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Extension

Furthering farm education with Extension

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Research

Undergraduates partner with zoo to save threatened turtles

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Learning

NREM students bring wildlife wonder into the classroom

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“You're a lot more capable than you think you are. Have confidence in yourself to try to take hold of some of those opportunities.”
Gillian Anderson, '24 agricultural and rural policy studies, international agriculture

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From Cyclones in the making to those already formed, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a place for everyone. The innovations made in the labs, the farms, the forests and the fields strive to carry out Iowa State’s original land grant mission: discovering, developing, disseminating and preserving knowledge.

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Recent News

  • Two students holding pipettes inside a laboratory.

    Building bridges to connect genetics classroom, lab lessons

    What role does gene expression play in predicting whether someone prefers salty over sweet snacks or tends to be more of a night owl than an early riser? That is just one of the topics students explore in Jelena Kraft’s Biology 3130(L): Principles of Genetics class and lab.

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    CALS faculty, staff and students recognized as impactful

    Each year, the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics selects 12 women for the calendar in recognition of the positive differences they make at Iowa State University. This year, four of those women came from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.