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Nithyanand promoted to Associate Professor...

...and receives a CLAS Dean’s Scholar Award.

Nithyanand promoted to Associate Professor...

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Adhikari & Li secure NSF CAREER awards

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Graduate students and many undergraduates work side-by-side with faculty members, conducting breakthrough research and creative production that advances humanity’s understanding of ourselves and the complex, ever-changing world in which we live.

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Rishab Nithyanand promoted to Associate Professor with tenure...

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Nithyanand’s research is broadly in the areas of privacy and social computing. His research aims to improve transparency and accountability in the online data ecosystem.

CHI 2025 Debrief

Monday, May 19, 2025

Computer Science Professors Juan Pablo Hourcade and Lucas Silva attended CHI 2025 at Yokohama, Japan this April presenting their projects. This year's conference theme of Ikigai, which refers to the Japanese concept of a reason for living.

Celebrating 2024-2025 Distinction Award Recipients

Friday, May 2, 2025

Learn more about the 2024-2025 Distinction Award recipients.

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5th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory

Saturday, July 12, 2025 9:00am to 11:00am

Ashton Cross Country Course

What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out! Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 5th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History...

All Majors Career Fair

Thursday, September 25, 2025 11:00am to 4:00pm

Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

This job and internship fair will focus on recruiting students in ALL MAJORS! Typically about 100+ employers attend and 1,000+ students attend!Visit careers.uiowa.edu/all-majors-career-fair for more details.

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