Iowa Artist Fellowship Award Recipient

CLAS art, art history, and design faculty member receives Iowa Artist Fellowship

Monday, November 4, 2024
Ali Hval, assistant professor of instruction in the School of Art, Art History, and Design, is no stranger to the Iowa City art scene and was recently awarded the Iowa Artist Fellowship grant of $10,000.
Launch of a sounding rocket mission at Andøya Rocket Range

NASA funds CLAS student-led rocket mission

Monday, October 21, 2024
The University of Iowa has received nearly $1.7 million from NASA to fund the OCHRE student-led sounding rocket mission that will study cusp dynamics in the Earth’s magnetosphere and help train the next generation of space physicists and instrumentalists.
Scott Shaw

CLAS chemistry faculty member leading $9 million project funded by U.S. Department of Defense

Friday, September 27, 2024
Scott Shaw, professor in the Department of Chemistry, and a team of researchers across five universities seek to understand how environmental film forms on solid surfaces and how materials can be designed to last longer.
Valerie Payré

CLAS earth and environmental sciences assistant professor receives NASA grant to further research geologic activity on Mars

Friday, August 30, 2024
Valerie Payré, EES assistant professor, has been granted a $492,599 grant from NASA to analyze the geologic makeup of Mars with hopes of better understanding our planet’s history.
Wayne Polyzou

CLAS physics and astronomy professor receives NSF grant to collaborate with physics students in Poland and Ukraine

Monday, August 19, 2024
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Prof. Wayne Polyzou that will support a research collaboration with particle physics students in Poland and Ukraine.
Rishab Nithyanand, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science

CLAS computer science faculty member earns NSF CAREER award

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty, includes a five-year grant for $633,023.
Jane Nachtman

CLAS physics and astronomy faculty member receives grant from Fermi Research Alliance

Monday, August 12, 2024
Professor Jane Nachtman has received a $460,000 grant from the Fermi Research Alliance to work on neutrino detectors as part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at Fermilab.
A portrait of Elizabeth Walker

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders receives $1.2 million grant to increase training of students serving diverse communities

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Beth Walker, associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and her colleagues, received a grant from the Department of Education to provide training to graduate students treating children from diverse backgrounds who need speech and hearing services.
A photo of a field

CLAS faculty contributing to $6 million multistate NSF grant led by University of Iowa

Monday, July 29, 2024
The University of Iowa has been awarded a $6 million, four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to lead a multistate collaboration with universities, local governments, health care providers, and other experts on a project that will help Midwest agricultural communities grappling with effects of severe weather, such as floods, droughts, and heat waves.