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.
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CLAS faculty member's debut allows mother to unleash inner animal

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Casey DeRoo

CLAS physics and astronomy department awarded $1.5 million from NASA

Friday, August 30, 2024
The Physics and Astronomy Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will use the funds from NASA to purchase state-of-the-art equipment needed to build instruments for future missions.
Schaeffer Hall spring

CLAS English faculty members to discuss recent works at upcoming Book Matters

Friday, August 30, 2024
Join us for a reading and discussion, co-sponsored by Prairie Lights, to celebrate recent works from Louisa Hall and Bennett Sims, faculty in the University of Iowa Department of English. After the reading, Donika Kelly, associate professor of English, will join Hall and Sims for a conversation and Q&A with the audience.
Valerie Payré

CLAS earth and environmental sciences assistant professor receives NASA grant to further research geologic activity on Mars

Friday, August 30, 2024
Valerie Payré, EES assistant professor, has been granted a $492,599 grant from NASA to analyze the geologic makeup of Mars with hopes of better understanding our planet’s history.
Wayne Polyzou

CLAS physics and astronomy professor receives NSF grant to collaborate with physics students in Poland and Ukraine

Monday, August 19, 2024
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Prof. Wayne Polyzou that will support a research collaboration with particle physics students in Poland and Ukraine.
A research assistant puts on a brain cap on a participant

CLAS psychological and brain sciences researchers open hub in Cedar Rapids

Monday, August 19, 2024
In June, researchers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences opened a multipurpose space in Cedar Rapids to tap into the city’s larger and more diverse population, with the goal to enroll hundreds of participants in studies involving topics such as language learning, reading, exercise, and cognitive aging, and behavioral markers for alcohol use disorder in older teenagers and young adults.
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CLAS honors faculty with 2024 teaching and engagement awards

Monday, August 19, 2024
Nine faculty members were nominated by their colleagues and received these prestigious, annual awards from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Rishab Nithyanand, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science

CLAS computer science faculty member earns NSF CAREER award

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty, includes a five-year grant for $633,023.
Jane Nachtman

CLAS physics and astronomy faculty member receives grant from Fermi Research Alliance

Monday, August 12, 2024
Professor Jane Nachtman has received a $460,000 grant from the Fermi Research Alliance to work on neutrino detectors as part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at Fermilab.