Congratulations advertisement for 2022 graduates of Political Science and International Relations.

Amna Haider was among 11 University of Iowa students, faculty, staff, and alumni receiving awards at the 105th Finkbine Awards dinner.

Congratulations to Lindsey Allemang Goldberg on receiving the CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellowship for her dissertation "Gender and Reproductive Violence with Armed Rebel Movements." The fellowship provides financial support and time for PhD candidates to focus on their dissertation.

The Post-Comp Fellowship recognizes graduate students with distinguished academic achievement and provides a stipend so they can focus on their research for a semester.

A recent Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab (IPOL) survey conducted by University of Iowa faculty and students found that a majority of Iowans are worried about the effects of global climate change. Concerns about climate change split strongly along partisan lines and show some level of generation differences.

Joseph Coll's "Waiting to vote safely: How Covid-19 safety measures shaped in-person voter wait times during the 2020 election" article published in Social Science Quarterly.

A recent Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab (IPOL) survey conducted by University of Iowa faculty and students found that a majority of Iowans support changes to Iowa’s bottle bill deposit law. The strongest support was seen for expanding the types of containers covered.

Michael Charles (’13) recently joined the Political Science Alumni Advisory Board and will soon be teaching the one-week course The Business of Political Campaigning.

Fred Boehmke has received a $131,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for Collaborative Research: State Policy Responses to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Patterns, Context, and Secondary Impacts on Health.

Senior Amna Haider is the undergraduate recipient of 2021 Global Student Award from UI International Programs, which recognizes an outstanding student leader in international education.