Sean Grass has been elected Vice President of the international Dickens Society, the largest academic organization in the world devoted to the study of Charles Dickens’s life and works. His election to the position came at the close of a three-year term as a Trustee of the Society, a position to which he was named … Continue reading Sean Grass elected Vice President of Dickens Society
Theresa Windus, a professor of chemistry, has been named to the 2017 class of association fellows.
Students Emily Barske, senior in journalism and mass communication and Stacy Ko, doctoral student in counseling psychology along with Daniela Dimitrova, professor and director of graduate education in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, will be honored as Women Impacting ISU on the 2018 calendar. Read more.
Alicia Carriquiry was among those awarded 2017 Women of Innovation Awards by the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI). She received an award for Research Innovation and Leadership. The awards dinner recognized leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and featured a keynote presentation by Lea Hickman, Partner at Silicon Valley Product … Continue reading Alicia Carriquiry honored by the Technology Association of Iowa
Amber Manning-Ouellette, lecturer in leadership studies, was selected for the Emerging Scholars Research Consortium at the recent annual meeting of the International Leadership Association in Brussels, Belgium. She presented a poster titled, “Controversy with Civility: How Service-Learning Impacts Civic Attitudes in the First Year,” and participated as a panelist on “Leadership Education Study Abroad Programs: … Continue reading Amber Manning-Ouellette selected for Emerging Scholars Research Consortium
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, has named Hridesh Rajan as a Distinguished Member for outstanding scientific contributions to computing. To be chosen, candidates must meet membership and professional requirements as well as demonstrate having achieved a significant accomplishment or having made a significant impact in the … Continue reading Hridesh Rajan named ACM Distinguished Member
Danica Ommen, an assistant professor in Statistics, won the Stephen E. Fienberg CSAFE Young Investigator award at the 2017 International Conference on Forensic Inference. The Stephen E. Feinberg CSAFE Young Investigator Award rewards and encourages excellence in forensic statistics at an early stage of career development, as personified by the late Stephen E. Fienberg. Her … Continue reading Danica Ommen won the 2017 International Conference on Forensic Inference CSAFE Stephen E. Fienberg Young Investigator award
Iverson’s transformative research improves scientists’ understanding of how glaciers move and shape landscapes.