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Students learn about chemistry and sustainability abroad

On One Day for Iowa, support experiential learning for Hawkeyes

Monday, March 24, 2025
Invest in Hawkeye students by donating to CLAS. Every gift makes a difference, and yours could be matched during the giving day.
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Get your One Day for Iowa gift matched

Monday, March 24, 2025
Your donation to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ development fund will be matched by the dean’s advisory board up to $10,000 on and ahead of One Day for Iowa.
Student looking through a microscope

Explore One Day for Iowa CLAS featured areas

Monday, March 24, 2025
From the sciences to the humanities, more than 50 CLAS academic departments and programs are participating in One Day for Iowa.
Schaeffer Hall spring

CLAS students, alumni receive Fulbright awards to travel abroad in 2024-25

Monday, March 17, 2025
The students will teach English abroad, serve in local community organizations, enroll in graduate studies at cutting-edge universities, and conduct research and creative arts projects.
Tom Folland

CLAS physics and astronomy team designs microscope to study interaction of light and matter in electronic devices

Monday, March 17, 2025
A physics team at the University of Iowa designed a special microscope that can precisely study the interaction between light and matter that underpins electronic devices, such as those used in interior home lighting, smartphones, televisions and solar panels.
A group of students stands in the United Center in Chicago

CLAS journalism students get first-hand experience in Chicago sports media

Visiting associate professor Wayne Drehs led 11 journalism students to downtown Chicago for the winter class Chicago Sports Media Experience.
Kaveh Akbar

A conversation with CLAS English faculty member

Monday, March 17, 2025
One of the country’s most acclaimed authors, Kaveh Akbar talks about his passion for teaching, his writing process, and Iowa City’s literary community.
Ion (Bodi) Vasi

CLAS sociology and criminology faculty member shows that images of Earth affect people's views on energy, environment

Monday, March 17, 2025
In a new study, University of Iowa researchers found that viewers of a video that included iconic shots of planet Earth taken from space, factual information about renewable energy, and a message from an astronaut induced more favorable views of renewable energy.
Bri Swopes

CLAS HHP faculty member honored with Visionary Volunteer Award for Iowa Disability Film Festival

Bri Swope, associate professor of instruction in the Department of Health and Human Physiology, received recognition for expanding access and awareness through film.