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Students are immersed in a culture dedicated to exactly this, from experiential learning opportunities with the Start Something Network to Iowa State's crown jewel of interdisciplinary collaboration – the $84 million Student Innovation Center.</p> </div></div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--callout-set"> <div class="callout-set"> <ul> <li> <div class="iastate22-callout"> <div class="iastate22-callout__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/files/styles/image_block/public/images/2022-05/20211215_studynumbers.jpg?itok=bRG9nSS4" width="1200" height="800" alt="A student writing equations on a whiteboard" class="img-fluid" /> </div> <div class="iastate22-callout__content text-content"> <h3>Research powered by student minds</h3> <div><p>Science with practice isn't just a catch phrase, it's what Iowa State researchers do to solve world problems. 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