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Meet four CLAS researchers and artists

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Learn more about the exciting work of the following College of Liberal Arts and Sciences researchers and artists.
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CLAS’s DSHB antibody resource awarded $3.4 million NIH grant to expand and modernize facilities

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The NIH grant will fund a new centralized facility for the University of Iowa’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, boosting its capacity and modernizing its antibody production and research infrastructure.
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CLAS maintains grant momentum in uncertain times

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Amid major shifts in the national research funding landscape, CLAS faculty and staff sustained strong proposal activity in FY25. Their efforts supported continued progress in research, scholarship, and creative work across the college.
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Iowa Spaceflight Laboratory to allow for cutting-edge space exploration by CLAS faculty and researchers

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Following the success of the TRACERS spacecraft launch, the Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty members are anticipating the development of the innovative Iowa Spaceflight Laboratory.
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Registering your internship

Register your internship to receive course credit, transcript notation, meet a requirement of your employer or degree program, maintain enrollment as a student and reflect on the experience.
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How to have a successful semester

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Check out these tips on mindset, goal setting, time management and note-taking to help you kick off the spring semester.
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Bob Dylan's poetry the subject of new book by Iowa alum

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
The essay collection takes a deep dive into literary impact of the 2016 Nobel Prize laureate.
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PBS faculty member seeks to understand how memories evolve within the brain

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Isabel Muzzio, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, wants to answer how memories are stored, whether they can modified, and what sustains them over time.