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Iowa State’s Williams sisters share their computer science experiences at White House tech summit

Ames, Iowa – The text message invitation arrived on Cassidy Williams’ phone about 10 days before the event. "Can you and your sister, Camryn, come to Washington, D.C., and speak at a national White House meeting on technology?" It’s not an everyday request of college students, but the two Iowa State University computer science majors … Continue reading Iowa State’s Williams sisters share their computer science experiences at White House tech summit
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Undergraduate research opportunities guide ISU economics student

As a freshman at Iowa State University, Deepak Premkumar wasn’t sure he made the right decision about where to attend college. After all, Ames was where he’d gone to high school, so he wasn’t exactly leaving home. And as the “typical liberal arts student” that Premkumar sees himself as, his sense was that the university … Continue reading Undergraduate research opportunities guide ISU economics student
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Chad Gasta is named chair of World Languages and Cultures in LAS

Chad Gasta, associate professor of Hispanic Studies, will be the new chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, an academic department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His appointment went into effect July 1. Gasta has been an ISU faculty member since 2001. His research interests include early modern Spanish and … Continue reading Chad Gasta is named chair of World Languages and Cultures in LAS
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Computer science major’s ideas take flight on British Airways’ UnGrounded

Cassidy Williams was on a flight that was anything but usual. The Iowa State University third-year computer science major participated in a San Francisco-to-London flight in June that was billed as "100 brilliant innovators. 11 hours. One plane. Can a single transatlantic flight help change the world?" Williams, the only undergraduate among the 100 high-tech … Continue reading Computer science major’s ideas take flight on British Airways’ UnGrounded
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ISU’s Lt. Col. Richard Smith to be mission commander for ROTC cultural awareness program in Croatia this summer

AMES, Iowa – Lt. Col. Richard Smith, head of Iowa State University’s Army ROTC battalion, will be the mission commander for a dozen American cadets participating in a cultural awareness program in Croatia in July. Smith, professor and chair of military science at Iowa State, will lead the cadets and a U.S. Air Force captain … Continue reading ISU’s Lt. Col. Richard Smith to be mission commander for ROTC cultural awareness program in Croatia this summer