AMES, Iowa — The April suicide of 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. — a South O’Brien High School (Paullina, Iowa) student who was reportedly teased and bullied by classmates — had Iowa lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of the state’s five-year-old anti-bullying law. School officials can’t always identify the bullies until it’s too late.
LAS researchers, from left, Jean Goodwin, Clark Wolf and Michael Dahlstrom. Scientists often receive little training on how to communicate their science and protect their communication from being politicized during policy controversies, such as global warming and evolution. Now an interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences … Continue reading LAS faculty aim for improved science communication during controversies
When the U.S. government needed English language learning materials, it turned to the applied linguistics faculty in the Department of English at Iowa State University. Faculty, staff and graduate students in applied linguistics have been developing print and electronic materials as part of a project called "Engaging M@terials for Global English." In 2011 the U.S … Continue reading For materials to teach English overseas, the Department of State turns to ISU’s applied linguistics faculty
As a surface water hydrologist, Kristie Franz studies water in streamsthat moves across the land and through and rivers. "I take over where the meteorologists leave off. Once the precipitation hits the ground, they kind of forget about it," laughed the assistant professor in Iowa State University’s Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. Franz is … Continue reading Scratching the surface water for better predictions
Physicists from around the globe are planning to shoot the world’s most intense beam of neutrinos from Illinois, underground through Iowa, hundreds of miles to a former gold mine in South Dakota. And Iowa State University’s Mayly Sanchez is part of the research team. Sanchez, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is working to … Continue reading ISU’s Mayly Sanchez part of the team developing the next-generation neutrino detector
AMES, Iowa –Indonesian students studying English and American culture this summer at Iowa State University will present a form of Indonesian culture for the Ames community on July 16. The 19 students from ISU’s Intensive English and Orientation Program (IEOP) will perform dances in traditional Indonesian clothing at Ames Public Library. IEOP helps students improve … Continue reading Indonesian students to perform traditional dances for Ames community
AMES, Iowa – The Republican Party of Iowa conducted its final meeting of the Iowa Caucus Review Committee this week to approve final recommendations for improving the caucuses. And a pair of Iowa State University researchers could tell them where caucus-goers went to get their political information. Using data taken from the two Iowa State … Continue reading LAS researchers determine political info sources of Iowa Caucus-goers
AMES, Iowa — Seven Iowa State University students played essential roles in the creation of Iowa State’s exhibit for the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, June 27-July 1 and July 4-8, in Washington, D.C. The students helped refine the exhibit concept, build the model, research the hardware, program the games, design the custom control system, write … Continue reading Software engineering, advertising students have key Smithsonian exhibit roles
AMES, Iowa — In traditional electrical lines, a significant amount of energy is lost while the energy travels from its source to homes and businesses due to resistance. Superconductors, materials that when cooled have zero electric resistance, have the promise of someday increasing the efficiency of power distribution, but more must still be learned about … Continue reading Prozorov leads team helping unravel mysteries of a new superconductor
AMES, Iowa – Two planets with very different densities and compositions are locked in surprisingly close orbits around their host star, according to astronomers working with NASA’s Kepler Mission. One planet is a rocky super-Earth about 1.5 times the size of our planet and 4.5 times the mass. The other is a Neptune-like gaseous planet … Continue reading Astronomers with Kepler Mission find puzzling pair of planets