Articles from May 2025

CSD students provide hearing screenings to athletes as part of the Special Olympics Healthy Hearing initiative.

CLAS CSD students and faculty provide hearing screenings at Special Olympics event

Volunteers from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa provided hearing screenings to athletes as part of the Special Olympics Healthy Hearing initiative.
Nate Jenkins professional headshot

CLAS HHP faculty member honored for research and professional impact

Nate Jenkins, associate professor at the University of Iowa, continues to advance research in human physiology while earning awards that give him the opportunity to train and present.
T.J. Dedeaux-Norris

CLAS art, art history, and design faculty member wins prestigious Rome Prize

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, associate professor in the School of Art, Art History, and Design and African American Studies, and area head of painting and drawing, says receiving the Rome Prize is both a personal and professional milestone.
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CLAS faculty involved in three Research Programs of Excellence

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
The Iowa Neuroscience Institute has awarded a total of $2.4 million to four research teams to carry out Research Programs of Excellence over the next three years.
Melissa Febos and Kaveh Akbar

Two CLAS English faculty named Roy J. Carver Professor

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Department of English faculty members Kaveh Akbar and Melissa Febos both appointed the Roy J. Carver Professorship, effective July 1.
A compilation of eight faculty headshots

CLAS announces 2025 faculty promotion and tenure awards

Monday, May 19, 2025
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced the recipients of its prestigious awards for faculty who received a promotion to tenured associate professor and full professor, and to associate professor and full professor of instruction. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced eight faculty members will receive the college’s esteemed Dean’s Scholar, Collegiate Scholar, Distinguished Associate Professor of Instruction, and Distinguished Professor of Instruction awards.
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival returns to Iowa City this June and July.

Iowa Summer Writing Festival returns to Iowa City this summer

Monday, May 19, 2025
The Festival, sponsored by the Magid Center for Writing, offers workshops for writers of every skill level, and will take place June 15 to July 25, 2025.
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CLAS honors faculty with 2025 teaching and engagement awards

Monday, May 19, 2025
Nine faculty members were nominated by their colleagues and received these prestigious, annual awards from the college
CLAS students, faculty, and staff celebrate spring commencement

Photos from spring 2025 CLAS commencement

Monday, May 19, 2025
Congratulations to our newest graduates! Check out some of the photos from the May 17 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences spring commencement ceremony.
Students participate in a lab

UI’s largest department changes name to Health, Sport, and Human Physiology

Monday, May 19, 2025
The name change reflects the department’s growth and expanded scope of education and research.