• Lake Laverne and the Memorial Union with the text Faculty Honors in the lower left
    LAS faculty members recognized for innovative research and teaching contributions

      Recently, fourteen faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received funded awards for dedication to undergraduate teaching and pursing innovative research in their respective academic areas. Here’s a brief look at their research and the awards they received. Domenico D’Alessandro Professor in the Department of…

  • Dipali Sashital honored by White House for genome-editing research

    Dipali Sashital, professor in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, is one of three Iowa State faculty members honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

  • A close-up of Dipali Sashital in a lab (vials on shelves can be seen in an out of focus background).
    Microbe Wars

    Understanding the mysterious immune system that bacteria use to fight off foreign invaders.