Announcements

End of growing season creates opportunities to plant cover crops according to ISU professors

As vegetable growers and commodity farmers reach the end of the growing season and harvest their crops, faculty at Iowa State University are pushing for… Read More

October 16, 2013

No joke: ISU students learn the tricks of standup comedy

There is a science to crafting a good bit and delivering a one-liner that sets off a roar of laughter from the audience. And like… Read More

October 15, 2013

Grant allows Marquart to return to her native North Dakota to capture the stories of the ‘oil boom’

Debra Marquart AMES, IA – While growing up in rural North Dakota, Iowa State University’s Debra Marquart never imagined returning to her roots during the… Read More

October 12, 2013

Students taking advantage of new LAS Career Services Carver location

Liberal Arts and Sciences students have found their way to the college’s new Career Services offices in Carver Hall. The LAS Career Services staff moved… Read More

October 11, 2013

Iowa State Singers score The American Prize in Choral Performance

The Iowa State Singers, the university’s most select choral ensemble, earned The American Prize in Choral Performance from Hat City Music Theater, Inc., in the college/university division. Winners receive cash prizes in addition to regional, national and international recognition. Read More

October 10, 2013

Greenlee School’s Dahlstrom wins National Media Competition for Land Curriculum

Michael Dahlstrom, assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Iowa State University, was part of the first-place team winning the Women, Food and Ag Network’s annual Media Awards competition in the Curriculum category. Read More

October 10, 2013

Jack Horowitz, longtime LAS biochemist, passes away Tuesday

Jack Horowitz, who joined the then-Despartment of Biochemistry at Iowa State University in 1961, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Ames. He was a University Professor… Read More

October 8, 2013

Matthew Jockers presents keynote address at LAS workshop

Matthew Jockers argues that literary scholars can no longer simply “close read” literature. The keynote speaker kicking off the Oct. 11 College of Liberal Arts… Read More

October 2, 2013

Psychologist will discuss how to identify mental illness Oct. 16 at Iowa State

Psychologist Robert Krueger will discuss the differences between normal and abnormal human behavior and how the two overlap during a lecture at Iowa State University… Read More

October 2, 2013

Doug Spong, ISU alum and LAS Dean Advisory Board member, recipient of PRSA 2013 Gold Anvil Award

Carmichael Lynch Spong President Doug Spong has been named the recipient of the Public Relations Society of America’s 2013 Gold Anvil Award for lifetime achievement in public relations. The Gold Anvil is the Society’s highest individual award and is given annually to a PR professional whose work has significantly advanced the practice and standards for those in public relations. Read More

September 30, 2013