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  • Associate Professor Brett VanVeller and a colleague working in a chemistry lab.
    Chemistry professor awarded 2026 Bailey Award for innovative research

    Brett VanVeller, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded the 2026 Bailey Research Career Development Award from Iowa State University for his research into unlocking bottromycin, a relatively rare antibiotic with a unique mechanism that could outsmart resistant bacteria.

    February 11, 2026

  • Portrait of Tracy Lucht overlaying aerial view of Iowa State campus
    Tracy Lucht named director of Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

    Lucht was appointed to a five-year term and will serve as the 18th director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication.

    January 23, 2026

  • A robotic hand and a human hand are typing on a computer keyboard.
    Are we giving AI a pulse through language?

    English faculty members Jo Mackiewicz and Jeanine Aune are studying how we use anthropomorphizing language – or words that give human traits to non-human things – when writing about artificial intelligence. Their findings can help technical and professional communication practitioners reflect on how they think about AI technologies, both as tools in their writing process and in how they write about AI.

    January 12, 2026

  • Illustrated image of Ireland.
    Cardinal and gold tackles the Emerald Isle

    The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication's new major – sports media and communication – gave students a unique experiential learning opportunity in Dublin, Ireland.

    December 3, 2025

  • Doug Gentile
    Be kind to others, it can be good for your own health, mind

    Iowa State University psychology professor Douglas Gentile says even thinking kind thoughts can have a powerful effect.

    November 13, 2025

  • Bowen Weng, roboticist and assistant professor of computer science, stands beside two humanoid robots in the Iowa State University computer science robotics lab.
    LAS researchers are working to safely advance the capabilities of humanoid robots

    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences researchers are working to develop and test new methods that could help advance the physical intelligence and capabilities of humanoid robots, while also prioritizing the development of safety standards that will allow robots and humans to interact safely.

    November 4, 2025

  • Professor Geetu Tuteja holds a small vial of liquid in front of her face.
    Lessons from a temporary organ

    As a professor of genetics, development and cell biology, Geetu Tuteja’s research investigates how genes and their regulatory elements control early placental development, particularly how cells establish the connection between mother and fetus.

    October 9, 2025

  • Student performer kneels on stage in front of purple and blue lighting and shadow puppetry
    Puppet Power 2025 brings the global field of applied puppetry to Ames

    Ames will host the international hybrid conference for the first time. The event explores process, practice, and possibility in applied puppetry.

    October 6, 2025