LAS Spring Dean’s Lecture: Designing Secure Fleets of Drones: Possibilities, Challenges, and Limitations
Borzoo Bonakdarpour will present the 2019 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Lecture.
Research
Climate change increases potential for conflict and violence
Research from Craig Anderson, Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of psychology and Andreas Miles-Novelo, an ISU graduate student and lead author, identifies ways climate change increases the likelihood of violence.
Prescription opioid overdose deaths falling in Iowa; synthetics and heroin spike new concern
According to David Peters, associate professor of rural sociology, in the next two to three years the state of Iowa will see an increase in overdose deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
Crowdsourcing effort aims to unearth new discoveries in “lost” collection at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
One Iowa State scientist has launched a crowdsourcing effort to give citizen scientists the opportunity to catalog specimens at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.
Patented technology cloaks location on mobile devices to protect privacy
An Iowa State associate professor of computer science has developed a cloaking technology that makes it possible to keep your privacy on mobile devices under control.
Criminal history strong indicator for future violent crime
New Iowa State research shows offenders convicted of a violent crime or other serious felonies will likely commit the same crime again.
Higher average potency cannabis may increase risk for first disorder symptom
New Iowa State research shows higher average potency cannabis at first use increases the risk for the first symptom of cannabis use disorder.
Global experts in LAS
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More American students are studying abroad, new data show
Dr. Chad Gasta writes about trends in study abroad programs.