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Reed Niebauer and Angela Boateng

Meet the spring 2025 CLAS commencement speakers

Friday, May 9, 2025
During each College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony, graduates will hear an address from a peer who will reflect on their shared experience as Hawkeyes, while also looking toward the future.
John Wombacher and Alix Bushard

Meet the spring 2025 CLAS commencement singers

Friday, May 9, 2025
John Wombacher and Alix Bushard, both fourth-year College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students graduating in May, will sing the national anthem at the start of each ceremony.
A wideshot of the crowd wearing their caps. Centered is a cap decorated with the tigerhawk logo

CLAS students graduating with distinction and honors

Friday, May 9, 2025
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to recognize the scholarship and achievement of our students graduating in May 2025 with distinction and honors.
CLAS commencement ceremony

Celebrating Iowa’s spring 2025 grads

Friday, May 9, 2025
As the latest cohort of Hawkeyes prepares to graduate, we laud all they have accomplished.
Graduating students turn their tassels indicating they are now graduates

CLAS grads: Update your contact information

Friday, May 9, 2025
Keep in touch with the University of Iowa. Use this form to update your contact information so that you will receive the latest university news and events for Hawkeyes.
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival returns to Iowa City this June and July.

Iowa Summer Writing Festival returns to Iowa City this summer

Thursday, May 8, 2025
The Festival, sponsored by the Magid Center for Writing, offers workshops for writers of every skill level, and will take place June 15 to July 25, 2025.
Vishuka Pathirana

CLAS PhD student focusing on using organic chemistry to address worldwide food sustainability

Monday, May 5, 2025
Vishuka Pathirana, a second-year doctoral student in chemistry at the University of Iowa, addresses global issues by starting at the molecular level. With an emphasis on organic chemistry, Pathirana focuses on worldwide food sustainability by developing compounds to increase crop yield.
Faculty and graduate students conducted speech, language, and hearing screenings for children in local preschools and daycares last month.

CLAS CSD faculty and students conduct screenings for young children

Faculty and graduate students conducted speech, language, and hearing screenings for children in local preschools and daycares last month.
Jenna Supp-Montgomerie, Elizabeth McTernan, Stephanie Miracle, and Eric Gidal pose for a photo. The four CLAS faculty members are part of a larger team collaborating on an interdisciplinary project focused on the Iowa River

CLAS faculty members receive grant for interdisciplinary project focused on the Iowa River

Monday, May 5, 2025
Stephanie Miracle, an assistant professor in the Department of Dance, is leading a project that will guide the audience through an immersive journey.