When Corinna Most first traveled to an olive baboon research site in Kenya, she wasn't immediately convinced she had found her future. The hiking was difficult. The heat was intense. And the dozens of baboons she was learning to study all looked the same.
Iowa State University, the International Livestock Research Institute and the University of California, Davis will host two sessions at this year's World Food Prize Foundation's Borlaug Dialogue.
Mary Staudt wants to encourage more people to start gardening and help them feel confident doing so. The upcoming launch of her AI-powered gardening app, CultivAIte, brings her a big step closer to that goal.
Lauren Jaschke, a graduate student in sustainable agriculture, is in her happy spot any time she’s atop a horse. “There’s no greater feeling than loping a horse through an open field or carrying the American flag around a rodeo arena,” she said.
Iowa State University Professor Curt Youngs has been named a 2026 Top Agri-Food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation. He is among 40 global innovators from 30 countries selected for their transformative food systems work that is driving change in agriculture and global food security. TAP honorees will be recognized at the 2026 Borlaug Dialogue in October.
Karl Kerns, assistant professor of animal science at Iowa State University, is part of an interdisciplinary team recognized this week with agInnovation's national 2026 Excellence in Multistate Research Award for collaborative work to improve reproductive performance in cattle and sheep.
Poster abstracts are now being accepted through Oct. 5 for the 23rd annual Norman Borlaug Lecture Poster Competition for Graduate and Undergraduate Students.
Dan Brabec brings many real-world lessons into his classroom, where students quickly learn that floral design is about far more than simply arranging flowers.
When Mitchell Hora (’17 agronomy, agricultural systems technology) started Continuum Ag 10 years ago, he pictured his post-graduation life consisting of running the small start-up business and farming alongside his family near Washington in southeast Iowa. Little did he know just how far his entrepreneurial venture would take him.
Elizabeth Due, a third-year doctoral student in animal science at Iowa State University, has been selected to receive the Nelda Christian Iowa Pork Foundation Graduate Fellowship, along with Emma Zwart in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Steven Lonergan, a Morrill Professor of animal science, was named the inaugural holder of the endowed chair during the Topel Medallion Ceremony on Monday, Aug. 31, on the Iowa State campus.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Iowa State University Foundation will present awards to several CALS alums and friends at the 95th annual Honors & Awards Ceremony on Oct. 2.
Step aside, pumpkin spice latte. There’s a new fall-inspired flavor in town, and it was created by Iowa State alum Brianna McBride (’22 dairy science, food science).
Erin Renshaw, a senior in dietetics, was the culinary intern at the Rod and Connie French Conservation Education Camp in Montana this summer, where she prepared breakfasts and dinners for the students and faculty.
Seven global resource systems students completed internships this summer, while another will complete one this fall, all thanks to the Robert H. Maxwell International Service Learning Scholarship.
The CALS Staff Champions Program is a cohort-based professional development initiative designed to cultivate informed, engaged and forward-thinking staff leaders within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Students will find two new faces in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Career Services office this semester.
With more than 12,000 trees, Iowa State University’s campus is recognized as one of the country’s most beautiful colleges. This summer, an additional 50-60 trees will be added to that count, all of which are considered “rare” species.
Iowa landowners are being asked to help document the remarkable monarch migration as thousands of butterflies make their journey south to Mexico this fall. Researchers with the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium (IMCC) ask for assistance to identify areas where monarchs rest in clusters, like trees and sheltered areas, when they funnel through Iowa during their trip. Monarch watchers can also help track the migration by identifying the location of tagged monarchs and reporting their location.
Students in the Peace Corps Prep program combine targeted coursework with hands-on experience, building the competencies needed to be effective Peace Corps volunteers and make a lasting impact.
