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Sturm receives silver medal for Outstanding Achievement in 2014 Global Music Awards competition

Professor of Music Jonathan Sturm’s recent 2-CD plus DVD release Fire and Romance has received a silver medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Instrumental Performance Solo Category and a Bronze Medal in the Music Video category of the 2014 Global Music Awards competition. Global Music Awards is a prestigious international music competition that brings attention … Continue reading Sturm receives silver medal for Outstanding Achievement in 2014 Global Music Awards competition

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Why we think we’re good at something when we’re not

Reality TV has a way of highlighting the worst in people, even when they genuinely think they’re doing their best. Zlatan Krizan, an associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University, says it’s a natural reaction because we have a hard time accurately evaluating our abilities.

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Sean Grass unravels Dickens’ last finished novel

Charles Dickens’s final novel, Our Mutual Friend, wasn’t exactly his greatest success. At least not in 1865, when it was originally published. However, scholarly interest in the novel has grown substantially over the past 30 years and Sean Grass, an associate professor of English, explores that interest in his new book, Charles Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend: A Publishing History.

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ROTC cadet and LAS student Graham to attend West Point conference

An Iowa State Army ROTC cadet and LAS student has been selected to attend a prestigious conference April 23-24 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Zachary Graham, ISU’s Army ROTC Cadet Battalion Commander, was one of 10 cadets in the 3rd Brigade selected to attend the West Point Mission Commander Conference. The … Continue reading ROTC cadet and LAS student Graham to attend West Point conference