Rachel Maller, intern in the University of Iowa Public Policy Center’s Social and Education Policy Research Program under director Sarah Bruch, was selected as the speaker for the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16.

A new online class being taught this fall at the University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility allows students from across the country to participate in laboratory experiments and exercises in real time via state-of-the-art instrumentation.

The Iowa Native Spaces project, led by graduate students and faculty from UI’s History Corps, works closely with tribal partners to help prevent the erasure of Meskwaki and Ioway history and bring Native perspectives to more Iowans.

To help international students feel more involved on campus, a group of students developed the Conversation Center and a class that goes with it.

The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) at the University of Iowa funds awards meant to advance the education of liberal arts students, including aspiring scientists, by helping to defray research-related expenses. It recently named associate professors Amber Brian, Mary Cohen, Marie Kruger, Brenda Longfellow, and Miriam Thaggert DSHB Faculty Scholars.

The University of Iowa will honor December 2017 graduates during a series of commencement ceremonies Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 14–17.

With more than 200 published papers, Daniel Anderson was honored for his study of commutative ring theory.

UI grad student Sherhoze Farooqi's research exposed extensive reputation manipulation on Facebook.

Pigeons aren’t so bird-brained after all. New research from the University of Iowa shows that pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time, likely using a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so.

A video recording of the fall 2017 UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/University College commencement ceremony is now available for viewing. The ceremony was held Saturday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m.

Geology majors at the University of Iowa took a three-day excursion to Missouri to examine rocks and past and present geological activity. The for-credit trip is a critical outdoor complement to the terminology and concepts the students, mostly seniors, have been learning in the classroom.

Jennifer Vick, lecturer and Fundraising and Philanthropy Communication Certificate coordinator at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication discusses some of the biggest mistakes people make when donating to a charity during the giving season.