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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student receives two grants for archeogenomics research

January 23, 2024 - by Sarah Igram

Heather Chamberlain-Irwin, Ph.D. student in the interdisciplinary Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program and co-advised by anthropologist Dr. Andrew Somerville (Department of World Languages and Cultures) and maize geneticist Dr. Matthew Hufford (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology), is the recipient of two prestigious dissertation funding awards in the amount ...

Dr. Rick Dorn wins Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research

May 30, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Rick Dorn, recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Chemistry, is the winner of the 2023 Zaffarano Prize for Publishable Research. The prize, established by former Graduate College dean Daniel Zaffarano 1988, honors students with superior publishable research, as Zaffarano believed publishing was a vital part of the graduate ...

Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson wins Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation

May 05, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson, recent Ph.D. graduate in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, focused her dissertation on a highly under-researched topic: whisper networks, or the informal communication channels that women use to keep one another safe from sexual harassment and other forms of sexism. Her work earned her the 2023 Karas ...

Postdocs and faculty honored with awards and grants

June 30, 2022 - by Sarah Igram

Fourteen postdoctoral scholars and two principal investigators have been awarded for their contributions to the Iowa State community. Postdocs are eligible for the Postdoctoral Seed Grant, Postdoctoral Scholar Excellence Award for Teaching and Mentoring Students, and the Postdoctoral Scholar Research Excellence Award. Principal investigators are eligible for the Postdoctoral Mentoring ...

Mechanical Engineering student Hamidreza Zobeiri wins Zaffarano Prize

May 23, 2022 - by Sarah Igram

Hamidreza Zobeiri, Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, is the winner of the 2022 Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research. Each spring semester, the Graduate College gives this honor to a graduate student with superior publishable research. Dr. Daniel Zaffarano, former Dean of the Iowa State Graduate College, believed that publishing ...

Spring graduate Anindya Bijoy Das receives Karas Award

May 18, 2022 - by Sarah Igram

Shortly before defending his dissertation this past April, Dr. Anindya Bijoy Das learned he had been selected as a Karas Award winner for Outstanding Dissertation. Established by Dr. George Karas, who retired from his position as Associate Dean of the Graduate College in 1995, the Karas Award honors students with ...

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