honors & Graduate Student End of Year Showcase Committee invites you to this annual event showcasing academic research, insight from industry leaders, and HHP student presentations, recognitions, and awards.This event is highlighted by keynote Louis E Alley Memorial Lecture and will acknowledge HHP undergraduate honors students and recognize scholarship recipients.Afternoon poster session & social includes student presentations of their peer reviewed projects from HHP...

EES Seminar Series: Dr. Carlton E. Brett (University of Cincinnati) - "TBD"

Friday, May 9, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Trowbridge Hall
Presenter: Dr. Carlton E. Brett, College of Arts & Sciences: Department of Geosciences, University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) Talk Title: TBD
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Si No Sanas Hoy, Sanarás Mañana

Friday, May 9, 2025 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Si No Sanas Hoy, Sanarás Mañana, a group exhibition whose title translates to “If you don’t heal today, you’ll heal tomorrow.” This exhibition brings together Iowa-based creatives of Latin American descent in a dialogue centered around healing—whether physical, emotional, or symbolic. Participating artists include members of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and visual activists from Des Moines.

Voxman Chorale and Kantorei Concert

Friday, May 9, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Voxman Chorale and Kantorei ConcertAndrew Robinson (VC) and Jesse Reed (CS), graduate conductorsThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/945587This concert is free and open to the public.

Clarinet Studio Recital

Friday, May 9, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Clarinet Studio RecitalThis concert is free and open to the public.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/945588
Digital Graffiti showing promotional image

Digital Graffiti showing

Friday, May 9, 2025 10:15pm
Theatre Building
The world has seen the dazzling delights of digital artwork projection mapped onto some of the most iconic buildings: the Empire State Building, the Sidney Opera House... even our own Old Capitol! Now you can see the Theatre Arts building come to life with digital art made by students in the new UI course, Digital Graffiti.The art of projection mapping is a growing sector in public art and engagement. Many cities are eager to engage their communities and shine light onto the facades of their...
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Saturday, May 10 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...
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Non-Major Voice Recital I

Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:30am
Voxman Music Building
Non-Major Voice Recital IStudents of Adam GriffithsThis concert is free and open to the public.

DMA Qualifying Recital: Yimu Wang, piano

Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:30am
Voxman Music Building
DMA Qualifying Recital: Yimu Wang, pianoThis concert is free and open to the public.
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