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Archive: Aug 2025

  • Diana Thatcher, an Iowa State lecturer and researcher in earth, atmosphere and climate, collects clam specimens during a June 2024 research trip to the Gulf of Maine.
    Tracking Gulf of Maine acidity, outlook for commercial shellfisheries

    A team of researchers led by Alan Wanamaker, professor in the Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate, studied the annual bands built by crustose coralline algae to help build a history of seawater chemistry in the Gulf of Maine.

    August 20, 2025

  • Katie Dentzman
    Food, pesticides, and public perception: What’s behind the label?

    What do you really know about the pesticides on your food? For many consumers, the answer is not much. Ask Katie Dentzman, a rural sociologist at Iowa State University, who is examining neonicotinoid use in potato production and what it means for agriculture, regulation, and the environment.

    August 15, 2025

  • Linda Shenk awarded grant from Iowa Nutrient Research Center

    Linda Shenk, Professor in the Department of English, as PI, has been awarded a $192,000 grant from the Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC) for the project, Building Resources for Integrated Decision-making for aGricultural  Engagement (BRIDGE). BRIDGE integrates mapping tools with techniques grounded in storytelling and cognitive science to support farmers,…

    August 12, 2025

  • Promotional graphic for Iowa State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The background shows a red-tinted campus building framed by trees. Bold white text announces the LAS Fall 2025 Convocation and Awards ceremony, with a celebratory "Congratulations!" at the bottom.
    Celebrate LAS faculty and staff at the 2025 Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony

    The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proud to recognize the exceptional achievements of its faculty and staff. More than 50 individuals have been selected as recipients of 2025 LAS faculty and staff awards, honoring their dedication and impact. Awardees will be celebrated at the LAS Fall Convocation and…

    August 12, 2025

  • Abby Dubisar publishes article in the Rhetoric Review’s Symposium on Intergenerational Mentoring

    Abby Dubisar, Associate Professor in the Department of English, recently co-authored a publication in the in the journal Rhetoric Review’s Symposium on Intergenerational Graduate Mentoring entitled “Near Peer Queer: Cultivating Vulnerability, Confidentiality, Whimsy and Joy in an (Un)Official Mentoring Relationship.”…

    August 8, 2025

  • Yan Zhao
    Nature, engineered  

    Nature creates the blueprint – Yan Zhao reengineers it. Zhao, a professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, is using micellar imprinting to design synthetic materials that mimic the functions of natural enzymes and antibodies. His lab’s cutting-edge techniques are driving innovation in areas related to disease and plastic recycling.

    August 8, 2025

  • A 10-ton boulder, called an erratic, is moved to a more visible location in front of Science Hall I.
    After 69 years, boulder finally budges

    The Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate recently initiated the move of an ancient 6-foot high, 10-ton boulder – called an erratic – to a more visible location in front of Science Hall I.

    August 7, 2025

  • Students sitting on the grass, talking.
    Connecting Cyclones through learning communities

    Learning communities – comprising a small group of students in the same major – are one of Iowa State's most impactful student support experiences.

    August 6, 2025