Brian Steward (center) teaches a course in sustainable engineering and international development. Two students in the fall session
are Greg O’Brien, who spent last spring studying at the Federal University of Viçosa, and Lara Oliveira, a student from the Federal University.
Over the summer, I spent an enjoyable evening at the Iowa Turkey Federation’s summer meeting, which had a baseball theme. To fit the theme, I spoke to the audience about recent success stories, or “home runs,” in the college.
Then I listed areas I thought would be “game-changers” that were in the batter’s circle for Iowa [...]
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is all about life. Agriculture is biology in action. Biology is a precursor for agricultural science and practical application.
Whether plant or animal, soil, air or water—it’s all about life.
Here in CALS we break down the stuff of life more than half a dozen ways with faculty expertise in [...]