Hands-on with pollinators
Postcard from Campus: Coming Home
Students new and old are back on Iowa State's beautiful campus, ready to start a new school year.
News and Featured Stories
- Borlaug-Ruan Interns: Internship fosters student’s desire to create awareness of global food insecurity
- Borlaug-Ruan Interns: Potato research redefines student’s career goals
- Borlaug-Ruan Interns: Experience strengthens student’s research skills
- Stutsman named Emerging Iowa Leader by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Young Alum of the Month
Michael Parker ('18 forestry) fights fires for a living. As a smokejumper for the West Yellowstone Smokejumper Base through the United States Forest Service, Parker and his team specialize in rapid initial attack of wildfires in remote areas by parachuting from an airplane. "I love the excitement and adrenaline of loading up on the plane, jumping out over some of the most wild and remote areas in the country, and working hard with like-minded and passionate people," Parker says.
Innovation in Action
Virtual reality could boost poultry health
Using virtual reality technology, Iowa State scientists simulated a free-range environment in laying hen housing. They found that showing hens VR scenes of chickens in more “natural” environments reduced indicators of stress in the hens’ blood and gut microbiota. The VR scenes also induced biochemical changes related to increased resistance to E. coli bacteria, which poses health risks to poultry and to humans who eat contaminated eggs.