Allison Jaynes

CLAS physics and astronomy faculty member served on Heliophysics Decadal Survey Committee

Monday, January 6, 2025
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released the 2024 Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) Decadal Survey, produced by a steering committee that included Associate Prof. Allison Jaynes.
Laura Schmitt

CLAS CSD faculty member and graduate students help lead dementia workshop

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Clinical assistant professor Laura Schmitt and a group of speech-language pathology graduate students took part in a four-part workshop for care partners of individuals living with dementia.
Portrait of Jamel Brinkley

Writers’ Workshop faculty member wins Maya Angelou Book Award

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Jamel Brinkley, assistant professor in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, was named the winner of the fourth annual Maya Angelou Book Award for Witness: Stories.
Joshua Lens

CLAS sport and recreation management faculty member discusses college athletes and NIL deals

Monday, December 2, 2024
Ever since the NCAA permitted college athletes to get paid by companies that use their names, images and likenesses, athletes have tested the limits of their increasing power, writes Joshua Lens, faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.
Kadera&Mitchell 2018

Two CLAS faculty members working to empower women in political science

Monday, November 25, 2024
Kelly Kadera and Sara Mitchell, faculty members in the Department of Political Science, host workshops that support, mentor and teach women in political science. A recent NSF grant will allow them to continue this work for another four years.
Fall leaves in front of the Old Capitol

Two CLAS faculty members secure OVPR seed funding

Monday, November 11, 2024
The Research Development Office recently granted six $47,000 awards as a part of the OVPR Interdisciplinary Scholars program, part of the Seeding Excellence Initiative.
Iowa Artist Fellowship Award Recipient

CLAS art, art history, and design faculty member receives Iowa Artist Fellowship

Monday, November 4, 2024
Ali Hval, assistant professor of instruction in the School of Art, Art History, and Design, is no stranger to the Iowa City art scene and was recently awarded the Iowa Artist Fellowship grant of $10,000.
A dancer performs with a robot

CLAS Department of Dance collaborates with College of Engineering for Dance Gala 2024

Monday, November 4, 2024
An idea to explore connections of humans and technology through dance sparked a creative collaboration between the University of Iowa College of Engineering and the Department of Dance.
Photo of Andrew Forbes

Meet CLAS faculty member Andrew Forbes

Monday, October 28, 2024
Andrew Forbes, professor and associate chair of the department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, shares his love of insects.
Launch of a sounding rocket mission at Andøya Rocket Range

NASA funds CLAS student-led rocket mission

Monday, October 21, 2024
The University of Iowa has received nearly $1.7 million from NASA to fund the OCHRE student-led sounding rocket mission that will study cusp dynamics in the Earth’s magnetosphere and help train the next generation of space physicists and instrumentalists.