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  • Congratulations!
    2026 LAS Faculty Excellence Awards

    The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to celebrate its exemplary faculty by announcing the 2025 Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Excellence Awards winners.  The recipients were recognized at the LAS 2026 Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony in April.  Click here to see the full gallery…

    May 12, 2026

  • Bill Gallus
    Bill Gallus to present Spring 2026 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

    Bill Gallus, Distinguished Professor in the Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate, was selected by Dean Benjamin Withers to deliver the Spring 2026 LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, March 24, at 6 p.m. The lecture, “Iowa’s Surprising 2020 Derecho: What Have Meteorologists Learned?” will be presented in…

    February 11, 2026

  • Jared Anderson and an image of a rock with circuitry
    Jared Anderson to present Fall ’25 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

    Jared Anderson, Alice Hudson Professor in the Department of Chemistry, will deliver the Fall 2025 LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture.

    September 16, 2025

  • Map of the Middle-East with pins stuck in it.
    Modeling diplomacy

    Four students received the Overall Outstanding Delegations Award for their representation of Saudi Arabia at the Great Plains Model Arab League.

    June 10, 2025

  • Lake Laverne and the Memorial Union with the text Faculty Honors in the lower left
    LAS faculty members recognized for innovative research and teaching contributions

      Recently, fourteen faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received funded awards for dedication to undergraduate teaching and pursing innovative research in their respective academic areas. Here’s a brief look at their research and the awards they received. Domenico D’Alessandro Professor in the Department of…

    April 22, 2025

  • Claus Kadelka presents Spring ’25 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

    Claus Kadelka, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, was selected by Dean Benjamin Withers to deliver the Spring 2025 LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, April 1, at 6 p.m.

    March 6, 2025

  • Toy soldier, compass, and map
    Political science students participated in USSTRATCOM exercise

    Political science students participated in a unique real-world learning experience during a mock military mission.

    January 6, 2025

  • Mohan Gupta at the microscope
    Mohan Gupta awarded grant from Frontier Science Fund

    Mohan Gupta and his research team have been awarded the Frontier Science Fund in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS).

    December 16, 2024