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A new book by Professor Matt DeLisi, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and Matt Logan, associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University, examines how changing attitudes and assumptions have influenced public thinking about crime, highlighting a gap between perception and research on chronic offending. This "criminal naïveté," they write, shapes debates on safety, accountability and criminal‑justice policy.

LAS students share how their internships in data, health care, atmospheric research, and other areas helped them gain a deeper understanding of their fields and an appreciation for collaboration in the workplace.

As artificial intelligence tools debut and evolve at a rapid pace, Department of Computer Science Professor Wei Le and her students are developing a public website that tracks new AI releases and helps users make sense of the fast-changing technology.

Megan Johnson ('27 Spanish education) shares how her expectations for summer study abroad were “met in every possible way.”

Support from a donor-funded scholarship helped make a dream internship with Shakespeare on the Lawn in Des Moines a dream come true for theatre major Kiernan McReynolds.

Joshua Rosenbloom, professor in the Department of Economics, recently co-edited a book entitled “The First Industrial Revolution and Global Divergence: Steam Power and Uneven Paths to Growth” published by Springer. This book sheds new light on one of the most debated questions in economic history: ‘Why did Britain lead the…

A new study led by Professor Nicole Valenzuela in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, suggests an antenna-like cellular sensor that’s a growing focus in human health could play a central role in how turtles become male or female, which in most species is based on incubation temperature.

Pablo Raúl Stinga, professor in the Department of Mathematics, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award totaling $240,000 in support of his research project “Problems in Local and Fractional Elliptic Partial Differential Equations Involving Surfaces.” The grant will support Professor Stinga’s research for the next three years. In addition…