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Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology awarded 2023 Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Project Award
The Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology (CSSM) at ISU and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) were recently awarded the 2023 Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Project Award for collaborative efforts on the National Resources Inventory (NRI). The NRI is a nationwide survey conducted by NRCS and CSSM, and the purpose of the survey … Continue reading Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology awarded 2023 Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Project Award
Manisha Sharma selected as semi-finalist for Iron Horse Literary Review
“What the Silenced women Would Have Said,” by Manisha Sharma, a lecturer in the Department of English, was recently selected as a semi-finalist entry in the 2023 Iron Horse Literary Review Poetry chapbook competition.
LAS faculty contribute chapters to award-winning book
Bill Gutowski, Lisa Schulte Moore, Gene Takle, and Jim Pease are among contributors to the book, “Tending Iowa’s Land: Pathways to a Sustainable Future.” The book was recently recognized as the winner of the 2023 Midwest Book Awards in Nonfiction – Nature.
Craig Anderson quoted in Gannett’s USA Today Network
Craig A. Anderson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology, was recently quoted in a highly-circulated article by journalist Rob Miraldi titled “Can the First Amendment bend to help teens fixated on social media?” Anderson is quoted on the issue of harm to teens. The article was published by over 50 media outlets … Continue reading Craig Anderson quoted in Gannett’s USA Today Network
Researchers find little evidence of cheating with online exams
Psychology researchers find unsupervised, online exams can accurately assess student learning, but they warn of potential weak spots.
ISU researchers part of nationwide project to make sweet corn even better
Alan Myers, biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology, is part of a major federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality.