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Archive: 2020

  • Zhang selected for Miller Faculty Fellowship

    Shenglan Zhang, assistant professor of World Languages and Cultures, was selected as a Miller Faculty Fellowship, presented by Iowa State University. Zhang’s proposal “Learning Chinese Writing System with Augmented Reality” has been funded in the amount of $5,550 beginning July 1, 2020.

    February 12, 2020

  • Bolles, Pistolesi awarded Miller grant

    Heather Bolles, associate teaching professor of mathematics, and Sara Pistolesi, assistant teaching professor of chemistry, are part of a team awarded an Iowa State University Miller Faculty Fellowship. The proposed project, ““A community of inquiry and practice for cyber-learning implementation: Identifying the impact of a gamified dashboard on students’ motivation”…

    February 12, 2020

  • illustration of trees, buildings and lines indicating heat levels, demonstrating high levels trapped heat prompts trees entering seasons prematurely
    Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier

    LAS scientists track a symptom of the way cities trap heat, a phenomenon known as the “heat-island effect.”

    February 12, 2020

  • Students in classroom using VR goggles to view Spain.
    World Languages and Cultures faculty use innovative approach to engage students

    Students in James Nemiroff's Spanish class use VR to lead tours in Spain for their peers, allowing the entire class to virtually experience Spain.

    February 6, 2020

  • Three astrophysicists alongside a monitor showing a double nebuli
    LAS alum publishes far-out discovery with faculty

    Allen Lawrence, who received his master's degree in astrophysics after retiring from a long engineering career, is first author in a paper revealing a rare double-nucleus structure in a well-known, nearby galaxy.

    February 6, 2020

  • Simon Estes sitting at his piano
    Simon Estes honored in Music Hall naming

    Iowa Board of Regents approve a waiver to enable the naming. Estes is an internationally acclaimed musician and an inspirational community leader.

    February 6, 2020

  • Daniel Butler publishes study on how incarceration impacts women

    Daniel Butler, assistant professor of sociology, had his study, “Understanding How In-prison Experiences Influence Female Offenders’ Maladjustment to Prison,” published in the Dec. 23, 2019, online edition of Justice Quarterly. In this paper, Butler examined whether what women experience while in prison influences assaults, filing of grievances and mental health…

    February 5, 2020

  • Simon Estes sits at his piano in the newly named Simon Estes Music Hall.
    Iowa State University honors Simon Estes

    The professional and humanitarian contributions of Simon Estes will be permanently recognized on campus in the new name of Music Hall.

    February 4, 2020