Archive: 2017

Iowa State University Receives Grant to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education

Grant will help expand the impact of undergraduate STEM education.

February 16, 2017

ISU researchers release study on funding for public schools

The Secure an Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) Fund has been a key source of funding for Iowa schools, but it may not be enough.

February 9, 2017

Exploring mysteries on the surface: 2D materials reveal surprising properties

“Our work is somewhat of a miracle, if scientists can talk about miracles,” said Tringides.

February 9, 2017

Ruslan Prozorov publishes paper in Science Advances

Ruslan Prozorov, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University and faculty scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory, recently published “Energy gap evolution across the superconductivity dome in single crystals of (Ba1−xKx)Fe2As2” in Science Advances. Abstract The mechanism of unconventional superconductivity…

February 9, 2017

Controlled atomic disorder helps researchers understand superconductivity

"In real life things are never perfect," said Ruslan Prozorov.

February 9, 2017

ISU theatre students earn top honors

Students receive recognition during regional festival.

February 9, 2017

Change agent: Michael Young

Michael Young is working with teachers to bridge the cultural divide in the classroom and help underrepresented students learn.

February 8, 2017

Swenson on NPR: Will Trump’s policies support rural America?

"Two-thirds of our 99 counties [in Iowa] have posted population declines," Swenson says. "Those folks have had to migrate."

February 7, 2017