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Jonathan Wendel Inducted to National Academy of Sciences

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An Iowa State University professor is helping make immersive animal behavior research more accessible for students.

he Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows Program selected two Iowa State graduate students for its 2023 cohort.

The Bridging the Divide program aims to holistically address societal problems by fostering collaboration among researchers in design, arts, humanities, and social sciences and researchers in STEM disciplines.

The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 23 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

April 19, 2023 | Cambridge, MA – This year’s election of new members to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences maintains a commitment to honoring excellence that began more than 240 years ago.

Soley receives The Garden Club of America Montine M. Freeman Scholarship

Nathan Soley, Iowa State University, was awarded $3,000 from The Garden Club of America Montine M.

McMurchie receives Ned Jaquith Foundation & American Bamboo Society Grant

Elizabeth McMurchie, Iowa State University, was awarded $2,900 to study Systematics of the Guadua paniculata species complex in Mexico

Nikkel receives Iowa Native Plant Society Small Grant

Jordan Nikkel, Iowa State University, graduate student in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Department, Ames IA, received a small grant for work on a floristic survey at the Marietta Sand Prairie Stat Preserve.

Iowa State is a Top-Producing Institution in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for 2022-23, as announced Feb. 10 by the U.S. Department of State.

By Caitlin Ware, Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research

By Whitney Baxter

The Smith Fellowship, the nation's premier postdoctoral program in conservation science, seeks to find solutions to the most pressing conservation challenges.

Matthew Hufford, associate professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, has been awarded the Cassling Family Professorship by Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

AMES, Iowa – A recent ecosystem modeling study conducted by Iowa State University scientists shows how crop production in the United States has led to an increase in the emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, throughout the last century.
 

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is honoring six Iowa State University researchers for their work in biology, statistics and physics.

Katherine Gross honored with Distinguished Alumni Award

[AMES, IOWA, October 15, 2021]—Dr.