The U.S. National Science Foundation is supporting scholarships for Iowa State graduate students with $3.7 million over five years. The CyberCorps grants will help students learn cybersecurity in exchange for government service protecting critical infrastructure.
The Iowa Board of Regents approved a 30-year development agreement at its Jan. 15 meeting that allows Iowa State University, Goldenrod Companies and the Iowa State University Research Park to move forward with the CyTown multi-use district.
The White House is honoring three Iowa State researchers for their work in artificial intelligence, genome editing and synthetic biology. The researchers are among this year's winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn’t one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa State University researchers.
Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear the cream cheese in the middle, said Iowa State's Neal Iverson. The resulting data could lead to more accurate models of temperate glacier ice and better predictions of glacier flow and sea-level rise.
Commencement is a time for celebration. For some Iowa State University students graduating this fall, the milestone is even more meaningful because of the financial support they received in the final stretch to earn their degree.
As 2024 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.
Sybil Below originally went to Iowa State on a pre-law track. But unsure if that was the right path for her, Below’s parents suggested education. An opportunity to substitute teach ultimately cemented her love for the classroom. She's now student teaching, and feels like she's like she's doing exactly what she's supposed to be doing.
Growing up on an Iowa farm without dairy cows, Matt McGarry always dreamed of starting his own dairy operation. Decades later, he’s finally pursuing that dream thanks to the custom-designed education and hands-on experiences he received at Iowa State University.
Chase O’Connell has taken advantage of many opportunities in and beyond Iowa State classrooms, from honors programs on campus to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A common starting point for the December graduate? His willingness to ask, “Why not?”
