Current Students

  • Collage is focus of ISU graduate student Christopher Yanulis’ MFA thesis exhibition Nov. 13–19 at Reliable Street Gallery
    Collage is focus of ISU graduate student Christopher Yanulis’ MFA thesis exhibition Nov. 13–19 at Reliable Street Gallery

    11/08/21 AMES, Iowa — Christopher Yanulis, an Iowa State University graduate student in integrated visual arts, will share the development of his artistic process — and how the study of influential artists and an examination of personal history and beliefs has helped shape that process — in his master of fine arts thesis exhibition Nov. 13–19 at Reliable Street Gallery, 4625 Reliable St. in northwest Ames. About the artist Yanulis,…

  • Big fish: Iowa State faculty-student team creates immersive art experience in Johnston
    Big fish: Iowa State faculty-student team creates immersive art experience in Johnston

    08/02/21 AMES, Iowa — A leaping largemouth bass has landed in the new Johnston Town Center. Weighing 2 tons and measuring 20 feet long, 13 ½ feet high and 10 feet wide, the stainless steel sculpture shimmers with nearly 2,000 kinetic “scales” that capture the light and breeze to heighten the sense of movement created by the curving frame. The “Ripples” (aka “Big Fish”) installation was designed by Reinaldo Correa…

  • ISU graphic design students selected for 2021-22 Meredith Apprentice Program
    ISU graphic design students selected for 2021-22 Meredith Apprentice Program

    05/14/21 AMES, Iowa — Three Iowa State University graphic design students have been selected to participate in the Meredith Apprentice Program for the 2021-22 academic year. They include senior Jesse Benbrook, from Bartlett, Illinois, and juniors Lindsay Castleman, from Duluth, Minnesota, and Anna Cooper, from Ames. Part of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication's partnership with Meredith Corporation, the program places Iowa State students in yearlong apprenticeships at a…

  • ISU architecture students among winners of national AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition
    ISU architecture students among winners of national AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition

    05/06/21 AMES, Iowa — A team of Iowa State University undergraduate architecture students is among the winners of the seventh annual AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The competition challenges students to use an integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology to design projects that protect and…

  • Ignite tribute to innovation
    Ignite tribute to innovation

    The inaugural Iowa State University Ignite Innovation Showcase culminated Friday, Aug. 23, with a ceremony honoring students, faculty, staff and industry partners involved in the Student Innovation Fellows program. Among those recognized are five industrial design students and alumni: Gold Level Distinguished Fellows Priyankaa Krishnan (BID 2018 / MID 2020 Industrial Design), PhD student, education and human computer interaction Abigail Luchsinger (BA 2019 Interdisciplinary Design), graduate student, industrial design Charles…

  • ISU interior design students honored in Metropolis Future 100
    ISU interior design students honored in Metropolis Future 100

    04/22/21 AMES, Iowa — Two Iowa State University interior design students have been named to the inaugural Metropolis Future 100 list of the top architecture and interior design graduates of the class of 2021. Sponsored by Metropolis magazine, the Metropolis Future 100 recognizes 50 interior design and 50 architecture students (undergraduate and graduate) nominated by their instructors and mentors for their outstanding leadership, design and advocacy for equity and inclusion.…

  • Graphic design graduating senior Bethany Trang is ISU College of Design’s student marshal for spring commencement
    Graphic design graduating senior Bethany Trang is ISU College of Design’s student marshal for spring commencement

    04/21/21 AMES, Iowa — Bethany Trang of Germantown Hills, Illinois, will represent the Iowa State University College of Design as its student marshal at the university’s Bachelor’s Cyclone Graduation Celebration Saturday, May 8, at Jack Trice Stadium. Trang will be recognized with all College of Design bachelor’s graduates in a modified in-person commencement ceremony at noon on the Cardinal Stage, east side of the stadium. Her faculty escort will be…