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  • 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

  • Sithmi Hewage
    Interns: How LAS students spent their summer 

    Summer offers college students the chance to get ahead and distinguish themselves through internships, research, and other hands-on learning experiences. As a new academic year begins, three College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) students reflect on their summer of learning, growing, and preparing for what’s next. Sithmi Hewage Sithmi…

    September 2, 2025

  • PIRI team led by Robbyn Anand, Department of Chemistry
    Robbyn Anand leads team that will tackle critical water challenges

    The leaders of the latest Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (PIRI), led my Associate Professor Robbyn Anand, Department of Chemistry, are leveraging the best insight and knowledge and latest technology of our time to deliver innovative and impactful solutions for improving water purification for human health and national defense purposes.

    August 20, 2025

  • Students sitting on the grass, talking.
    Connecting Cyclones through learning communities

    Learning communities – comprising a small group of students in the same major – are one of Iowa State's most impactful student support experiences.

    August 6, 2025

  • "Aerial view of Iowa State University's central campus during fall, with colorful autumn trees, the iconic Campanile clock tower, and campus buildings in the background. A red banner at the bottom reads 'LAS NEWS' in bold white letters.
    LAS announces leadership changes

    LAS Dean Benjamin C. Withers announces leadership changes, which will contribute to the emergence from Reimagining LAS. Most changes are effective July 1, 2025.

    July 1, 2025

  • Miko Wilford
    Using technology to understand why innocent people may be compelled to plead guilty

    Miko Wilford, associate professor of psychology, examines how people, including innocent ones, are persuaded to plead guilty under enormous pressure, and what that says about the criminal justice system.

    June 5, 2025

  • "Aerial view of Iowa State University's central campus during fall, with colorful autumn trees, the iconic Campanile clock tower, and campus buildings in the background. A red banner at the bottom reads 'LAS NEWS' in bold white letters.
    Congratulations to LAS faculty and staff honored with university and college awards

    The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences proudly celebrates the achievements of its faculty and staff, honoring more than 50 recipients of the 2025 LAS Awards and several University Award honorees for their dedication and contributions.

    May 15, 2025

  • Two students smiling while looking at a computer.
    Changing lives, one scholarship at a time   

    Paying for college may cause anxiety for students and their families. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers numerous scholarships to try and ease the burden.

    May 13, 2025