Which Iowa City tree deserves MVP status? 🌳
The MVTree Contest invites you to add trees to the Iowa Tree Stories storymap and nominate favorites for categories including most beloved, most striking, best shade provider, most resilient and hidden gem. bit.ly/iowatreestories
Meet three new School of Social Work faculty members bringing expertise to CLAS. Emily Donovan (bit.ly/4cUVoqe), Cara Cerullo (bit.ly/3UZPEFG), and Jay Kayser (bit.ly/4hk8Vcm) will contribute their experiences to preparing future social workers.
Play and recreation can improve the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social well-being of patients. Through the therapeutic recreation major, students learn how to provide this support to others. bit.ly/4hzI8KA
Congratulations to @IowaEnglish professor Christopher Merrill, former director of the International Writing Program, on receiving the 2026 Paul Engle Prize. The $25,000 award recognizes contributions to the world through the literary arts. bit.ly/4gU59Yb
From AI and poetry to contemporary music, criminology and media studies, seven Ida Beam visiting professors will bring new perspectives to CLAS in 2026–27. The scholars will connect with students and faculty through lectures and other activities. bit.ly/4hDZZzL
Terbium is used in smartphones, electric cars, and medical imaging—but the rare-earth metal is difficult to separate.
Korey Carter, Pere Miro, and @UIowaChem researchers developed a simpler way to isolate it, making it less expensive to use and study. bit.ly/3V8oMDz
Professor Hyaeweol Choi’s research examines how gender, religion, food, and cross-cultural encounters have shaped Korean history.
She also founded the Korean Studies Research Network in 2019, connecting scholars and graduate students across the Midwest. bit.ly/4AHYUyx
Students are selling rocks and plants on campus this week. 🪨 🪴 All proceeds go towards decreasing other students’ expenses for field coursework in the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability. bit.ly/4y3nAik
CLAS alum @ScottIcenogle teamed up with longtime composing partner @Lior_Rosner on "Ode to Voxman," an orchestral piece inspired by Icenogle's Iowa memories and recorded with an 85-member orchestra.
Read the story: bit.ly/4yEg6mU

ALT Scott Icenogle, University of Iowa and Hawkeye Marching Band alumnus, conducts an orchestra in a recording studio. There are multiple microphones and music stands visible. A clock on the wall shows the time as 29:14. Behind the conductor, there's a soundproof window into a room with audio equipment and people working.

ALT An ensemble of musicians is playing trumpets in a recording studio. The focus is on two musicians in the foreground, one being University of Iowa and Hawkeye Marching Band alumnus, Larry Icenogle, reading music from stands. They are wearing casual shirts and appear absorbed in their performance. The setting includes music stands and a softly lit background.
At @UIowaSocialWork, students learn to make a difference in the world, gain experience through practicums, and have a voice in the program. socialwork.uiowa.edu/undergr…
Michael Cowan of @UICinematicArts is a co-curator of Weimar-era cinema at the international silent film festival in Italy, the Giornate del Cinema Muto, taking place right now. bit.ly/4ziylOY
Who votes, who doesn’t, and why?
Tonight, Caroline Tolbert of @UIowaPoliSci discusses how voting laws, electoral rules, political trust, and other factors shape voter participation and representation. bit.ly/4dTJGg0
6–7:30 p.m. | Iowa City Public Library OR livestream
🚨 The CLAS store closes today at midnight! Consider this your chance to represent your alma mater with shirts, quarter zips, hats, and more.
Not an alum? No problem - merchandise without the word "alumni" is offered as well. bit.ly/4j9R22w
“Better teaching can improve the world.”
David Gooblar of @IowaEnglish studies how teaching practices can address inequities in student success—and how instructors can create classrooms that better serve the students actually in them. bit.ly/4h4aqv8
Some cicadas emerge from underground every 13 or 17 years. Research from Andrew Forbes and @uiowabiology shows how habitat loss and cicadas’ extremely slow spread into new forests could threaten periodical populations. yhoo.it/4hCso9j
One of the students who called the Iowa-Michigan game last week for Iowa's student-run radio station, senior Collin Carrithers, a journalism and sport and recreation management major, speaks on his CLAS experience.
The @PatMcAfeeShow is filming live from campus today! One of the show's producers is Ty Schmit, a CLAS alumnus who majored in communications studies and @UICinematicArts. Schmit credits his education with helping him pursue writing after college. bit.ly/4xPvbAV


































