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Volume 10 Issue 2
Granting opportunities
Nine stories of faculty and students who went further—from studying tumor DNA to chasing college dreams—thanks to generous alumni and friends.
Volume 10 Issue 2
A message from Dean Schmittmann
Dean Beate Schmittmann shares how generosity can fuel invention and innovation, from training a new generation of climate crisis problem solvers to accelerating Iowa State’s world-class research.
Volume 10 Issue 1
Gateway to a gene-editing adventure
Jeffry Sander ('04 computer science, '08 Ph.D. bioinformatics and computational biology) helped crack the code of a gene-editing platform while in graduate school. Now he advances "hot off the press" science to tackle challenges in agriculture.
Volume 9, Issue 3
A perfect fit
The ISU Theatre costume shop is playing its part to fight COVID-19. Their effort to sew face masks for hospitals and nonprofits across the country is a perfect fit for their mission of citizen artistry.
Volume 9, Issue 2
Students partner for census outreach in Perry
U.S. Latino/a Studies class takes a road trip for a unique bilingual census outreach project in Perry, Iowa. One that brings the classroom to the community.
Volume 9, Issue 2
Enthusiasm for economics research
Thu Tran ('21 economics) was convinced he had to be a Cyclone because of Iowa State's research culture. Now he'll be a first author on a published paper, with the help of census data.
Volume 9, Issue 1
A natural innovator
Interdisciplinary innovator Dara Wald brings people and the environment together, through a unique lab and research partnerships that range from ecology to agriculture.
Volume 8 Issue 2
First-year students find connections in learning communities
From research tips to field trips, Iowa State's 90 learning communities create endless opportunities for first-year students.
Volume 8, Issue 1
Adventures in archives
Trudy Huskamp Peterson (’67 English, history), once the Acting Archivist of the United States, now travels the world rescuing records at risk.
Volume 8, Issue 1
An unpredictable adventure
Life is unpredictable, but Sara Ronnkvist is 100% certain that studying statistics will help her make a positive impact.
Link Fall 2018
A 'reformed' climate scientist
Professor Bill Gutowski delivers his world expertise in climate science through a down-to-earth, local level approach.
Link Fall 2018
A letter from the Dean
Dean Beate Schmittmann shares how the Transforming LAS endowment fund will produce more world-class leaders.
Link Fall 2018
The profound power of the shortest stories
Associate Professor Aili Mu is a world expert at using popular Chinese prose to create cross-cultural impact in her classroom.
Link Fall 2018
Transforming LAS
LAS received ISU's largest ever private gift last year. The $159 million endowment tripled the amount of LAS scholarships and awards and is already transforming futures.
Link Fall 2018
LAS Update
News and research from around LAS — STEM students conquer calculus, gender bias in down-ballot races, a Higgs boson data breakthrough and more.
categories: Link, Link Summer 2018
Adventure higher
With support from Iowa State, high jumper Cody Durbin ('20 physics) is raising the bar — as a student-athlete, Army ROTC cadet and physics major.
categories: Link, Link Summer 2018
Matters of the heart
Maryl Johnson's heart beats for transplant cardiology. Over four decades, she has led multiple heart failure and heart transplant programs, changing countless lives along the way.
categories: Link, Link Spring 2018
A cold case crusader
Jody Ewing ('08 liberal studies) founded Iowa Cold Cases to keep the stories of cold case victims alive.
categories: Link, Link Spring 2018
Reinventing how Navy ROTC midshipmen see seas and ships
Two deadly U.S. Navy collisions in 2017 reinforced the need for better seamanship training. Iowa State Navy ROTC now uses virtual reality to train future naval officers on ship handling fundamentals.
Link Winter 2018
A legendary learning environment
Jane Cox, professor of music and theatre, engages Iowa State University students in the performing arts, both in the classroom and on the stage.
Link Winter 2018
An appetite for research at the Saturday breakfast club
Every Saturday morning, Iowa State students wake up early for data sets and donuts. A unique breakfast club focused on undergraduate economics research is helping students develop research skills, determination and persistence.
Link Spring 2017
LAS News Update
The science behind your morning meds, Schmittmann reappointed as LAS Dean, secrets of slow plant growth and more news from the college.
Link Winter 2017
A blueprint for success
Danielle Propst's dream to design thriving communities starts with her degree in anthropology.  
categories: Alumni Profile, Link, Link Winter 2017
From Iowa to Germany: An adventure in opera
Meet Jennifer Porto, a professional opera singer with an established international career in Berlin.
Link Fall 2016
When in Scotland . . .
An Economics and Philosophy student steps inside Scottish politics.
Link Summer 2016
Breaking through
Politics aside, when a woman wins elected office, other women take notice.
Link Summer 2016
The beauty of big data
Pretend for a second you are a Sephora shopper: you browse rows of floral-hued cosmetics, selecting a lipstick in a shade of vivid pink matte that you saw on Instagram. What was that YouTube makeup tutorial you watched earlier? Something […]
Link Summer 2016
LAS Updates
A smartphone app that could detect Ebola Eric Henderson, professor of genetics, development and cell biology, designed a nanomachine that can detect mockups of the Ebola virus. His nanotechnology could one day become a life-saving smartphone app for the developing world.  […]