Giovanni Zimotti is one of the five educators to be recognized by the Open Education Award.

Associate professor Damani Phillips, who leads Jazz Studies in the UI School of Music and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, traveled south with several faculty members to recruit new students.

Master puppeteer Kevin Augustine of the critically-acclaimed, New York City-based company, Lone Wolf Tribe, led four workshops with undergraduate and graduate acting and design students in the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts this fall.

The performance is an evolving, multi-year, multimedia production and research project that utilizes augmented reality and virtual greenscreen for live broadcast to break the fourth wall between the physical and digital worlds.

Students praised CLAS faculty and instructors for passion, humor, kindness.

You did it! As a newly minted graduate from the University of Iowa, it's time to celebrate.

We look forward to congratulating you in person during our ceremony. If you or your family members have questions about the ceremony, including where to park and how to watch it online, please visit the commencement website for answers to FAQs.

Nearly 700 students will graduate from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this December. During the ceremony, graduates will hear the national anthem by their peer who grew his confidence and showmanship while studying music at Iowa.

During the CLAS commencement ceremony, graduates will hear an address from their peer who earned a neuroscience degree, found community, and gained valuable research experience while in CLAS.

Paula Amad, associate professor of Cinematic Arts, has been selected to give the Martin Walsh Memorial Lecture at the FMSAC Conference hosted at York University this coming May.