Honors and awards
January 2025
Squire honored by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Mitchell Squire, a Morrill Professor of architecture, is one of five faculty members nationwide to receive Distinguished Professor recognition in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’s (ACSA) 2025 Architectural Education Awards. The ACSA Distinguished Professor award highlights individuals who have had a positive, stimulating and nurturing influence upon students. Squire will be honored at the 113th ACSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans in March.
Pedestrian bridge receives national design award
The Jack Trice Gateway Bridge on University Boulevard received a 2025 Honorable Mention Design Award from the Chicago-based Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute in the category of Best Non-Highway Bridge. Each year panels of construction professionals, including architects, designers and concrete producers, honor the best precast concrete projects in a variety of categories.
Three faculty receive White House early career award
Three faculty have received the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on outstanding scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their careers. Each Presidential award winner receives funding from their national agency for up to five years. In the case of each ISU recipient, the funding agency is the National Science Foundation. In addition to recognizing innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, the award highlights the scientific missions of the participating agencies and the importance of science and technology for the country's future. Among the 400 scientists honored this year, Iowa State's recipients are:
- Soumik Sarkar, Walter W. Wilson Faculty Fellow in Engineering, professor of mechanical engineering and director of Iowa State's Translational AI Center
- Dipali Sashital, professor in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology
- Zengyi Shao, Hershel B. Whitney Professor for Global Initiatives and professor in chemical and biological engineering
Neuhold-Ravikumar named technical assistance coach for national pilot arts program
The National Endowment for the Arts named Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar, professor of practice in graphic design, one of six technical assistance coaches for a new program, ArtsHERE. In this role, she will advise nearly 20 of the 112 nonprofit organizations selected to receive an ArtsHERE grant to strengthen their capacity to sustain community engagement and increase arts participation for underserved groups and communities. The pilot program is managed by Atlanta-based South Arts in collaboration with the other five U.S. regional arts organizations.
