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03/23/17 AMES, Iowa — Kellie Walters, a junior in industrial design from Mt. Vernon, is one of 24 students selected to represent Iowa State University at the "Research in the Capitol" event from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the Rotunda of the State Capitol building in Des Moines. More than 60 undergraduate students from Iowa's three Regent universities (Iowa State, the University of Iowa and…

March 23, 2017

Case studies by Bernard Canniffe, professor and chair of the Iowa State University Department of Graphic Design, and Ryan Clifford, ISU assistant professor of graphic design, have been published in Developing Citizen Designers by Elizabeth Resnick (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016). Canniffe's "Designing Police" appears in Section 2: Design Activism, and Clifford's "Project Baltimore" appears in Part 2, Section 1: Collaborative Learning. Canniffe also wrote the Foreword.

March 23, 2017

03/22/17 AMES, Iowa — Robin McNeely, GIS analyst and manager of the Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support and Research Facility, is the recipient of a 2017 P&S CYtation Award presented by the university’s Professional and Scientific Council. The award recognizes P&S employees who perform above and beyond the call of duty, do something extraordinarily well and act to make a very real difference in the institution. McNeely will…

March 22, 2017

03/22/17 AMES, Iowa — Kevin Kane, associate dean for research and outreach in the Iowa State University College of Design, is the recipient of the 2017 P&S Woodin CYtation Award from the university’s Professional and Scientific Council. Named in honor and memory of Dan Woodin — a 36-year ISU P&S employee and four-term P&S Council president who died in September 2013 after a year-long battle with cancer — the award…

March 22, 2017

03/22/17 AMES, Iowa — Stuart Walker, a professor of design for sustainability and co-director of the ImaginationLancaster research center at Lancaster University, England, will explore the relationship between creative practice, human values and the importance of tradition and localization in a lecture at Iowa State University. Walker will present “Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World” at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College…

March 22, 2017

03/22/17 AMES, Iowa — A new agreement between the Iowa State University College of Design and Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC), Sioux City, will make it easier for students to complete a bachelor’s degree at Iowa State. Through the articulation agreement, students can take classes in the College of Design’s first-year Core Design Program at the ISU Design West facility, 1014½ Design Place, Sioux City, and complete general education requirements…

March 22, 2017

03/21/17 AMES, Iowa — Michele Campagna, associate professor of spatial planning at the University of Cagliari, Italy, will speak at Iowa State University about how geodesign can impact communities and the fields of architecture and engineering. His presentation, “Geodesign: A New Approach to Sustainable Planning and Design,” will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in room 0130 College of Design. Sponsored by the Department of Community and Regional Planning,…

March 21, 2017

Julie Stevens, Iowa State University assistant professor of landscape architecture, presented the 10th Annual Charles H. Burger Memorial Lecture March 1 as part of the 2016-2017 Landscape Architecture Lecture Series at the North Carolina State University College of Design. In her lecture, "Dos and Don'ts: Lessons Learned (while building gardens) in Prison," Stevens candidly shared the ups and downs of the ISU Department of Landscape Architecture's partnership with the…

March 20, 2017

Please note: This event was rescheduled from Feb. 24 due to inclement weather. 03/09/17 SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A new program that will allow Siouxland students to complete coursework at Iowa State University Design West and Western Iowa Tech Community College before transferring to the ISU campus in Ames is the topic of a March 17 news conference. The Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and Iowa State University College of Design…

March 9, 2017

03/08/17 AMES, Iowa — Four Iowa State University graphic design students won awards in the Adobe Creative Jam Friday, March 3, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Hosted by Adobe Creative Cloud, the three-hour design event featured presentations by local creative leaders, portfolio reviews and a student tournament. Ten Iowa State graphic design students competed in the tournament, which paired them with participants from the University of…

March 8, 2017