Articles from October 2024

Tracy Kidder with Jim O'Connell

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder returns to Iowa for book event

Monday, October 7, 2024
‘Master of nonfiction’ Tracy Kidder headlines this fall’s Iowa City Book Festival
Kristy Nabhan-Warren

CLAS religious studies faculty member selected as senior mentor for prestigious Young Scholars in American Religion program

Monday, October 7, 2024
Kristy Nabhan-Warren, professor in the Department of Religious Studies, hopes the Lilly Endowment mentor role with the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture will allow her to continue to inspire the next generation of scholars.
Edge of Space Students experimenting with devices

Two CLAS departments collaborate for third Edge of Space Academy

Monday, October 7, 2024
The most recent cohort got hands-on with space-based instrumentation, conducting research, and working as a team as part of the immersive program led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences.