What Is the Experiment Station? The Iowa Agriculture and Home
Economics Experiment Station (IAHEES) is the title of the
research program that has addressed immediate and long-term
needs of Iowans for more than 115 years. Established at Iowa
State in 1888, the Experiment Station fulfilled a Congressional
charge for land-grant universities to develop organizations to
advance science for the citizens of their states. The dean of
the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences serves as director
of the Experiment Station. Where Is the Experiment Station?
Because of its name, the Experiment Station sometimes is
mistakenly viewed as Iowa State research farms and labs. Those
are important places for its work, but the Experiment Station is
a vital research program involving hundreds of people, hundreds
of partners and connections to extension reaching Iowans in
every county. Why the Experiment Station? The Experiment
Station's advances in biological, physical and social sciences
have contributed greatly to Iowa. Experim