Jason Robey researches what has driven major changes in the criminal justice system and how those lessons could help shape its future.

Michael Cowan’s work for one of the field’s most prominent international gatherings coincides with new collaborations in silent film scholarship, music, and performance at the University of Iowa.

Completed and ongoing facilities projects are creating fresh spaces for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences programs across the University of Iowa campus.

As a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student at the University of Iowa, Scott Icenogle studied communication while pursuing the music he couldn’t imagine living without. Decades later, those interests have become inseparable in his career—and inspired an original composition rooted in his memories of Iowa.

Faculty across the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences discuss the questions driving their research, what brought them to higher education, and the interests that shape their lives beyond their work.

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.

Fueled by the confidence he built as a University of Iowa student, Ty Schmit made a play in 2017 to join Pat McAfee’s fledgling media enterprise as an intern. Now he produces the retired football player’s daily sports show, which recently was acquired by ESPN.

The Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and associate professor brings a unique approach to fiction and a commitment to helping students develop their own artistic voices.

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.

CLAS alumnus Harindu Rajapaksha is working to improve our understanding of nuclear waste for safer storage, recycling, and management.