Across the humanities, faculty integrate career readiness into rigorous, discipline-specific learning. Students develop skills in communication, analysis, research, collaboration, and ethical reasoning while connecting those strengths to professional pathways and real-world experience.

Following the 2022 planting of the Anne Frank horse chestnut sapling on the University of Iowa Pentacrest, the Anne Frank Initiative has expanded its programming and deepened its presence across campus and in the broader community.

A new method developed by CLAS physicists could make magnetic field research more accessible to students, educators, and citizen scientists.

Our most popular articles from the summer of 2026 share a theme: people and ideas thrive with the right support. From professional hearing care and humanities research funding to academic collaboration, staff leadership, and mathematics outreach, these stories show how expertise, mentorship, and community create new possibilities across CLAS and beyond.

CLAS researchers Christopher Brochu and Ed Wasserman share how birds and other creatures have unlocked discoveries in their fields.

Four CLAS students have been awarded the Leona Zaharis Scholarship to support their study abroad experiences in summer and fall 2026.

A CLAS English Department mentor and her protégé remain connected by their shared devotion to the written word.

CLAS Health, Sport, and Human Physiology's new graduate pathways in clinical exercise physiology and sport and recreation management prepare students for what's next.

The Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology has moved into the Health Sciences Academic Building, bringing classrooms, teaching laboratories, faculty offices, and research spaces together in a shared health sciences environment. The new facility expands opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, updated instruction, clinical research, and student learning while supporting future partnerships and innovation.

The department's new home will provide modern instructional spaces, expanded student amenities, and new opportunities for collaboration across the arts.