Notable

LAS awards 10 “Future Discovery Scholarships” to 4-H youth

Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences presented 10 “Future Discovery Awards” to 4-H participants at the 2016 Iowa State Fair. The Future Discovery Award is a $500 scholarship, which will be given to each student upon enrolling at ISU and pursuing a Liberal Arts and Sciences major.

August 19, 2016

LAS sociology research sheds new light on nonimmigrant Americans’ views on dual loyalty

Abdi Kusow and Matt DeLisi explore nonimmigrant Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants’ dual loyalty in a paper recently published in the sociological research journal, Socius.

August 17, 2016

ISU expert discusses what Clinton needs to succeed

David Andersen, an assistant professor of political science at Iowa State University, says the presidential election is Hillary Clinton’s to lose.

July 26, 2016

Iowa State Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Army ROTC Nationwide

Since its creation by the National Defense Act of 1916, ROTC has become the largest producer of U.S. military officers, producing more than one million officers for the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force.

July 20, 2016

ISU expert discusses what Trump needs to succeed

David Andersen, assistant professor of political science, outlines the Top 5 things Trump needs to do to win the general election in November.

July 18, 2016

Chasing the best forecast

Gallus recently received a $501,991 grant from the National Science Foundation for a three-year project to improve understanding of nocturnal mesoscale convective system evolution, or nighttime thunderstorms.

July 7, 2016

ISU researchers establish link between copper exposure and prion protein neurotoxicity

Study has major implications for understanding the role of metals in protein misfolding diseases including prion, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

July 1, 2016

Hitting the high notes

When Donald Simonson, Morrill professor of music, was initiated into the American Academy of Teachers of Singing last year, he was asked to sign the organization’s “big book,” an illuminated wood cover book signed by every member of the Academy since its founding in 1922. He was shocked when he opened it.

June 30, 2016