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Lucie Brennan

Meet the fall 2024 CLAS commencement speaker

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Graduating student Lucie Brennan will deliver the commencement address to her graduating class during the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony on Dec. 22.
CLAS commencement ceremony

CLAS students graduating with distinction and honors

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to recognize the scholarship and achievement of our students graduating in December 2024 with distinction and honors.
Schaeffer Hall in the winter

Check out the top CLAS stories from 2024

Monday, December 9, 2024
As we enter a new year, look back at some of the accomplishments and highlights from faculty and staff in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Revisit the most popular stories in CLAS during 2024.
Old Cap pentacrest

UI receives gold rating for sustainability efforts

Monday, December 9, 2024
The university received the rating from a nationally recognized organization dedicated to improving sustainability on college campuses.
portrait of Emily Finzel

University of Iowa prepares to launch new environment and sustainability school

Sunday, December 8, 2024
Faced with an uptick of students enrolling in environmental studies and science programs, the University of Iowa next fall will launch a new School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
A snowy Schaeffer Hall in December 2024

CLAS progresses in multiyear administrative restructure

Evolution of several academic areas will position the University of Iowa’s largest college better for future students.
Paras Bassuk

CLAS psychological and brain sciences student named Rhodes Scholar

Monday, December 2, 2024
Paras Bassuk, a student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was named the University of Iowa's 23rd Rhodes Scholar.
Israel Wipf

CLAS biology graduate student uses fruit flies to explore connection between obesity and cancer cell movement

Monday, December 2, 2024
Israel Wipf won this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or less to a general audience,
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.
Headshot of Rosemary Moore

CLAS history and classics faculty member reflects on military service and its impact on her teaching and research

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Associate professor Rosemary Moore was on active duty in the U.S. Navy for five years. She uses this experience in both her courses and research on the Roman military.