LAS faculty advocate for arts and humanities on Capitol Hill
The key to advocating to keep federal funding for the arts and humanities is to keep it personal.
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Anne Castle to lecture on Colorado River
Anne Castle, former assistant secretary for water and science in the U.S. Department of the Interior, will deliver the Ronald Lecture in Environmental Conservation on April 13.
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Schmittmann reappointed as LAS dean
Senior Vice President and Provost Jonathan Wickert announced Beate Schmittmann’s five-year reappointment.
Studying the stars
After NASA’s announcement of the first known system of seven Earth-sized planets around a single star, Steve Kawaler explains how planets are found. To know more about the planets, we have to look to the stars.
ISU postdoc selected for fellowship in France
Eric Gangloff will study the wall lizard along altitudinal gradients to understand how animal physiology is affected by the interaction of temperature and factors such as oxygen level.
Two LAS programs advance in U.S. News and World Report rankings
The program tied for 28th among public universities in a ranking of graduate programs.
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Simonson named chair of the Department of Music and Theatre
A 39-year Iowa State faculty member, Donald Simonson succeeds Michael Golemo, director of bands and professor of music.
ISU’s Software Engineering earns national ranking
College Choice gave the bachelor’s degree program a sixth place ranking on its list of top 20 programs nationally.