VIDEO: Oscar nominee David Lang (MM 1980) on the importance of the liberal arts

In addition to getting a 2016 Oscar nod for Best Original Song in "Youth," Lang was a 2015 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni Fellow and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Congrats to David Lang (MM 1980), who has been nominated for a 2016 Oscar! Learn more: http://oscar.go.com/nominees/music-original-song/simple-song-3-from-youth

Here's a video of Lang discussing the importance of the liberal arts, filmed when he was visiting campus as a 2015 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni Fellow:

 

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.