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  • Congratulations to LAS student award recipients

    Several LAS students were recently honored with University awards for their outstanding academic achievement, community service or exemplary leadership to the Iowa State community. Congratulations to the following students for their pursuit of excellence! Jeane Robles, Genetics Kappa Alpha Theta High Flyer Award Christina Hillman, Psychology and Child, Adult…

    April 20, 2016

  • Yang, ISU faculty to develop genetic tools to improve performance of yams as global food staple

    A new NSF grant will allow Bing Yang and a team of ISU researchers to study the genome of the yam, an important crop in global agriculture. The research team will utilize revolutionary genome-editing technology including the CRISPR/Cas9 system to develop an array of tools that could answer specific questions regarding yam gene function.

    April 20, 2016

  • LAS political science professor says impeachment for Brazilian president is likely

    Amy Erica Smith says the impeachment battle is politically motivated and reflects a fundamental misunderstanding by many lawmakers of how the country’s democratic institutions work.

    April 19, 2016

  • Risky business: Studying math to become an actuary

    Alec Filak (mathematics and statistics, ’15) knew he was good at math, but he wasn’t sure how that skill could translate into a career. So he took a few math classes his freshman year and quickly learned a math degree could open doors to many great jobs.

    April 18, 2016

  • Economics professor assesses the cost of climate change

    Although we have a good idea of how how climatic and physical systems will change in response to greenhouse gases, we need a better understanding of climate change's costs to society, said environmental economist Ivan Rudik.

    April 14, 2016

  • Mayly Sanchez analyzes first electron neutrino data from NOvA Experiment

    The NOvA experiment has three main physics goals: make the first observations of muon neutrinos changing to electron neutrinos, determine the tiny masses of the three neutrino types and look for clues that help explain how matter came to dominate antimatter in the universe.

    April 13, 2016

  • The journey continues: Micevic receives Soros Fellowship

    Goran Micevic, a 2010 Iowa State biochemistry graduate, has been selected as a 2016 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. He is currently in graduate school at Yale School of Medicine.

    April 13, 2016

  • More than words: Students experience what it means to be deaf

    Language is about more than words. Whether they are written, spoken or signed, words are part of a language that cannot be separated from the culture. This philosophy is the foundation of the American Sign Language program that Jonathan Webb started nearly four years ago at Iowa State University.

    April 11, 2016