Archive: 2017

Katherine Rafferty publishes chapter in “Sage Research Methods Cases – Health”

Katherine Rafferty, lecturer in psychology and communication studies, recently published “A qualitative application of problematic integration theory: Studying end-of-life conversations between spouses” in B. Flett & M. Gill (Eds.) Sage Research Methods Cases – Health. Abstract Our case study describes the collaborative work of three researchers in conducting…

February 7, 2017

Director of Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication honored

Michael Bugeja received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa Newspaper Association.

February 6, 2017

Community coding standards could advance scientific modeling

Standard code could help researchers more easily share methodologies for modeling molecular reactions.

February 6, 2017

Generating electricity with biomimetics

Researchers have built a prototype biomimetic tree that generates electricity when wind blows through its artificial leaves.

January 31, 2017

Rare lethal aggression in Senegal

Jill Pruetz and her team’s reports and video, published in the International Journal of Primatology, build upon a 2014 study on lethal aggression.

January 31, 2017

Soaring to opportunity

Open option students who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have a community to help them explore career areas and choose a major.

January 30, 2017

Two icy projects look at glacier speed as climate warms

Neal Iverson says the research could help predict how much glaciers will contribute to the rise of sea levels.

January 27, 2017

LAS students selected as 2017 Cyclone Aides

Ten LAS students were named to the student leader team that helps facilitate Orientation, Destination Iowa State and other activities.

January 26, 2017