Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by social service agencies to handle cases involving child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse. But a CLAS researcher and former social worker says the agencies need to establish safeguards to ensure that AI technology does not lead to bias against vulnerable or disadvantaged populations.

CLAS alumnus and Iowa native Scott Dunn reflects on his unconventional career path, which began in medicine and has taken him around the world as a pianist and conductor.

CLAS faculty member Jeffrey Cockburn combines psychology, neuroscience, and computer science to explore how the brain makes predictions and improve mental health care.

She Shelf, a newly formed student organization at the University of Iowa, is working to end period poverty in the Iowa City community.

Poet Brenda Hillman, who earned an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1976, is a 2026 finalist for the prestigious National Book Award.

Nicholas Boggs has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin, administered by the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Del Belcher, a 2023 MASC graduate, returned to the University of Iowa as an adjunct instructor, bringing his professional experience and passion for accessible communication into the classroom. His story highlights how the MASC program’s flexibility helped him connect his graduate education with his career—and now allows him to help other working professionals do the same.

Using community-engaged learning, Claudia Pozzobon Potratz helps students connect Spanish language, culture, and identity to the Iowa City community.

University of Iowa alum Kelsey Klein combines clinical experience with research to better understand communication outcomes for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Her experiences at Iowa helped shape the questions she pursues today as a research scientist at the House Institute Foundation.

Through research and teaching, Logan Brown explores the moments when games stop being “just games” and begin shaping the technologies and cultures around them.