In CLAS, we're passionate about helping our students and faculty succeed.
As the largest college at the University of Iowa, we are home to a vast array of programs, providing students with hands-on learning experiences and the opportunity to collaborate with world-class faculty on groundbreaking research projects.
Your gift directly impacts these initiatives and the lives of our students—whether through scholarships that make their education possible; services supporting their mental health and wellness; or internships, assistantships, practicums, and other opportunities that help prepare them for professional success.
Support from alumni and friends like you also helps our faculty, through endowed chairs and fellowships that allow us to attract and retain the best in their fields. Your investment also supports innovative research and scholarship that keeps Iowa at the forefront of discovery and creativity.
CLAS faculty lead
Faculty across the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences consistently earn top recognition for their outstanding work. Explore their impact across disciplines.
Transformative education
Your support takes CLAS students to other parts of the world, connects them to service work, and helps them gain real-world experience by presenting their research, publishing their writing, exhibiting their artwork, and putting on spectacular performances.
Blazing new trails
We understand the power of uniting for a common cause—and our Hawkeye spirit keeps us pushing forward. Join the campaign and help ensure a bright future for Iowa's people and programs.
$ 118 M
in external grant funds in fiscal year 2023
96 %
Job/placement rate for CLAS grads
2022-2023 data
17
American association for the advancement of science fellows
46
Pulitzer prizes connected to Iowa faculty and alumni
Fostering student achievement
Your support of CLAS enables strategic investments that directly benefit our students. Over the past year, we expanded academic advising, developed mental health training for our faculty and staff, increased academic outreach to ensure our students stay on track academically, and implemented exciting options for our world languages requirement that will help more students graduate and succeed.
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When you support CLAS and the programs that matter most to you, you’re investing directly in the teaching, learning, discovery, and creation that define the University of Iowa.
Helping our faculty succeed
Support from friends like you also helps our faculty through endowed chairs and fellowships that allow us to attract and retain the very best in their fields. Your investment also supports innovative research and scholarship that keeps Iowa at the forefront of discovery and creativity.
CLAS biology faculty member discusses the buzz around cicadas
CLAS physics and astronomy faculty closer to launching instruments for TRACERS mission
Four CLAS faculty honored with new named professorships in classics
Your generosity is making a difference
Your generosity is making a difference
Thank you for supporting the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Our aspiration in CLAS is to empower inquiring and motivated students to explore the entire range of human learning—equipping them for meaningful lives and fulfilling careers.
Your gift enables strategic investments that directly benefit our students. Over the past year, we expanded academic advising, developed mental health training for our faculty and staff, increased academic outreach to ensure our students stay on track academically, and implemented exciting options for our world languages requirement that will help more students graduate and succeed.
The ethos of exploration and innovation that defines CLAS and the University of Iowa is thriving. Our distinguished faculty continue to garner prestigious awards and distinctions while significantly impacting their respective fields. We are currently advancing major facility projects, enhancing research infrastructure, and modernizing spaces for performing arts.
This progress would not be possible without the foresight and steadfast commitment of friends like you. Your support strengthens the college and resonates throughout the university. It will have a lasting legacy through the careers and the impact of the faculty and students you are helping.
Thank you for generously supporting our students, faculty, and mission.
