• A physician in the making

    Graduating senior Anna Garbe ('22 biology) is now bound for medical school, after finding support and momentum at Iowa State.

  • Student research provides momentum for discovery, professional growth

    LAS supports undergraduate research on everything from Gen Z voting to gene editing.

  • Depth of knowledge

    Iowa State students dive into research during a Caribbean marine biology field course at the Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences in Honduras.

  • Jackson Stigers portrait
    Dental determination

    With strong pre-health experiences in LAS, graduating senior Jackson Stigers ('22 biology, psychology) achieved his dream of being accepted to dental school.

  • Student smiling behind zebrafish tank.
    Summer insights from LAS undergraduate researchers

    From tracking superflares to studying NBA activism, LAS Dean's Undergraduate Research Award recipients share how they spent their summer.

  • Graduating senior Toni Sleugh poses in a Bessey lab
    Graduating senior pursued passion for marine biology at landlocked Iowa State

    Toni Sleugh will begin a Ph.D. in marine biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

  • Psalm Amos headshot
    Bound to make an impact

    Graduating senior Psalm Solomon Blaine Amos (’21 biology, environmental science) found support through the STEM Scholars and Science Bound programs to pursue his goals of improving water health.

  • Lab samples
    Improving lives through health

    Courtney Schill ('21 anthropology, biology) found inspiration for her future public health career in an unlikely place - an ancient Mexican burial site.