News and events for CLAS faculty and staff.

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences News and Events Digest

A twice-monthly bulletin for the faculty and staff of the
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

News from the CLAS website
June 22, 2015-July 5, 2015

Research News

Music Professor Christine Getz published a book chapter on music in late medieval and early modern Milan.

A Scientific American article by Psychology Professor Ed Wasserman discusses "pre-crastination" tendencies in people and pigeons.

Physics & Astronomy students have built a new remote telescope in Arizona.

Stanley Plumly was selected to receive the Truman Capote Award, administered by the Writers’ Workshop.

School of Music will pay cast members of this year's summer opera, The Gondoliers, for the first time.

School of Music Professor Tony Arnone offers practice tips for Strings magazine.

Iowa Young Writers' Studio begins annual two-week workshop.

School of Music to sponsor World Music Drumming workshop for kids in grades 3-8.

Mathematics staff member and amateur astronomer Doug Slauson delivered a public astronomy lecture.

Political Science Visiting Associate Professor Ron McMullen discussed his diplomacy experience on Iowa Public Radio.

Religious Studies and Classics Professor Bob Cargill was interviewed on KCRG about SCOTUS’ same-sex marriage ruling.

Carin Green, professor emerita and former chair of Classics, passed away July 2 at age 67.

Presidential search committee update.

Japanese studies in the Department of Asian & Slavic Languages & Literatures will expand after receiving a grant from the Japan Foundation.

Summer Hawk tuition grant program triples in participation this summer.

For Iowa. Forever More. campaign reaches $1.5 billion mark; CLAS tops $121 million

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