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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.
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
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Upcoming events
Friday
January 22 Fri
Jan 22 |
Thinking, Making, Breaking (A)way: The Relationships of Innovation in Pursuit of Great Probelms |
2-3:30pm |
Tuesday
January 26 Tue
Jan 26 |
GDCB Seminars - Wnt signaling in zebrafish Virtual (Webex) |
4:10pm |
Wednesday
January 27 Wed
Jan 27 |
Latinx Studies Matter: Programming in Times of Crisis Virtual (Webex) |
7-8pm |
Tuesday
February 2 Tue
Feb 2 |
GDCB Seminars - Orphan genes in plants and animals Virtual (Webex) |
4:10pm |
Tuesday
February 9 Tue
Feb 9 |
GDCB Seminars - DNA nanomachines Virtual (Webex) |
4:10pm |
Tuesday
February 16 Tue
Feb 16 |
GDCB Seminars - Stem cells in zebrafish Virtual (Webex) |
4:10pm |