More than 50 volunteers helped the Iowa Soybean Research Center kick off Soybean Month in Iowa at a Meals from the Heartland food packaging event Aug. 2 on campus.
The spring 2020 semester provided a unique opportunity to research the validity of online, unsupervised exams for student evaluations. Across academic disciplines, course levels and test formats, an ISU research team found the online option produced scores very similar to in-person, proctored exams.
Two faculty are part of a federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality, using the same innovative genetic tools that have led to advancements in field corn. It comes as Americans have been eating less sweet corn over the past several decades.
Twenty-five years ago, the Master of Science in agronomy program became a trailblazer in distance education at ISU. It allowed working professionals to attend classes during their nights and weekends while protecting their financial stability.
The ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship has begun a 15-part series highlighting student entrepreneurs pursuing business ventures as members of the 2023 CYstarters summer cohort. Meet Maddy Ladehoff, owner of Dancing With Miss Maddy.
