The School of Social Work has launched a new Practicum Education Advisory Board to strengthen student preparation, expand access to quality placements, and enhance collaboration with community partners. Building on the school's expanded practicum model, the board will help shape future improvements and ensure students gain meaningful, real-world experience.

When Grace Coleman (BA music and international studies ‘17) arrived at the University of Iowa, she knew she was interested in the wider world. What she didn't know was that the experiences she found at Iowa would eventually lead her to build a life and career on the other side of the globe.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Center for Language and Culture Learning is bringing conversations about communication and cultural understanding into everyday life and professional settings through this innovative podcast.

Stephanie Miracle explores the possibilities of movement through collaborations that bring choreography into unexpected spaces.

CLAS alumna Breyana Williams discovered her passion for public health through her experiences in HSHP. Now, she’s turning that passion into impact by educating communities about vaccination, building trust, and improving access to preventive health care.

As manufacturing becomes more automated, intelligent, and interconnected, robots, sensors, machines, controllers, and computers increasingly need to exchange information and coordinate their actions in real time.

CLAS graduate researcher Ramachandra Bangari and associate professor Thomas Folland of physics and astronomy collaborated with researchers from McMaster University and Vanderbilt University on a new method for determining how ultrathin crystals are oriented, an important step toward understanding materials that could be used in future technologies. 

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) welcomes everyone to celebrate Homecoming 2026 with events across campus, including talks with a Broadway playwright, music performances, department gatherings, and the annual parade.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has named Elizabeth Catlett to its 2026 class of legacy honorees, which recognizes people whose accomplishments were overlooked or undervalued due to their race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Catlett, a sculptor and printmaker, was one of the first three students to receive an MFA from Iowa in 1940 and the first African American woman to earn the degree.

Tom Lin, a University of Iowa assistant professor who teaches English and creative writing, is winning national acclaim as a novelist.