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April 26, 2012

Collaboration with Homeland Security focuses on detecting biothreats

Professor Marit Nilsen-Hamilton serves as principal investigator on the project, which aims to develop a portable sensor for detecting COVID-19 and other toxins.

Light-controlled Higgs modes found in superconductors; potential sensor, computing uses

Iowa State's Jigang Wang and researchers discover a short-lived form of the famous Higgs boson.

ISU Theatre's "Of the Deep" honored at KCACTF

This is the third consecutive year KCACTF has recognized an ISU Theatre production directed by Associate Professor Amanda Petefish-Schrag.

Runyon will lead LAS’ new Innovation + Entrepreneurship Academy

An entrepreneur herself, Iowa State alumna Rebecca Runyon is the inaugural director of LAS' new Innovation + Entrepreneurship Academy.

New gift provides visionary support

Gift from Dr. John M. Graether will help advance climate science education.

COVID-19 model compares effectiveness of vaccine and mitigation strategies

LAS researchers developed a network-based approach to look at the impact of policies and vaccination strategies throughout the pandemic.

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Honors and Awards

Julia Domínguez — Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Shawn Dorius — Advancing Substance Use Recovery in Iowa II, Iowa Department of Public Health Organization Giving Award, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration

Shawn Dorius — Iowa Health Information Platform Development, Iowa Department of Public Health Organization Giving Award, Centers for Disease Control

Leana Bouffard — Outstanding Mentor Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Jenny Macken — Exemplary Student Support Award, Iowa State University

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Published and Performed

Jeremy Best — "Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire", University of Toronto Press

Amy Erica Smith co-authors Washington Post article — Argentina legalized abortion. Here's how it happened and what it means for Latin America, The Washington Post

Claus Kadelka — A new COVID-19 model taking into account the tendency to associate with groups who share their same opinions and beliefs, Iowa Public Radio

Elizabeth Swanner — The biogeochemistry of ferruginous lakes and past ferruginous oceans, Earth-Science Reviews

David A.M. Peterson — "Macrointerest", British Journal of Political Science