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Three College of Health and Human Sciences students earn 2019 Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award
Three College of Health and Human Sciences students — Benjamin Dralle, Jennifer Junker, and Zoe Lambert — are among the seven honorees the Iowa State University… Read More

February 12, 2019
Ashley Jones pursues her passion for entrepreneurship
As an undecided freshmen at Iowa State, Ashley Jones didn’t know exactly where she wanted her adventure to take her. She did know that she… Read More

January 17, 2019
Jenny Junker awarded $35,000 scholarship at YMA gala in New York City
At the YMA gala in New York City on Jan. 10, six Iowa State students were honored and awarded scholarships from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. One of those six students took home the evening's highest honor. Read More

January 15, 2019
Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth E. Carter to lecture at Iowa State
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter has more than 40 design credits to her name – the most recent being Marvel’s “Black Panther.” On Oct. 9,… Read More

September 27, 2018
Closing of department, big box stores ushers in new opportunities for retail
Despite the closure of department and big box stores, researchers from the AESHM department found that not all retailers are destined for the same fate. Linda Niehm, Telin “Doreen” Chung, and Jessica Hurst found that despite a changing retail landscape, stores that are willing to embrace technological changes can create a different shopping experiences for their consumers. "What we’re seeing is in part a natural evolution of the retail cycle, and old formats are replaced with something more relevant,” Niehm said. “It’s really a transitional time and the retail industry is still figuring it out. Retail is a dynamic industry and it will continue to thrive, but the bar has been raised and consumers expect more, not the same old tired stuff.” Read More

September 13, 2018
New tenured/tenure-track faculty announced
As the new academic year begins, the Iowa State University College of Health and Human Sciences announces four tenure-track faculty members who have joined the faculty in 2018. All aiming to expand human potential and improve people's lives, their expertise ranges from educational technology to safe food packaging to sustainable functional apparel to how genes are expressed and effect disease. Read More

August 21, 2018
Big data helps reveal use of hashtags in political consumerism
As social media increasingly becomes a vehicle for people to express their praise and discontent, an Iowa State University researcher is using big data to explore how hashtags play a role in the promotion of consumer decisions for ethical or political reasons. Read More

July 16, 2018
Season of success for summer internships
It’s a summer of firsts for Iowa State University— its first female athletic training interns with the National Football League, its first merchandising interns with American Eagle, and its first intern assessing the needs of older Iowans in northwest Iowa. Read More

July 2, 2018
Garments designed by Iowa State students improve quality of life for people with disabilities
Shelby Miller, an Iowa State University freshman in animal science, can’t usually wear a dress. Her Type 1 diabetes requires her to have an insulin pump connected to her body at all times, and she needs access to that pump throughout the day. Read More

May 14, 2018
Studying abroad inspires student’s winning fashion show collection
For a second year in a row, a student whose fashion designs were inspired by traveling overseas took the top prize at the The Fashion Show at Iowa State University. Katrina Pedrick, a senior in apparel, merchandising, and design, won the $1,000 Lora and Russ Talbot ISU Fashion Show “Best in Show” Scholarship with her collection called “On the Fringe” at Iowa State’s 36th annual fashion show, held Saturday night at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium. Read More

April 14, 2018