The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is appointing three faculty members to new collegiate leadership positions, effective Jan. 1.

Russell Ganim, director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has been named the new associate provost and dean of International Programs. He will begin on Jan. 1.

Downing Thomas, associate provost and dean of International Programs, has served as the university’s senior international officer since 2009. Thomas will return to a faculty position in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the end of the year.

Vice President for Research Marty Scholtz recounts his tour of world-class UI research facilities accompanied by state legislators.

Jean Gordon, associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, is developing a tool to improve diagnosis of aphasia—the inability to speak, write, and/or understand language as a result of brain damage, usually stroke.

Students who take the Hawkeye Poll don’t just learn about the mechanics of polling—they also help to write and design the poll that’s developed a reputation for seeing Iowa caucus trends before anyone else.

A collaboration between the University of Iowa 3D Design team and Theatre Arts Department won top honors in CONNECT, the design school competition at the 2019 Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair.

University of Iowa physicists reported that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space. BBC spoke with Don Gurnett, professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and carried his comments in a print story and in a broadcast on the BBC World Service radio.

University of Iowa researchers report the spacecraft Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1’s historic passage six years ago. In the study, the researchers note a jump in plasma density detected by an Iowa-led plasma wave instrument on the spacecraft as evidence.

Thanks to a nearly $1-million-dollar federal grant received by the University of Iowa College of Education, individuals who are deaf or with hearing loss will be able to receive services from vocational rehabilitation counselors who speak American Sign Language (ASL).

A University of Iowa-led study has found that a series of Southern California earthquakes last summer increased stress on the Garlock Fault, which has been dormant for at least a century. The results were published in the journal “Geophysical Research Letters.”

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld joined university administrators and faculty to visit the childhood home in Mount Pleasant of James Van Allen, the legendary Iowa physicist who discovered the radiation belts around Earth. Van Allen's home is now a museum dedicated to the scientist's accomplishments.