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Thursday, January 20 2022

  • The cellular response that protects pigs from COVID-19

    Studies since the start of the pandemic have noted that pigs exposed to the coronavirus don’t show clinical signs of disease nor do they transmit the virus to other animals. Iowa State University scientists have uncovered important clues that shed light on why pigs don’t get sick, and the discovery could lead to better treatments for COVID-19 in humans.

  • Iowa State takes innovation program around the world

    The Student Innovation Center’s Innovation Fellows Program and the Office of Admissions sought new ways to connect with prospective international students. They partnered on a new recruitment program, which engages international students in innovation education before they even step foot on campus. In December, the Innovation Fellows-in-Training program traveled to Dubai.

  • K-12 experience, population density among factors that support rural ‘brain gain’

    Researchers found college graduates between 34 and 43 years of age were more likely to return to the rural communities where they grew up if they had a strong attachment to their public K-12 schools. Lower population density and overall education levels in a community also played a role.

  • MLK Jr. events to include lecture by man wrongfully convicted in Central Park Five case

    A variety of events on the Iowa State campus and in Ames will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. throughout January, including a lecture by Yusef Salaam, who was wrongfully convicted in the Central Park Five case.

  • January temperatures linked to immigrant entrepreneurship

    Researchers at Iowa State University found the ratio of immigrants who are self-employed vs. paid-employed is much higher in parts of the country with warmer January temperatures (i.e., the South) and lower in colder areas (i.e., the Midwest).

  • Iowa State researchers developing snowplow navigation system for blizzard conditions

    The Iowa Department of Transportation is supporting Iowa State researchers' work to develop and test a navigation system that could help keep snowplow operators on the roads -- even when the snow is blowing and drifting, creating low-visibility, whiteout conditions.

  • 2021 Year in Review

    As 2021 comes to an end, the Iowa State University News Service team is looking back and sharing some of its favorite and more popular stories of the year. 

  • New ISU project will design 3D-printed housing for rural Iowa

    The housing market has not kept up with demand for affordable housing in Iowa, leading to a new Iowa State University project that will work to find faster, cheaper solutions through 3D-printed homes. The Iowa Economic Development Authority has announced a $1.4 million Strategic Infrastructure Program grant for the ISU College of Design’s 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project.

  • Sharon Perry Fantini named vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion

    Sharon Perry Fantini from Tiffin (Ohio) University has been named the next vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Iowa State University, following a national search. 

  • Vaccine study flips traditional view of product scarcity driving demand

    Newly published findings from surveys conducted last year reveal people were less interested in getting COVID-19 vaccines when they thought the vaccines were scarce. The researchers point to compassion for the vulnerable as a driving factor.