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The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) advances the Iowa State University research mission in collaboration with partners in colleges, interdisciplinary research centers, and central administration. We organize, facilitate, and provide strategic direction to maximize the ability of faculty to create new knowledge, translate their discoveries, and engage in exceptional research career
Why do we treat non-human things as if they’re human?
That question led Lingyao “Ivy” Yuan to study how people interact with digital humans and AI — and why those interactions matter in our everyday lives.
Watch the video, then read her Faces of Discovery story 👇
https://research.iastate.edu/faces-of-discovery/lingyao-ivy-yuan/
09/25/2025
Women still make up just 5% of the skilled trades workforce, and many face the same harassment, bias and isolation documented 40 years ago in the landmark book “Alone in a Crowd.”
A welder-professor reflects on what’s changed — and what hasn’t.
https://theconversation.com/4-decades-after-the-landmark-book-alone-in-a-crowd-women-in-the-trades-still-battle-bias-a-professor-turned-welder-reflects-262307
05/16/2025
Inserting brief quiz questions into an online lecture can boost learning and may reduce racial achievement gaps, even when students are tuning in remotely in a distracting environment. Psychology scholars explain: https://theconversation.com/taking-intermittent-quizzes-reduces-achievement-gaps-and-enhances-online-learning-even-in-highly-distracting-environments-254046
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