Our department is committed to fostering a welcoming research and learning environment for all. We have been a leader in campus partnerships with groups that support early research opportunities, especially for students from underrepresented groups, such as through the Iowa Biosciences Academy, and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Additionally, our faculty are closely connected with the Iowa Center for Research (ICRU).

The principles of access, opportunity, and diversity are fundamental to the mission of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa, as we conduct our work in the context of the whole of humanity.

• In our teaching, we draw on, explore, and question every facet of human experience and understanding.
• In our scholarship, scientific inquiry, and artistry, we create new knowledge and insight, reflecting and shaping the cultures and societies in which human lives unfold.
• In our service to Iowans, we collaborate with communities to solve critical problems arising from inequity.

To fully realize our college’s critical mission of advancing human understanding, we must actualize the values of access, opportunity, and diversity in decision-making and in every area of our academic community.