The Iowa Board of Regents approved a new name and scope for the University of Iowa’s prominent hub for social science research, which will be led by a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty member.

Deborah Whaley, a professor in the Department of English, discusses her book, 'Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities,' after Vice President Kamala Harris brings AKA to a national stage.

Inspired by first responders training, Krista Davidson, a clinical professor in the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders, developed a speech-generating application to assist first responders when communicating with nonspeaking individuals.

Faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are centering their scholarship around community-based initiatives, exemplifying the University of Iowa’s commitment to building partnerships in Iowa and beyond.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had an impressive year for research and discovery with a record-setting year for new grant funding and another significant year for total awarded funding.

Learn more about the exciting work of three faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Researchers in CLAS studied how to make crossing the road safe, especially for children with self-driving cars on the road. Watch this video produced by the NSF on the findings.

Join us for a reading and discussion, co-sponsored by Prairie Lights, to celebrate recent works from Louisa Hall and Bennett Sims, faculty in the University of Iowa Department of English. After the reading, Donika Kelly, associate professor of English, will join Hall and Sims for a conversation and Q&A with the audience.

In June, researchers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences opened a multipurpose space in Cedar Rapids to tap into the city’s larger and more diverse population, with the goal to enroll hundreds of participants in studies involving topics such as language learning, reading, exercise, and cognitive aging, and behavioral markers for alcohol use disorder in older teenagers and young adults.

Viridiana Hernández Fernández, a Department of History faculty member, was published in The Conversation discussing her research on the development of a global avocado industry centered in Michoacán. Her research shows that raising avocados is economically beneficial in the short term for farmers but it takes a toll on the region's land, forests, and water supply.