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Matters of the heart

From small town Iowa to international recognition, Maryl Johnson ('73 zoology) has helped shape the field of transplant cardiology, changing countless lives along the way.

U.S. Senator Ben Sasse to present Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science

U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) will discuss human dignity, humility, empathy and respect on Oct. 25 in a lecture titled “If Not Us, Who: Human Dignity in the 21st Century."

Unlimited spending on television political ads fails to deliver votes

Study shows candidates who spent more on TV ads generally received more support on caucus night, but this does not suggest a candidate can buy an election.

No, we’re not all working for a bunch of psychopaths

Marcus Credé, assistant professor of psychology, contributed to research that found claims that CEOs are psychopaths to be overblown. Contrary to public perception, they say the relationship between leadership and psychopathy is weak.

Geske awarded 2018-19 Allen Essman Faculty Fellowship

Joel Geske, associate professor in advertising, was named the inaugural recipient of the fellowship.

Etched glass project illuminates microscopic disease to promote health literacy

Kimberly Moss, coordinator of Iowa State’s biological and premedical illustration program, has created a new health literacy project to give viewers larger-than-life details of different defense mechanisms and cellular relationships in the body.

Psychology professors ask questions, test to improve student learning of new material

Jason Chan and Christian Meissner use in-class questions and testing to improve student learning of new material.

Theatre program focuses on collaboration

ISU Theatre opens its season this week with "This Is Not a Pipe Dream," the first of six productions in 2018-19. With the new season comes a collaborative initiative focusing on empowering citizen artistry.

Engaging students in STEM by changing the classroom experience

Elgin Johnston, a professor of mathematics, and Heather Bolles, a senior lecturer of mathematics, are leading a team-based approach to calculus to retain students in STEM.

Faculty Honors & Awards

Andrew Hochstetler, David Peters, Jeffrey Bouffard, Kyle Burgason
$725,000 grant for their project “Building Drug Intelligence Networks to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities: A Collaborative Intelligence-Led Policing Strategy”, National Institute of Justice

Monic Behnken
Breakout session speaker at the Iowa State women empowerment and leadership conference, WE Lead

Monic Behnken
Juvenile Justice National Topic Chair, 56th Annual Meeting in 2019, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Thomas Holme
Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society

Joel Geske
2018-19 Allen Essman Faculty Fellowship, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

Published

Mark V. Redmond
Social Decentering: A Theory of Other-Orientation Encompassing Empathy and Perspective-Taking, DeGruyter-Oldenbourg

Steffen Schmidt
"4 reasons why anti-Trump Latino voters won’t swing the midterms", The Conversation

Jennifer L. Knox
"Iowa Bird of Mouth: Keeping a 12-month Crowdsourced Poetry Project in the Air", American Poetry Review

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