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Author Archives: Troy Rutter

  • Samuel Piccone awarded Miller Williams Poetry Prize

    Samuel Piccone, lecturer in the Department of English, has been awarded the 2026 Miller Williams Poetry Prize from the University of Arkansas Press. Piccone will receive a $5,000 cash prize, and his manuscript Domestica will be published in the Miller Williams Poetry Series in the spring of 2026. More information…

    August 25, 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

  • 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

  • Jemima Opare-Addo
    How scientists track molecules to improve chemical separations

    Iowa State researchers are studying how solvents behave at the smallest scales to support the development of more energy-efficient methods of separating chemicals.

    August 4, 2025

  • Simon Cordery interviewed on American Museum of Science and Energy podcast, “AMSECast”

    Simon Cordery, Professor and Chair of the Department of History, recently appeared on the podcast AMSECast produced by the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, TN. The episode discusses the development of railroading, as 2026 is the 200th anniversary of railroads. You can listen to the episode…

    August 4, 2025

  • Michael Golemo awarded Karl King Distinguished Service Award

    Michael Golemo, Director of Bands in the Department of Music and Theater, was recently awarded the 2025 “Karl King Distinguished Service Award” from the Iowa Bandmasters Association. This is their highest honor, awarded annually to an active band director in the state of Iowa.

    August 4, 2025