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  • J. Gordon Arbuckle receives Fellow Award

    The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) recognized recipients of the 2022 SWCS awards at its annual conference held Aug. 2 in Denver, Colorado. Among the award winners is J. Gordon Arbuckle, professor of sociology in Iowa State’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Arbuckle received a Fellow Award, which…

    August 17, 2022

  • A built bass guitar is displayed in the 4-H exhibits building at the Iowa State Fair. Attached to the guitar is an LAS Future Discovery Award certificate and a blue binder.
    LAS presents Future Discovery Awards to 4-H students

    These $500 scholarships honor Iowa State Fair 4-H projects for innovation, curiosity and scholarship.

    August 16, 2022

  • Arthur Winter earns 2022 Cottrell Plus SEED Award

    Arthur Winter, professor in the Department of Chemistry, has earned a Cottrell Plus SEED (Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery) Award for 2022. Administered by the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement, this highly competitive honor was given to only five U.S. researchers this year. SEED Awards offer Cottrell Scholars the opportunity…

    August 15, 2022

  • Daniela Dimitrova delivers keynote address at WJEC congress

    Daniela Dimitrova, professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, recently delivered the keynote address at the World Journalism Education Council (WJEC) congress. More than 250 members attended the event, which was held online. Dimitrova’s talk was titled “Global Journalism in Times of Change.” WJEC is a coalition…

    August 15, 2022

  • Matt Sivils publishes essay in “Approaches to Teaching the Novels of James Fenimore Cooper”

    Matt Sivils, professor in the Department of English, has published an essay in “Approaches to Teaching the Novels of James Fenimore Cooper.” The essay is titled “Environmental Apocalypse and The Crater.” “Approaches to Teaching the Novels of James Fenimore Cooper” offers students bridges to Cooper’s novels, which grapple with…

    August 15, 2022

  • A student wears a VR headset and explores virtual reality environments.
    Researchers explore how people adapt to cybersickness from virtual reality

    Jonathan Kelly, professor of psychology and human and computer interaction, leads the research team.

    August 15, 2022

  • Alan Wanamaker collects clam shells from the Gulf of Maine.
    Study shows Gulf of Maine cooling for 900 years, then quickly warming since late 1800s

    Alan Wanamaker, professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, is part of a team that is researching these climate trends.

    August 10, 2022

  • Pamela Riney-Kehrberg awarded Gladys L. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award

    Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Distinguished Professor of History, was recently awarded the Gladys L. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Agricultural History Society (AHS). The Gladys L. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor granted by the AHS. The AHS was founded more than a century ago to promote the…

    August 10, 2022