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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

Cooking Sections Lecture

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…

April 15, 2017

University Honors Committee Award for Excellence in Honors Teaching Awardee 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

Choose your adVANture 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…

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

04/10/17 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition of abstract photographs by Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate student Xiaohan Chen will be on display April 14-21 at the ISU Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. Chen’s Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, “A World in a Flower,” will open with a reception from 6:06 to 8:08 p.m. Friday, April 14, and include brief remarks by her about…

April 10, 2017

04/07/17 AMES, Iowa — “Bubble Gun,” a sculpture by Joe Muench, professor of art and visual culture at Iowa State University, is part of metalsmith and activist Boris Bally’s “I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Peace Now” exhibition on display at the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts through June 10. More than 90 artists were challenged to create works incorporating disabled handguns procured from a gun buyback program, transforming them into art…

April 7, 2017

Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock, an Iowa State University assistant professor of community and regional planning, received a research grant from the ISU Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities for "The Heritage of Diplomacy," a project investigating historic preservation and documentation in the multinational/multicultural context of diplomatic buildings. His goal is to fully document the U.S. Embassy compound in Canberra, Australia, including an assessment of its history and fabric, its historical…

April 6, 2017

04/05/17 AMES, Iowa — Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe, spatial practitioners who together are known as Cooking Sections, will teach a master class April 10-12 at Iowa State University and present a public lecture Wednesday, April 12, in Urbandale. Their presentation, “Speculation on Disappearance,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the William G. Murray Conference Center at Living History Farms, 11121 Hickman Rd., Urbandale. According to Fernández Pascual and Schwabe,…

April 5, 2017