William “Bill” F. Kunerth, professor emeritus of the Greenlee School at Iowa State University, was named the 2014 winner of the James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication. Kunerth died December 2013 after a brief illness. The award was presented to his spouse, Wilma, April 16.
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Don’t forget: the LAS Dean’s Lecture will feature Michael Bailey’s “Medieval Superstition and Modern Skepticism” at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Sun Room.
Adam Clark, who earned his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. degrees in meteorology from ISU, was one of the 102 researchers to receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award is the highest honor given by the federal government to outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers.
Seven College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students were recognized for receiving Iowa State’s highest honors and scholarships at the university’s Student Leadership Awards Ceremony on April 13.
This story was written and published by the Iowa State Daily on April 10, 2014. Three ISU ROTC cadets were presented the Governor’s Cup Award at a ceremony honoring their outstanding leadership and service April 9. The Governor’s Cup Award ceremony is held annually to honor cadets and midshipmen who are outstanding not only in … Continue reading Two LAS, three ROTC students receive Governor’s Cup Award
Thomas Knief and William “Robin” Lindemann Both received Goldwater Scholarships. Lindemann, a senior in materials science engineering and mathematics, plans to pursue a career in ceramics. Knief, a senior in physics, plans to conduct research in materials science.
Soukoulis, senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University and associated member of IESL-FORTH in Greece, has won the 2014 Max Born Award from the Optical Society of America. The award honors a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the scientific field of physical optics.
Science and research in LAS is revolutionary because it is data-driven. The tools we develop to analyze data connect disciplines across campus while introducing departments to the complexities of large data sets. The beauty of big data analytics is that it doesn’t always give you answers – many times, it sparks more questions before helping to provide answers.
All data tell a story, but when observations number in the millions or more, the story can be harder to find. While mathematical differences can guide investigation of smaller data sets, large data sets require different tools. Heike Hofmann, professor of statistics, is an expert at exploring large data sets through images and animations that tell stories numbers alone simply can’t.