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CLAS finals week study guide: Six tactics that actually work

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
For CLAS students, finals are not one-size-fits-all. This guide focuses on preparation strategies across disciplines to help you perform well, whatever your final exam looks like.
Jayda Hunstad poses for a portrait inside Voxman Music Building in Iowa City, IA, on Monday, April 6. Hunstad, a masters student at the University of Iowa, studies music therapy with a focus on chronic and neurological pains. (Ethan McLaughlin/The Daily Iowan)

UI music therapy program marks 50 years

Monday, May 4, 2026
The University of Iowa’s music therapy program turns 50 this year, and a graduate student is turning her own experience with spinal surgery into research that helps adolescents recovering from the same procedure.
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CLAS debuts remarkable Spaceflight Lab

Monday, May 4, 2026
Standing on the shoulders and in the former offices of space-science giants like James Van Allen, Don Gurnett and Craig Kletzing, a team of University of Iowa scientists beamed with pride this week at the campus’ new, state-of-the-art Spaceflight Laboratory.
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A new chapter for care and connection at the University of Iowa’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
The University of Iowa is continuing to build on its national leadership in communication sciences and disorders with a reimagined clinical space and an enduring commitment to hands-on education.
Photo grid of six 2026 CLAS Collegiate Teaching Award winners

2026 Collegiate Teaching Awards honor outstanding CLAS faculty

Monday, April 27, 2026
Six faculty members were nominated by their colleagues to receive these prestigious, annual awards from the college.
Cathy Sung and Anne Martin

New CLAS Biology faculty members earn national and local research support

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Cathy Yea Won Sung and Anne Martin, who joined CLAS last fall, are advancing research in hearing loss and brain science with support from the National Institutes of Health and the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
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Seven CLAS research teams receive OVPR awards' first-ever Large Grant Development Opportunity

Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The Office of the Vice President for Research awarded funding to 12 interdisciplinary University of Iowa research teams to support the development of large, competitive grant proposals. Seven of those teams engage CLAS researchers. The program begins this year and will run through 2029.
Valerie Payré

Meet the CLAS faculty member whose research is out of this world

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Valerie Payré, assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, was never interested in confining her research to Earth; instead, she expanded her horizons to studying the formation of volcanoes on Mars.
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CLAS mathematical and computational scientists collaborate with medical professionals

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
From studying migraines in mice to infections in hospitals, these College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members are working to change lives through interdisciplinary research with medical professionals.
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A PhD, a family, and the work of theoretical mathematics

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
A doctoral student in mathematics describes his work in operator theory, how he structures his time across research, teaching, and family, and why he feels a responsibility to make the most of the opportunity in front of him.