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CYstarters spotlight: Spenser Leise

Spenser Leise ('26 advertising) developed his business, Songbird Music Décor, when couldn't find music posters that fit his aesthetic.

LAS projects awarded additional funding to further the university's strategic plan

The projects focus on artificial intelligence in the humanities and support for undergraduate student internships at Ames National Laboratory.

Two humanities faculty receive Fulbright awards

John Levis, professor of English, and Elisa Rizo, associate professor of world languages and cultures, have received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year.

2024’s violent tornado season has been one of the most active on record

Professor William Gallus explains why so many tornadoes have ravaged the U.S. this spring in an essay published in The Conversation.

Burgin selected as chair of Iowa State’s Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Amy Burgin comes to Iowa State from the University of Kansas. She will begin her appointment on Jan. 1, 2025.

What is a heat dome? Iowa State's William Gallus explains

Professor of Atmospheric Science William Gallus discusses why it's so hot right now, and how the heat negatively impacts people.

ISU graduate is named Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Victoria Kyveryga ('24 chemical engineering, chemistry) is one of 90 scholars selected for the 2024 Knight-Hennessy cohort. The program's level of prestige and competition rivals that of the world's most renowned scholastic awards.

Megan Myers appointed chair of world languages and cultures department

Megan Myers, associate professor of Spanish, will begin her five-year term as chair on July 1.

Chemistry for the greater good

Daniel Howell ('24 chemistry) found his calling through chemistry, and now he hopes to make the world a better place because of it.

Faculty Honors & Awards

Karen Kedrowski
Ask Every Student Grant, Ask Every Student

Mariana Castro Azpíroz
Richard R. Wright Award, Iowa State University Department of English

Joe Aung
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Tess Neal
Member Spotlight, The Association for Psychological Science

James Vary
Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University

Published

Shalini Ajay Singh
Iowa= Gujarat (?), Hayden's Ferry Review

Cason Murphy
Pandemic Play: Community in Performance, Gaming, & the Arts, Palgrave Macmillan

Michèle Schaal
(Breaking out of) heteropatriarchal lockdown: Wendy Delorme’s Viendra le temps du feu, Journal of Gender Studies

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