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Grads Are Employed or Continuing Their Education 6 Months After Graduation*

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59%

Undergrad Students Receiving Job Offers Before Graduation

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News and announcements

Computing for Health and Well-being: REU Summer 2026 Wrap-Up

Monday, September 21, 2026
This summer, our Department of Computer Science held its fifth successful REU on Computing for Health and Well-being, welcoming students from across the nation. Read our participant's first-hand accounts of their expeerience both in the program, and sharing their research at the Summer Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC).

Sage Binder's report on the Interactive Theorem Proving conference in Lisbon

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Hear PhD student Sage Binder's report on presenting his research at the Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP) conference in Lisbon, Portugal this summer. ITP is just one of ten conferences that are part of the annual Federated Logic Conference (FLoC).

Districts Expand Cellphone Bans to Target AI Smart Glasses. Why It Matters

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Juan Pablo Hourcade, professor of computer science at the University of Iowa, weighs in on whether or not AI Smart Glasses are appropriate for children to wear at school in this Education Week article.

AI, poetry, and more: CLAS welcomes 2026-27 Ida Beam visiting professors

Thursday, September 10, 2026
We are proud to host one of our CLAS' Ida Beam visiting professors this week, Dr. Cristopher Moore. In addition to his recent public lecture on "Transparency and Fairness in AI for Criminal Justice," he will be the featured speaker at our CS Colloquium on Friday, Sept. 11, at 3:30pm in SH140 on the topic: ""Easy, Hard, and Impossible: Phase Transitions in Computation."

Ian Pope: Informatics of Hearing Devices

Wednesday, September 9, 2026
In June, Ian Pope presented at ICHI, a conference for healthcare informatics, about data-driven hearing devices.
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Upcoming events

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All Majors Career Fair

Thursday, September 24, 2026 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.

Creating Citations with EndNote

Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Seamans Center
Build your scholarly toolkit with this workshop on citation management with EndNote.
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Intro to Programming Using Python with Stella Yang

Thursday, September 24, 2026 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual
This workshop will cover the fundamental concepts of programming using Python. Using demonstrations and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to write simple scripts, understand basic syntax, and work with core concepts like variables, loops, and data types. By the end of the session, they will have the foundation and be able to continue exploring Python on their own. The workshop is designed for undergraduate students, graduate students, and staff from non-computer science backgrounds, but anyone with no or limited experience with Python is encouraged to attend. The workshop will use Google Colab, so no software installation is required.
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CS Colloquium - "Approximation Algorithms: Some ancient, some new - the good, the bad and the ugly"

Friday, September 25, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Northwestern University's Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science will speak on the use of greedy algorithms for a basic graph problem called connected dominating set, and the development of LP based algorithms for a basic scheduling problem in the context of data center scheduling.

Fall 2026 Engineering Career Fair

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 11:00am to 4:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The Fall Engineering Career Fair will take place on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 11:00–4:00 p.m. at the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.
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