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Peter Orazem Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Slovenia at University of Primorska

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Peter Orazem of Iowa State University has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Orazem will complete a project at University of Primorska in Slovenia that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both … Continue reading Peter Orazem Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Slovenia at University of Primorska

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Craig A. Anderson presented with an International Society for Research on Aggression Life Fellow award

Craig A. Anderson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology, has been presented with the International Society for Research on Aggression Life Fellow award, along with two European scholars.

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Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa receives national award

Iowa State University’s Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently received one of five national outstanding chapter awards for the last Triennium (2021-24). The chapter was especially noted for their high induction rate and especially high acceptance rate. For over 200 years, election to Phi Beta Kappa has been a recognition of intellectual capacities well … Continue reading Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa receives national award

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Abram Anders named inaugural Jonathan Wickert Professor of Innovation

Abram Anders, Associate Professor of English and Associate Director of the Student Innovation Center, has recently been named as the inaugural Jonathan Wickert Professor of Innovation by President Wendy Wintersteen of Iowa State University.

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Course facilitated by Katherine Rafferty earns Quality Matters Certification

Communication Studies 2180, Conflict Management, has earned a Quality Matters (QM) Certification. The course is designed and facilitated by Katherine Rafferty, associate teaching professor in the Department of Psychology. QM Certification is a faculty-centered, peer-reviewed audit that evaluates online and hybrid courses with a research-based rubric. A review committee analyzes and scores eight standards: course … Continue reading Course facilitated by Katherine Rafferty earns Quality Matters Certification

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Karen Kedrowski earns Ask Every Student Grant

Karen Kedrowski, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics and professor in the Department of Political Science, has received an Ask Every Student Grant. The $5,000 grant will fund efforts at Iowa State University to promote student voter participation during the 2024 election cycle. Ask Every Student is a national joint … Continue reading Karen Kedrowski earns Ask Every Student Grant

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Mariana Castro Azpíroz chosen for Richard R. Wright Award

Mariana Castro Azpíroz, graduate student in the MFA in Creative Writing and Environment program in the Department of English, was recently chosen as the recipient of the Richard R. Wright Award by the Department of English. This award is given annually to a graduate student with demonstrated ability in expository writing. In honor of Professor … Continue reading Mariana Castro Azpíroz chosen for Richard R. Wright Award

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NSF Awards $1.2 million to determine the function of plasmodesmata as redox signaling hubs

Joe Aung, Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology was recently awarded a $830,000 amended grant, bringing the total funded by the National Science Foundation to $1.2 million for his research in determining the function of plasmodesmata as redox signaling hubs. The award is part of the NSF Faculty Early Career … Continue reading NSF Awards $1.2 million to determine the function of plasmodesmata as redox signaling hubs