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27 CLAS TAs honored with 2022-23 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards

Thursday, April 27, 2023
The enthusiasm and commitment to student success demonstrated by these individuals highlights the crucial role teaching assistants play in the university’s teaching mission.

Four CLAS faculty receive Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching

Thursday, April 27, 2023
Each recipient has a minimum of six years’ teaching experience at Iowa and will receive a $1,000 honorarium.
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University of Iowa MFA in Spanish Creative Writing program celebrates ten years

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Since its creation in 2012, the program prioritizes creating literature that highlights the Spanish language and is part of the legendary writing ecosystem offered at the University of Iowa.

CLAS biologists trace genetic agent in life-threatening fungal disease

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The study itself sprang from a graduate-level bioinformatics class at Iowa.

How Iowa helped Oliver Lee Jackson find his artistic calling

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Museums around the world have exhibited the work of the famed painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Now, his art is also featured on the campus where he began to find his voice.
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Long-time CLAS employee celebrates 55-year work anniversary at Iowa

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Mathematics department administrator Margaret Driscol has worked for the University of Iowa for more than half a century.
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CLAS Associate Dean Cornelia Lang chairing National Science Foundation committee

Monday, April 17, 2023
Lang is lending her expertise to help a group charged with improving programming and initiatives supported by the NSF, an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering.
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CSD, Political Science engage with lawmakers during Hawkeye Caucus

Monday, April 17, 2023
In addition to faculty and staff spotlighting their programs, students participated in experiential learning while visiting the capitol building in Des Moines.
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CLAS organizing UI Earth Day Festival set for Saturday, April 22

Monday, April 17, 2023
Several Earth Month celebrations are happening on campus, including a large campus-wide festival is set to take place on the Pentacrest on Earth Day.
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Iowa Theatre alumni Samuel Hunter; John Baker inspire students during campus visit

Monday, April 10, 2023
Hunter, who wrote the original play—and later the screenplay—for the acclaimed film The Whale, recently returned with his husband John Baker. Both are Iowa graduates.