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Jason Robey investigates changes in American incarceration

Friday, October 2, 2026
Jason Robey researches what has driven major changes in the criminal justice system and how those lessons could help shape its future.
Still from a black and white silent film Der Reigen

International silent film retrospective highlights growing work at Iowa

Friday, October 2, 2026
Michael Cowan’s work for one of the field’s most prominent international gatherings coincides with new collaborations in silent film scholarship, music, and performance at the University of Iowa.
Image: 4 square grid featuring HSAB, Dance, Phillips Hall, Jessup Hall

New and renovated CLAS spaces welcome students for 2026–27 academic year

Friday, October 2, 2026
Completed and ongoing facilities projects are creating fresh spaces for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences programs across the University of Iowa campus.
Alumni Scott Icenogle conducts his original composition, Ode to Voxman, for an 85-piece orchestra

CLAS alumnus Scott Icenogle turns his Iowa memories into music

Thursday, October 1, 2026
As a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student at the University of Iowa, Scott Icenogle studied communication while pursuing the music he couldn’t imagine living without. Decades later, those interests have become inseparable in his career—and inspired an original composition rooted in his memories of Iowa.
Image: Tisa Bryant, Kanokwan Bunsawat, David Dowling, Tony Orrico

Meet four CLAS researchers exploring how people understand themselves and the world

Thursday, October 1, 2026
Faculty across the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences discuss the questions driving their research, what brought them to higher education, and the interests that shape their lives beyond their work.
University of Iowa students Nikolas Vinovich, Sasha Wemmie, and Halit Bagdu discuss voltage readings from one of the electronics circuit boards.

Photo gallery: CLAS students take part in high-profile physics experiment

Thursday, October 1, 2026
Called the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), physicists from Iowa and around the world have teamed up to detect neutrinos, elusive particles that may explain what makes up the universe and all that’s in it, including us.
University of Iowa grad Ty Schmit, with Pat McAfee (right) on the set of the former NFL player's show.

CLAS grad living dream producing ‘Pat McAfee Show’

Thursday, October 1, 2026
Fueled by the confidence he built as a University of Iowa student, Ty Schmit made a play in 2017 to join Pat McAfee’s fledgling media enterprise as an intern. Now he produces the retired football player’s daily sports show, which recently was acquired by ESPN.
Image: Matthew Neill Null

Matthew Neill Null helps students find a distinctive voice

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and associate professor brings a unique approach to fiction and a commitment to helping students develop their own artistic voices.
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Dorit Kliemann researches the remarkable social brain

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
A slight change in facial expression, a minimal shift in someone’s tone of voice, or a subtle movement can offer clues about what another person is feeling or thinking, and what they might do next. For many people, interpreting those signals happens almost automatically. Dorit Kliemann, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, wants to understand how the brain makes that possible.
A portrait of University of Iowa graduate student Harindu Rajapaksha.

Seeking sustainable nuclear energy practices

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
CLAS alumnus Harindu Rajapaksha is working to improve our understanding of nuclear waste for safer storage, recycling, and management.