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Archive: 2020

  • top-down view of people walking in a crowded area
    Making Memories

    Christian Meissner's memory research could enhance COVID-19 contact-tracing efforts and even save lives.

    August 12, 2020

  • Lori Biederman and colleagues publish research in the Journal of Ecology and Evolution

    Lori Biederman and colleagues published “Precipitation contributes to plant height, but not reproductive effort, for western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles): Evidence from herbarium records.” Their article was published in the Journal Ecology and Evolution. This analysis and research contributes to the understanding of a…

    August 11, 2020

  • Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya earns National Science Foundation award

    Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya, in the Department of Economics, has earned a National Science Foundation award for his COVID-19-related research project, “RAPID: Failure to Predict Infection Risk and its Impact on the Spread of COVID-19.” Bhattacharya is the principal investigator for the project. The NSF grant provides a $17,996 research…

    August 11, 2020

  • Professor Stephanie Madon earns Graduate College 2020 Postdoctoral Mentoring Award

    Stephanie Madon, professor in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded the Graduate College 2020 Postdoctoral Mentoring Award. Madon received the award for her exceptional guidance of postdoctoral scholars.

    August 11, 2020

  • Smith publishes Building a Sustainable Future in Brazil

    Brazil, like the Amazon Rainforest, stands at an inflection point. It is increasingly clear that Brazil’s future lies not in the deforestation of its past, but in summoning the political and societal will to build a twenty-first century economy that prioritizes human capital and sustainable, low-carbon growth. History shows that…

    August 9, 2020

  • Kofi and colleagues with virtual reality goggles on in front of outdoor scene backdrop
    At home with technology

    LAS alum Kofi Whitney takes a virtual look at consumer products, census representation and how your home can help you.

    August 8, 2020

  • Kedrowski published in Forbes magazine

    Karen Kedrowski, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, was featured in Forbes magazine.

    August 5, 2020

  • Performers on stage
    The power of a Cyclone voice

    After discovering his voice at Iowa State, successful opera singer Wayne Tigges ('95 music) has performed for packed houses all over the world.

    August 5, 2020