AMES, Iowa- The Iowa Nutrient Research Center is accepting new proposals for research projects designed to reduce nitrate and phosphorus in Iowa’s water.
Three College of Agriculture and Life Sciences students are recipients of the 2025 Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior award. This prestigious award, established in 1968, recognizes six graduating seniors who exemplify excellence in character, high academic achievement and remarkable involvement on and off campus.
Students involved with the CALS Pathways to Innovation and Leadership program can earn micro-credentials by participating in hands-on workshops, completing real-world experiential learning opportunities and enhancing their career-readiness skills.
An innovative new degree at Iowa State University will prepare students for health care professions through a unique blend of coursework. The Iowa Board of Regents approved the Iowa State undergraduate degree – Bachelor of Science in integrated health sciences – on Feb. 28.
Two of the three fall 2024 Iowa State University Cyclone Football “Varsity” Marching Band drum majors call CALS home. Thomas Vastine and Emma Mostek, seniors in animal science, started their band careers in fifth grade and have reached the prestigious level of leading the Iowa State Marching Band.
The Next Generation Institute program gathers Iowa State students and early-career nongovernmental organization practitioners from Europe and Africa at the ISU-Uganda Program facility in Uganda’s Kamuli District. There, participants attend lectures, visit high-impact field programs and work on team projects.
As a proud alum of Iowa State University, Doug (’75 MS animal science, ’76 PhD) and his wife, Virginia, are honored to support the Department of Animal Science by establishing the Douglas and Virginia Ware Excellence Fund in Animal Science and Food Animal Veterinary Medicine.
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.
Walter Suza is leading the George Washington Carver Future Hunger Fighters Program, in collaboration with writing specialist Erin Todey, to engage Iowa high school students in developing innovative solutions to food insecurity challenges.
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.
What happens when you challenge people to find the intersection of art and science? An exhibition of “Crosspollinating Art and Science,” Dior Kelley's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows project.
Francis Owusu, former department chair and now professor of community and regional planning at Iowa State’s College of Design, will become the next CALS associate dean for global engagement and director of the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, effective March 17.
Iowa State University scientists has made a significant breakthrough in scientists’ ability to identify specific proteins within individual plant cells. Professor Justin Walley and Christian Montes, a research scientist, in the Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, led the work to develop a method for single-cell proteomics, or SCP. Their findings were reported recently in the New Phytologist, one of the leading journals in the world of plant sciences.
