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05/01/17 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University junior Zoey Mauck has been named a Udall Honorable Mention in the annual scholarship competition sponsored by the Udall Foundation. Mauck, a double major in landscape architecture and community and regional planning from Des Moines, is one of 50 students in the nation to receive the prestigious recognition. The award was announced by the University Honors Program, which coordinates nominations and applications. Established by…

May 1, 2017

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April 25, 2017

04/19/17 AMES, Iowa — Artist and Iowa State University faculty member Brent Holland will share his recent public art project with students April 20-21 at Hanawalt Elementary School in Des Moines. Holland, an associate professor of art and visual culture in the ISU College of Design, was commissioned by the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation and the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) to design a public-art installation to…

April 20, 2017

04/18/17 AMES, Iowa — Carly Ludwig of Carroll will represent the Iowa State University College of Design as its student marshal at the university’s undergraduate commencement ceremony Saturday, May 6, at Jack Trice Stadium. Her faculty escort will be Joe Muench, professor of art and visual culture. Ludwig will graduate summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in integrated studio arts and a general business minor. Ludwig was…

April 18, 2017

Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe, spatial practitioners who together are known as Cooking Sections, taught a master class April 10-12 at Iowa State University and presented a public lecture Wednesday, April 12, in Urbandale at the William Murray Conference Center, which is part of the Living History Farms complex.

According to Fernández Pascual and Schwabe, since the collapse of the housing market in 2008, a number of international investors…

April 15, 2017

Andrea Wheeler, Iowa State University assistant professor of architecture, is the recipient of the 2017 University Honors Committee Award for Excellence in Honors Teaching. The recognition carries a monetary award of $500. Wheeler will be recognized at the Honors Poster Session and Convocation from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. The senior convocation, with refreshments, will follow in the Campanile Room.

April 15, 2017

Seeking a unique hands-on experience with design and construction, Iowa State University fourth-year architecture students Tyler Wurr of Manning and Joey Bahnsen of Des Moines replaced their spring option studio with an independent study of nomadic architecture. Advised by Assistant Professor Shelby Doyle, the Daniel J. Huberty Faculty Fellow in Architecture, the duo outfitted a 1989 Chevy G20 van to serve as their home on the road during a 10-day…

April 13, 2017

04/13/17 AMES, Iowa — More than 70 students who will graduate with degrees in graphic design from Iowa State University in May will share their work in the Graphic Design Senior Show Thursday, April 27, in Des Moines. Titled “Hello World,” the student-organized event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. in Hy-Vee Hall C at the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third St. in downtown Des Moines. The exhibition will…

April 13, 2017

04/12/17 AMES, Iowa — Peg Rawes, a professor of architecture and philosophy at the Bartlett School of Architecture University College London, will present “Housing Biopolitics and Care” as part of the Iowa State University Department of Architecture Public Programs Series. Rawes’ presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College of Design. It is free and open to the public. In her lecture, Rawes will…

April 12, 2017