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News and Announcements
Celebrating 2025-26 Scholarship Award Recipients
Friday, September 19, 2025
The University of Iowa Department of Computer Science recognizes this academic year’s scholarship recipients: José Valladolid - Frank A. Scholarship, Eric Lucas - Arthur A. Collins Scholarship, Gabriel Postacchini - Arthur A. Collins Scholarship, Chloe Ladines - Principle Scholars Award Kira Semmens - David Sprang Award, Nguyen Trung - Gerard Weeg Scholarship, Kristin To - Jason & Leslie Weber Scholarship for Women, Ben Kleiman - Jason and Leslie Weber Emerging Technologies Scholarship (UG or G), Aditya Mukundan - Jason and Leslie Weber Emerging Technologies Scholarship (UG or G), Isabelle Paulsen - Barkermeier Trice 2025-26, Willian Pixley - Barkermeier Trice 2025-26, Mitchell Piehl - Sheets Fellowship 2025-26, Jiandong (Arnold) Yu - CS Outstanding TA Award 2024-25, Lawrence Deng - Academic Excellence in the MCS 2024-25.
Arnold Yu Named 2024-25 Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awardee
Friday, September 19, 2025
Learn more about Jiadong (Arnold) Yu receiving the 2024-25 Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Lawrence Deng Named Academic Excellence in the MCS 2024-25
Friday, September 19, 2025
Learn more about Lawrence Deng receiving the Academic Excellence in the MCS 2024-25 Award.
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Students taught in introductory courses per year (2015-2020)
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Women declared majors in the four undergraduate programs (2023-2024)
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Graduate students in Computer Science and Informatics