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History alum John Seitz wins Karas Award

June 09, 2021 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. John Seitz, a graduate of Iowa State’s Ph.D. program in Rural, Agricultural, Technological, and Environmental History, received a 2021 Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation. Every year, the Graduate College gives this accolade to two students with superior dissertations in rotating disciplines. Seitz’s dissertation, “Science and the steppe: Agronomists, nomads, ...

Chemistry alum Amrit Venkatesh awarded with Zaffarano Prize

May 25, 2021 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Amrit Venkatesh, a graduate of Iowa State’s doctoral program in chemistry, has won the Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research. Established by Dr. Daniel Zaffarano, who served as the vice president for research at Iowa State from 1973-1988, this award recognizes superior performance in publishable research by graduate students. ...

Four graduate researchers awarded for efforts to combat pandemic

April 08, 2021 - by Sarah Igram

After a year of studying COVID-19 in real time, four Iowa State University graduate students have been awarded for their efforts to combat the pandemic through research. Iowa State announced COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Awards last fall to recognize the campus community’s innovative work to overcome the challenges of the pandemic. ...

Four graduate teaching assistants receive COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Awards

March 16, 2021 - by Sarah Igram

Four Iowa State University graduate students have been awarded for their commitment to supporting student learning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 647 individuals and teams across Iowa State’s campus received nominations for COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Awards, which included 12 award categories. Of the 52 winners, the names and departments of those ...

Academic honorable mentions include three recent graduates

May 18, 2020 - by Sarah Igram

Three recent Iowa State alumni received honorable mentions for this year's Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation and Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research. Karas Award The Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation award recognizes students with superior research in four rotating disciplinary areas: Humanities and the Fine Arts, Mathematical and Physical Sciences ...

Analytical Chemistry graduate Ann Lii-Rosales wins Karas Award

May 15, 2020 - by Sarah Igram

The Graduate College has awarded Dr. Ann Lii-Rosales with the Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation. This prestigious award recognizes students with superior research in four rotating disciplinary areas: Humanities and the Fine Arts, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Social Sciences. Lii-Rosales earned a Ph.D. in Analytical ...

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