Articles from 2024

Two side by side photos of Teddy Van Winkle and David Conn

Music, political science graduates selected as 2024 CLAS Alumni Fellows

Wednesday, September 11, 2024
The 20-year-old program highlights exceptional CLAS graduates and invites them back to campus to engage with current students.
Bikes line a wall with signs promoting bike lines in the City of Dubuque

CLAS journalism students gain hands-on experience reporting on sustainability efforts in Dubuque

Sunday, September 8, 2024
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication collaborated with the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities on three capstone classes where students produced news content, snapped photos, and created plans to help the city of Dubuque meet its sustainability goals.
A phone with blue and red bandages

CLAS course examines social media’s influence on politics

Sunday, September 8, 2024
Ahead of this fall’s presidential election, a UI political science class learns how to navigate misinformation and a lack of civility online.
Voyager 1 launches in 1977 from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking the beginning of a nearly five-decade mission.

Bon Voyage: From Iowa to the final frontier

Sunday, September 8, 2024
For decades, UI-built scientific instruments onboard the two Voyager spacecraft have yielded groundbreaking discoveries as the vessels explore the cosmic unknown.
Mason Richman works at a golf event for Special Olympics at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City as part of the sport and recreation management practicum The Business of Golf.

CLAS students tee up a career in golf

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
A unique practicum gives University of Iowa students behind-the-scenes access to golf venues and events, including a tournament on the PGA Tour.
Casey DeRoo

CLAS physics and astronomy department awarded $1.5 million from NASA

Friday, August 30, 2024
The Physics and Astronomy Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will use the funds from NASA to purchase state-of-the-art equipment needed to build instruments for future missions.
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CLAS English faculty members to discuss recent works at upcoming Book Matters

Join us for a reading and discussion, co-sponsored by Prairie Lights, to celebrate recent works from Louisa Hall and Bennett Sims, faculty in the University of Iowa Department of English. After the reading, Donika Kelly, associate professor of English, will join Hall and Sims for a conversation and Q&A with the audience.