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CLAS doctoral students invited to apply for graduate assistantships

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Doctoral students in years one through four are eligible to apply.

Three CLAS faculty members receive humanities scholar awards

Monday, February 5, 2024
Jenna Supp-Montgomerie, Stephanie Miracle, and Jonathan Wilcox will advance their unique research projects with the funding.

CLAS mathematics faculty member named 2024 AMS Fellow

Monday, February 5, 2024
Mathematics professor Palle Jorgensen hopes the American Mathematical Society fellowship will help him be a better researcher and mentor to his students.
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New CLAS course combines math with Pokémon GO gaming app

Monday, February 5, 2024
The mathematics department introduced a general education class in spring 2023 that uses a popular video game to help with quantitative reasoning.

CLAS screenwriting course teaches students how to create must-see television

Monday, February 5, 2024
Hollywood writer Josh Parkinson leads the inaugural Adaptation for Television course.
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Meet three CLAS artists and researchers

Monday, February 5, 2024
Learn more about the exciting work of three faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

CLAS chemistry professor and graduate student selected for ACS Editor’s Choice Award

Monday, January 29, 2024
A paper published earlier this year by chemistry professor Claudio Margulis and his colleagues was recently selected as an Editor’s Choice Award winner by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Stresses strengthen disease-causing yeast

Monday, January 29, 2024
Iowa researchers say fungus capable of life-threatening infection grows more resistant after being exposed to mild stress

CLAS earth and environmental sciences professor emeritus shares details of Atlantic Ocean research expedition

Monday, January 29, 2024
Mark Reagan, professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, spent last summer on an expedition to drill the seafloor near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.