Eugene Mortimer Armstrong was born May 19, 1919, in Jefferson, the son of Dr. William and Ruth Armstrong. He spent most of his early childhood on a farm and the family moved to Ames in 1928, when he was 9.
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Myers, a decorated Vietnam War hero and Iowa State alumnus, will be honored in the 2025 Gold Star Hall ceremony for his courageous service and ultimate sacrifice during Operation Meade River in 1968.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers is evaluating the performance of CommHEAT, a mobile app designed to support residents and city planners with real-time heat alerts and actionable data to safeguard vulnerable communities during extreme heat events.
Iowa State researchers are working with Polk County Emergency Management to develop an online, multiplayer training game to help emergency forces plan and practice their disaster responses.
Kori Heuss returns to Iowa State to share insights on entrepreneurship, resilience and leadership through the lens of her journey as a multi-business owner and community advocate.
Iowa State students recently saw their custom adaptive clothing designs for kids with brain-based disabilities featured on the runway during New York Fashion Week through a partnership with the International Institute for the Brain (iBRAIN).
Nine years after exploring a vision of AI tools helping plant scientists, Iowa State's AI in Ag team has built a web-based tool that helps farmers identify and manage crop pests. The tool was even featured at this year's Iowa State Fair.
In a first-of-its-kind study, an Iowa State University research team found that the way DNA is arranged in a bacterial species used extensively in genetic engineering can change how well it grows, survives stress and infects plants.
A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional development take place, and challenges assumptions that trauma reporting is either true or false.
The slurry left behind when using anaerobic digestion to turn manure and agricultural residue into fuel significantly improves a key aspect of soil health when applied to fields, according to an analysis of 12 years of data from a commercial farm in southeast Iowa.
