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After Tragic Loss, Iowa TRACERS Team Brings NASA Mission to Launch
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
University of Iowa space physicist Craig Kletzing’s life was cut short before he could complete his most ambitious NASA mission. The professor’s colleagues stepped in to bring TRACERS to the launch pad.
Physics and astronomy department partners with engineering student to build 3D Lego model of TRACERS satellites
Monday, March 10, 2025
Ava Reed, a student in the College of Engineering, spent her summer designing and constructing the mini replica of the NASA funded satellite mission.
As Spring Equinox Nears, Look for the Northern Lights
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Associate Professor Allison Jaynes explains to USA Today why there may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis –sightings as we near the spring equinox.
$ 26 m
In annual research expenditures (averaged over FY18-22)
Top Fifth
of Global Universities in Physics
(U.S. News and World Report 2022)
Very High
Research 1: Doctoral Universities
Research Activity
(Carnegie Classification)
24
Full-time Faculty
3100
Students taught in introductory courses per year (2017-2022)
124
Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Majors
(2023-24)
72
Graduate Students
(2023-24)