Articles from 2025

Six CLAS Humanities faculty members have been granted funds to perform research during the summer.

Six CLAS humanities faculty receive funding to pursue summer research projects

Monday, June 9, 2025
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for Research, awarded funding to allow six faculty to pursue research projects during the summer.
Melissa Tully recently won the award for Mental Health Champion.

CLAS journalism professor recognized for commitment to championing mental health

Monday, June 9, 2025
Melissa Tully, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, received the Mental Health Champion Award for her commitment to creating a safe space for her faculty and students.
Elizabeth Menninga

CLAS political science faculty member applies math to civil wars

At the University of Iowa, Elizabeth Menninga uses math to understand the mediation of civil wars.
Kara Juhl

CLAS student selected for competitive CIEE Leading Change in Latin America Fellowship

Sunday, June 8, 2025
University of Iowa (UI) student Kara Juhl is one of 100 students selected to serve as a student leader for the CIEE Leading Change in Latin America Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Keiko Kawamuro

Three CLAS mathematics faculty members offer a math club at an Iowa City junior high school

Monday, June 2, 2025
Since October 2024, Department of Mathematics faculty members Ionut Chifan, Hao Fang, and Keiko Kawamuro, and then-graduate student Adriana Fernandez Quero have been organizing math club meetings with students at Southeast Middle School. The faculty have enjoyed sharing their expertise with students.
Students participate in a name, image, likeness course offered by Sport and Recreation Management in the Department of Health and Human Physiology

CLAS HHP course simulates agency experience

Students from across the University of Iowa campus collaborate to put together name, image, and likeness plans for Hawkeye student-athlete “clients.”
Alex Hoffman, a CLAS alum, recently started his own solar energy company.

CLAS geographical and sustainability sciences alum creates solar energy company

Monday, June 2, 2025
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alum Alex Hoffman (15BA) shares how a college internship helped him see success as an entrepreneur.
Brenda Gao

CLAS student receives Critical Language Scholarship to study in Japan

Monday, June 2, 2025
Brenda Gao, a University of Iowa student studying psychology, from Iowa City, Iowa, has been awarded a 2025 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Japanese this summer in Okayama, Japan.
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.