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Meet these CLAS student researchers

Friday, April 25, 2025
Learn more about the exciting work of students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Sun Joo Lee

CLAS music therapy PhD student helps Parkinson’s patients find their voice

Thursday, March 27, 2025
A board-certified music therapist and UI doctoral candidate in music therapy, Sun Joo Lee originally aspired to become an opera singer but would experience stomach or back pain whenever she’d perform.
CSD graduate students presenting

CLAS CSD speech-language pathology graduate students present to paratransit drivers

Monday, March 10, 2025
The students, all members of clinical professor Krista Davidson’s augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) community outreach group, presented to local paratransit drivers.
Laura Schmitt

CLAS CSD faculty member and graduate students help lead dementia workshop

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Clinical assistant professor Laura Schmitt and a group of speech-language pathology graduate students took part in a four-part workshop for care partners of individuals living with dementia.
Israel Wipf

CLAS biology graduate student uses fruit flies to explore connection between obesity and cancer cell movement

Monday, December 2, 2024
Israel Wipf won this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or less to a general audience,
An image of Schaeffer Hall in the spring with green leaves

University of Iowa remains top public school for writing across disciplines

Monday, October 14, 2024
Many of the prestigious writing programs are housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Portrait of Akalanka B. Ekanayake

Renowned CLAS chemistry program draws PhD candidate from Sri Lanka

Friday, August 30, 2024
Akalanka B. Ekanayake, a fourth-year PhD student in chemistry at the University of Iowa, originates from Sri Lanka, where he earned his bachelor’s degree and taught at a local college. Driven by a deep passion for research and teaching, he decided to pursue graduate studies in the U.S.
A group of students post behind their 3D design work

CLAS 3D design students showcase work at leading contemporary furniture conference in New York City

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
For the 11th year in a row, students in the School of Art, Art History, and Design exhibited their work in the Big Apple while networking with industry professionals.