Archive: Jul 2025

LAS Honors and Awards Ceremony to recognize distinguished alumni
Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) will recognize the achievements of its distinguished alumni at the annual LAS Honors and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 23. The ceremony takes place during Iowa State’s 2025 Homecoming Week, which will celebrate Cyclone pride with the theme “Lights, Camera,…

July 24, 2025
Cantamus choir honored with top awards during international tour
During their June concert tour of Finland and Sweden, Cantamus performed at the renowned Tampere Vocal Festival in Finland and received the highest distinction.

July 24, 2025
Murphy published in Thornton Wilder Journal
Cason Murphy, associate professor of theatre in the Department of Music and Theatre at Iowa State University, was recently published in the Thornton Wilder Journal (June 2025 issue) with a performance review of “Our Town” — as staged by the Austin-based theatrical collective Rude Mechs in November 2024. Thorton Wilder…

July 23, 2025
Matt Hufford and colleagues awarded NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) grant
Matt Hufford, Cassling Family Professor in the Department of Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology, along his colleagues, have been awarded an NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) grant by the National Science Foundation. The program is entitled “EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP): Iowa State University – Training the next Generation…

July 15, 2025
The logic of belief: How do we know what’s true?
At first glance, philosophy and science might seem worlds apart – one grounded in careful reasoning, the other in measurable experiments. But for Iowa State Associate Professor of Philosophy Stephen Biggs, both disciplines are driven by a shared goal: figuring out what’s true.

July 15, 2025
Abby Dubisar receives honorable mention for best article
Abby Dubisar, Associate Professor in the Department of English, was recently honored by Technical Communication Quarterly (TCQ) for her article, “’Dainty, Sparkling, Delicious’: Jell-O Constructions of White Femininity.” The article received an honorable mention for the 2025 Nell Ann Pickett Award for best article in TCQ in 2024.

July 14, 2025
Greenlee School partners with KCCI for coverage from 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic
A group of Iowa State journalism students will experience real-world reporting duties when they travel to Dublin, Ireland, to cover the Iowa State vs Kansas State football game at the 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic on Aug. 23.

July 10, 2025
Higher ed’s relationship with marriage? It’s complicated – and depends on age
According to research by John Winters, professor of economics, the longer someone stays in school, the more likely they will delay getting married – but education does not reduce the overall likelihood of being married later in life.

July 8, 2025