LAS News Archive • Iowa State University

Iowa State names Jonathan Wendel a Distinguished Professor; Gordon Miller honored as University Professor

AMES, Iowa – Two College of Liberal Arts and Sciences professors have earned the university’s top faculty honors. Jonathan Wendel, of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, has been named a Distinguished Professor, and Gordon Miller of the Department of Chemistry has been named a University Professor. The Office of the Executive Vice … Continue reading Iowa State names Jonathan Wendel a Distinguished Professor; Gordon Miller honored as University Professor

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Byars, Colbert receive Cassling Family Faculty Awards for outstanding teaching

AMES, Iowa – Two faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University will receive Cassling Family Faculty Awards. Jana Byars, assistant professor in the Department of History, and Jim Colbert, associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology (EEOB), will be recognized at the 2012 Fall … Continue reading Byars, Colbert receive Cassling Family Faculty Awards for outstanding teaching

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Jason C.K. Chan named Shakeshaft Master Teacher

AMES, Iowa – Jason C.K. Chan, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, has been named the Jerry Shakeshaft Master Teacher in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the 2012-13 academic year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. Chan will be recognized at the 2012 Fall Convocation, August 29. … Continue reading Jason C.K. Chan named Shakeshaft Master Teacher

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History’s Schwieder to Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame

Dorothy Schwieder, retired Iowa State history professor and well-known Iowa historian, was inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame on Aug. 25.

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Teaching, service and research honored with 2012 LAS awards

AMES, Iowa – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University is honoring 26 faculty and staff with awards for their accomplishments. The recipients will be recognized at the Fall Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Convocation on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the Sun Room, Memorial Union. The event … Continue reading Teaching, service and research honored with 2012 LAS awards

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Levi Stanley named the next Caldwell Chair in Chemistry

AMES, Iowa – Assistant Professor Levi Stanley is the new holder of the Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry at Iowa State University. The two-year chair will provide him with supplemental annual funds for his teaching and research efforts in the Department of Chemistry, an academic unit in the College of Liberal Arts and … Continue reading Levi Stanley named the next Caldwell Chair in Chemistry

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Barbara Mack, beloved Iowa State journalism icon, has died

Barbara Mack, master teacher, professor, grammarian, mentor and friend to decades of Iowa State University journalism students, has died. Mack passed away in her sleep at home in Des Moines early this morning. She was 59.

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Researchers study the structure of drug resistance in tuberculosis

AMES, Iowa – Edward Yu took note of the facts – nearly 2 million deaths each year, 9 million infected each year, developments of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and now totally drug-resistant strains – and decided to shift his research focus to tuberculosis. Yu, an Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researcher, has described in the journal … Continue reading Researchers study the structure of drug resistance in tuberculosis

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Statistics’ Meeker receives the 2012 Jerome Sacks Award

The National Institute of Statistical Sciences presented the 2012 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research to William Meeker, ISU distinguished professor of statistics.

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Bergman is the next Janson Professor of Mathematics at Iowa State

Professor Clifford Bergman is the new holder of the Janson Professorship in Mathematics at Iowa State University. The professorship, in addition to recognizing Bergman’s professional achievements, will provide him with supplemental annual funds to advance the teaching and research efforts of the Department of Mathematics, an academic unit in the College of Liberal Arts and … Continue reading Bergman is the next Janson Professor of Mathematics at Iowa State