Media Block

  • Reason named interim associate dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences

    Robert Reason, professor and associate director for research and administration in the School of Education at Iowa State University, has been named interim associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs in the College of Health and Human Sciences. The appointment runs from September 24, 2018 through June 30, 2019. Read More

  • Hydration strategy key as high school athletes begin practice

    The first week of high school sports practices is a particularly vulnerable time for athletes, says an Iowa State University assistant professor of kinesiology. James Lang… Read More

  • Sellers reappointed human sciences associate dean and Human Sciences Extension and Outreach director

    Debra Sellers has been reappointed to serve another five-year term as director of Human Sciences Extension and Outreach and associate dean in the College of Health and Human Sciences. She has served Iowa State University in these capacities since July 2013. Read More

  • Vanessa Espinoza finds purpose in giving back to the Latinx community

    Fifteen years ago, School of Education graduate student Vanessa Espinoza became a United States citizen. This year, she is being honored as a Latinx leader… Read More

  • 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

  • Opioid prevention workshop draws 120 community leaders from 30 Iowa counties

    AMES, Iowa — One hundred and twenty community leaders from 30 Iowa counties — including mayors, legislative staffers, health agency leaders, and court administrators —… Read More

  • Human Development and Family Studies chair Carl Weems named APS fellow

    An Iowa State University researcher with expertise in traumatic stress, emotional development, and the intervention and prevention of emotion-related difficulties has joined an elite group… Read More

  • 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

  • Iowa State University opioid prevention workshop drew 120 community leaders from 30 Iowa counties

    AMES, Iowa — One hundred and twenty community leaders from 30 Iowa counties — including mayors, legislative staffers, health agency leaders, and court administrators — attended the “Planning to Take Action against Opioids in Your Community” workshop, on Wednesday, September 12, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Ames. Read More

  • Iowa State part of $10 million effort to encourage a diverse faculty in STEM fields

    Iowa State researchers are part of a national alliance that won a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The alliance will develop programs that increase the diversity and effectiveness of faculty teaching science, technology, engineering, and math. Iowa State's part of the project focuses on working with community colleges to recruit and prepare a diverse group of graduate students for teaching careers at community colleges. Lorenzo Baber, an associate professor in the School of Education and head of the higher education division is part of Iowa State's grant team, which is led by Craig Ogilvie, an assistant dean for Iowa State’s Graduate College and a Morrill Professor of physics and astronomy. Read More