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IowaNow: Prof. Morris awarded $1.2 million to unify how researchers share and reuse proofs

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
J. Garrett Morris, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, is the lead investigator on the four-year project, the goal of which is to improve how researchers verify complex ideas in mathematics and programming languages. In particular, Morris’ research focuses on creating a framework that makes it easier to understand and computerize the structure of proofs and logical rules used in any other setting.

2025 REU Researcher Experiences

Monday, August 25, 2025
Learn more about our undergraduate researchers who took part in this summer's REU program answer some questions about recent research and share valuable insights.

2025 REU Program Wrap-up

Monday, August 25, 2025
The May 26- August 2, 2025 event brought together undergraduate students from all over the nation. We are proud to have assembled, in Iowa City, the ISU and Uiowa Symposium for REU 2025.

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Dept. of Computer Science - New Student Meet and Greet

Thursday, September 18, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Inviting all new undergraduate Computer Science, Informatics, Computer Science & Engineering, Data Science students — and others pondering a degree in those disciplines!Two sessions:3:30-4:15pm, or4:15-5:00pmCome enjoy a free cookie and meet our Department Chair, Prof. Alberto Segre, Director of  Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Liza Kleiman, academic advisors, as well as representatives from our student groups, ACM and WiCS, and your fellow students.Please help us plan by submitting your RSVP by...
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DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion: Lucas Silva

Friday, September 19, 2025 9:00am to 10:20am
Lindquist Center
The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research. This roundtable event features Dr. Lucas Silva. Lucas is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Iowa.Towards...
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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.

Maker Breaks: Computer Code Friendship Bracelets and Keychains

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:30am to 1:00pm
Seamans Center
Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Celebrate one of the first computer programmers by learning some binary code. Use the fundamental language of computers that uses only 0 and 1 to create a bracelet or keychain with your initials, your birthday, or a secret message.

Engineering Library Workshop: Data Management in 60 Minutes

Thursday, October 23, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Seamans Center
Small changes to your data management practices can make a big difference to the impact of your research. In this workshop, we will cover four data management practices: storage, naming convention, organization, and documentation. This workshop is for anyone who wants to improve their data management skills and is presented by Marina Zhang, engineering and informatics librarian at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library and Carol Hollier, sciences reference and outreach librarian at the Sciences...
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Students taught in introductory courses per year (2015-2020)

158

Women declared majors in the four undergraduate programs (2023-2024)

136

Graduate students in Computer Science and Informatics