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Media stereotypes fuel support for anti-Muslim action, new research shows
Iowa State University researchers found a link between negative media stories about Muslims and support for military action and restrictions against Muslims. The research, published in the journal Communication Research, was designed to gauge the influence of media coverage portraying Muslims as terrorists.
February 3, 2016
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Low receives award for published article
“Ottoman Infrastructures of the Saudi Hydro-State: The Technopolitics of Pilgrimage and Potable Water in the Hijaz,” an article written by Michael Chris Low, associate professor of history, was selected for the 2016 Alice Hamilton Prize from the American Society for Environmental History. The article was published in Comparative Studies in…
February 1, 2016
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LAS faculty explain how voters have changed their minds on candidates
The Washington Post published an article by LAS Professor David Peterson and assistant professor Tessa Ditonto about the shift in presidential candidate preferences in Iowa.
January 29, 2016
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Source of political information varies by gender, age and candidate preference
In addition to questions about candidate support, a team of Iowa State LAS researchers asked likely caucus-goers where they get their political information. Out of 511 respondents, 61.9 percent said national TV news.
January 29, 2016
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E.J. Dionne, Jr. to present 2015-2016 Manatt-Phelps Spring Lecture
Syndicated Washington Post columnist will provide insight on the presidential debate and political climate.
January 27, 2016
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New Iowa State/WHO-HD poll shows tight race as Iowa caucus-goers change their minds
As the candidates make their final push across Iowa, many caucus-goers are still trying to decide which candidate they’ll support. Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Ted Cruz lead their respective parties, according to a new Iowa State University/WHO-HD Iowa Caucus Poll. However, there is little room separating them from the…
January 26, 2016
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Canfield selected for executive role in APS
Distinguished Professor Paul Canfield was elected to serve in an executive role for the American Physical Society. Canfield was elected Vice Chair for the Division of Condensed Matter Physics. [feature_image] Canfield will serve for four years, and will chair the division in his third year.
January 21, 2016
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Student mock trial returns two guilty verdicts
The thirteenth annual reenactment of a landmark groundwater trial by the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science’s hydrogeology class led to guilty (liable) verdicts in two separate trials. Each year, department chair Bill Simpkins’ class reenacts the 1986 trial that became a book and motion picture titled, “A Civil…
January 19, 2016