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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

Hands-on approach

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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Innovation in Action
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Farms and Facilities
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Recent News

  • Five CALS senior award winners

    Five seniors to be honored during spring convocation

    May 9, 2025

    Each semester, seniors who have gone above and beyond while attending Iowa State University can be nominated to receive one of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council senior awards. This semester, five seniors will be honored at the May 16 CALS Convocation.

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    Q&A with Jennifer Holliday, spring 2025 student marshal

    May 8, 2025

    Jennifer Holliday, a graduating senior in agricultural studies, journalism and mass communication and international agriculture, will represent CALS as the student marshal at the university's spring 2025 Commencement ceremony.

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