Image: Stephanie Miracle. Photo courtesy of Ralf Silberkuhl

CLAS faculty member Stephanie Miracle recognized for pushing the boundaries of dance

Monday, October 26, 2026
Stephanie Miracle explores the possibilities of movement through collaborations that bring choreography into unexpected spaces.
A portrait of University of Iowa assistant professor Tianyu Zhang and professor Steve Goddard.

Tianyu Zhang receives NSF research grant to improve communication infrastructure for manufacturing

Monday, October 26, 2026
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.
Demir-Lira recreates her study into parent-child learning with her fourth-grade daughter, Sophia Lira.

CLAS researchers find parents should combine words with gestures to help their children learn

Monday, October 19, 2026
Ece Demir-Lira, associate professor in the UI Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the study’s corresponding author, says combining words with hand gestures can be applied by parents and teachers alike.
A portrait of Aislinn Conrad, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa.

Using AI in violence prevention should put survivors first, CLAS researcher argues

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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.
Headshot of Kelsey Klein

Kelsey Klein connects research and clinical care to support children with hearing loss

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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.
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.
Image: Dorit Kliemann

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 professors Sriram Pemmaraju and Sourya Roy.

Nearly $1 million awarded in NSF grant to computer science faculty for distributed computing research

Monday, September 28, 2026
University of Iowa researchers Sriram Pemmaraju and Sourya Roy will explore how complex random sampling tasks can be performed efficiently across multiple computing machines.
A headshot of University of Iowa associate professor Tara Bynum.

English faculty Tara Bynum receives $50,000 John Carter Brown Library fellowship

Friday, September 25, 2026
Bynum has received a $50,000 fellowship from the John Carter Brown Library to support work on her book, A Revolutionary History of Black Joy.
A diagram of solar winds, shocklets, bow shock, magnetosphere, and Jupiter.

Jupiter uses surprisingly complex system to fend off particles from sun

Thursday, September 24, 2026
A CLAS-led research team in a new study has reported the most detailed observations to date of the bow shock at Jupiter, our solar system's gas giant.