Kristy Nabhan-Warren

CLAS religious studies faculty member selected as senior mentor for prestigious Young Scholars in American Religion program

Monday, October 7, 2024
Kristy Nabhan-Warren, professor in the Department of Religious Studies, hopes the Lilly Endowment mentor role with the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture will allow her to continue to inspire the next generation of scholars.
Edge of Space Students experimenting with devices

Two CLAS departments collaborate for third Edge of Space Academy

Monday, October 7, 2024
The most recent cohort got hands-on with space-based instrumentation, conducting research, and working as a team as part of the immersive program led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences.
RescueVoice App

CLAS faculty member develops app to bridge gap between first responders and people with limited speech during an emergency

Monday, September 30, 2024
Inspired by first responders training, Krista Davidson, a clinical professor in the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders, developed a speech-generating application to assist first responders when communicating with nonspeaking individuals.
Rachel Young and Kate Magsamen-Conrad

CLAS faculty members dedicated to community-engaged teaching, learning, and research

Monday, September 30, 2024
Faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are centering their scholarship around community-based initiatives, exemplifying the University of Iowa’s commitment to building partnerships in Iowa and beyond.
A person conducting research

CLAS sets new grant funding record with another significant year in research funding

Monday, September 30, 2024
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had an impressive year for research and discovery with a record-setting year for new grant funding and another significant year for total awarded funding.
Three researchers featured in the September Research Resource

Meet three CLAS researchers and artists

Friday, September 27, 2024
Learn more about the exciting work of three faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Scott Shaw

CLAS chemistry faculty member leading $9 million project funded by U.S. Department of Defense

Friday, September 27, 2024
Scott Shaw, professor in the Department of Chemistry, and a team of researchers across five universities seek to understand how environmental film forms on solid surfaces and how materials can be designed to last longer.
Street Crossing Research

What’s the safest scenario for crossing the road?

Thursday, September 12, 2024
Researchers in CLAS studied how to make crossing the road safe, especially for children with self-driving cars on the road. Watch this video produced by the NSF on the findings.
Voyager 1 launches in 1977 from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking the beginning of a nearly five-decade mission.

Bon Voyage: From Iowa to the final frontier

Sunday, September 8, 2024
For decades, UI-built scientific instruments onboard the two Voyager spacecraft have yielded groundbreaking discoveries as the vessels explore the cosmic unknown.