Lopaka Baptiste: 2016 STATEment Maker
A photo with a U.S. senator helped Lopaka Baptiste (liberal studies, ’06) find his passion.
A photo with a U.S. senator helped Lopaka Baptiste (liberal studies, ’06) find his passion.
Coming into college, working for a small startup company wasn’t what Cami Williams saw herself doing. But the lure of new, exciting technology was irresistible.
The founder of the Missouri Courage Scholarship, Wilson (political science and women’s studies, ’11) is making an impact for LGBT youth.
Taylor Sklenar knew he would find a major at Iowa State University that would help him achieve his broad career goal: make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Through its extensive outreach programs, the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University makes it easy for elementary, middle, and high school students to think creatively about math problems while having fun.
The Cyclone Marching Band received a personal invitation by the United States government to perform at the 72nd commemoration of World War II’s D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, in June.
“It’s a good day if you find a complete fossil tooth – even if you already have 100 of them from the same species back at the museum,” Aaron Wood said. “It’s an amazing day, though, when you find an entirely new species.”
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered a topological metal, PtSn4 (platinum and tin), with a unique electronic structure that may someday lead to energy efficient computers with increased processor speeds and data storage.