News Service

Sunday, April 2

  • Four Iowa State University students land prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

    Mar 31, 2023

    The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering in the United States. The scholarships are awarded by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation to encourage outstanding undergraduate students to pursue careers in STEM research.

  • Dave Easterla, left, emeritus distinguished university professor of biology at Northwest Missouri State University and Mathew Hill, associate professor of anthropology at Iowa State with a fossilized complete skull. Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University

    “Exquisite” sabertooth skull offers clues about Ice Age predator

    Mar 30, 2023

    The recent discovery of a complete sabertooth cat skull from southwest Iowa provides the first evidence of this animal in the state. It also offers clues about an iconic Ice Age predator before the species went extinct roughly 12-13,000 years ago. Researchers believe the skull belonged to a subadult male that may have preyed on giant ground sloths.

  • Miriam Martincic smiles and stands in front of one of her illustrations projected onto a wall

    ISU graphic design professor illustrates for some of the biggest names in the publishing world – but it took some perseverance

    Mar 29, 2023

    Miriam Martincic’s illustrations have appeared in many high-profile publications, from The New York Times to Scientific American. But she had to persevere through her share of rejection to reach this point, and now she teaches what she’s learned to ISU design students.

  • Ph.D. student Shashini De Silva uses a magnet to pull the MIL globules and captured microbes into one spot. She then removes the excess liquid and adds another solution to release the microbes from the MIL for the next step: detection. Photo by Christopher

    Innovation at Work: Safer food, cleaner water

    Mar 28, 2023

    At Iowa State, scientists are working to boost chicken gut health to help reduce salmonella infections in poultry and people. Others are honing faster, affordable methods for detecting foodborne pathogens and harnessing algae to treat wastewater. Their work highlights some of the ways ISU is developing patented technologies to make food safer and water cleaner.

  • A chart showing expenses and discretionary income for rural and urban areas in 2020-22

    After hitting rural areas harder, inflation’s ongoing impact evens out

    Mar 23, 2023

    Inflation took a bigger bite of rural household budgets throughout much of 2022, but its effects were similar in rural and urban areas by the end of the year, according to a report by an Iowa State University professor. Two years of rising prices have shrunk discretionary income in rural households to less than $500 a month.  

  • Allyson Felix smiles while numerous track medals hang from her neck

    Track great Allyson Felix to discuss adversity, motherhood and innovation during ISU lecture

    Mar 22, 2023

    Allyson Felix, the most decorated American track-and-field Olympian of all time, will share stories of adversity, triumph, advocacy and her innovative approach to entrepreneurship during an upcoming presentation at Iowa State University on March 27.

  • Two researchers silhouetted in the virtual reality lab

    Innovation at Work: Culture of collaboration fosters big ideas, new technologies, impactful solutions

    Mar 21, 2023

    Innovation is a collaborative process, which is why Iowa State has built an ecosystem of support and resources to develop ideas into new products or technologies.

  • Cover of the book "Ted Bundy and the Unsolved Murder Epidemic: The Dark Figure of Crime”

    The dark figure of crime

    Mar 20, 2023

    A world-renowned criminologist at Iowa State lays out evidence in a new book that Ted Bundy’s criminal career was far lengthier and deadlier than the official record. He says the story of Bundy reflects the unsolved murder epidemic in the U.S. and offers solutions to reduce the backlog of cold cases.

  • Daniela Dimitrova, professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication

    Study compares NGO communication around migration

    Mar 15, 2023

    A new study compares the communication strategies of NGOs working on migration issues in two neighboring countries, Turkey and Bulgaria. The research findings highlight how the specific political and cultural context of a country affects an organization’s messaging.

  • Map of smart, vulnerable and other senior towns in Iowa.

    Understanding what makes senior towns in Iowa “smart”

    Mar 7, 2023

    Researchers are looking to small towns in Iowa to understand how some support aging in place better than others. Their findings could help communities plan for the future and preserve a high quality of life for all residents.

  • A photo illustration showing satellites and corn plants

    With NASA grant, ISU agronomist seeking to spot crop stress from space

    Mar 6, 2023

    A research team led by Iowa State University agronomy professor Brian Hornbuckle is studying how to use satellite-based sensors to remotely detect daily changes in water content and temperature of plants in fields across the Corn Belt, a system that could act as an early warning system for crop stress.

  • ISU students stand on a staircase inside the Iowa Capitol during a previous Research in the Capitol event

    Iowa State University undergraduates will showcase research March 6 at the Statehouse

    Mar 3, 2023

    ISU undergraduate students will present research posters detailing their work on 20 projects spanning a huge range of topics, from bioengineering to bumblebee hair, at the Iowa Capitol on Monday. The 2023 Research in the Capitol event offers university students a chance to interact with legislators, state officials and university administrators to show how their innovative work has the potential to impact the state, nation and beyond.