News and Events
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Mindfulness pedagogy series aims for balance in unsteady time
Thursday, August 6, 2020Instructors are busy putting final touches on their courses in preparation for the fall semester, and many are looking to add something not found in a textbook or PowerPoint slide.
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First Ivy College of Business course earns QM certification
Tuesday, August 4, 2020David Cantor, professor in supply chain management, teaches the fifth course to successfully complete a Quality Matters certified course review, for SCM 563 (Purchasing and Supply Management).
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Study shows demolishing vacant houses can have positive effect on neighbor maintenance
Monday, August 3, 2020New study by Daniel Kuhlmann, assistant professor of community and regional planning, suggests that demolishing abandoned houses may lead nearby property owners to better maintain their homes.
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Diversity and inclusion office releases podcast series
Monday, August 3, 2020The ISU diversity and inclusion office is releasing a podcast series in the lead-up to the fall semester as a follow-up to a campus Q&A session on how white action and accountability can combat anti-blackness and systems-based racism.
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University museums announces in-person and virtual art programs
Sunday, August 2, 2020Iowa State University Museums has announced guidelines in response to COVID-19 and a schedule of art programs for the fall 2020 semester.
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Stephens Auditorium announces outdoor performances featuring Iowa songwriters
Sunday, August 2, 2020The Goldfinch Room is moving their Iowa Songwriters Showcase to the Stephens Auditorium lawn, announcing a series of four outdoor performances.
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Ames City Council will work with Iowa State to improve engagement with community members
Sunday, August 2, 2020The Council moved a project to work with Iowa State to reach different demographics in the community using multiple channels.
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Volunteers clean sections of College Creek
Saturday, August 1, 2020Twenty-nine volunteers provided nearly 70 hours of volunteer service and retrieved more than 400 pounds of trash from College Creek on campus and in campustown.
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Engineers developing no-touch, mail-in, fast-scan test for COVID-19, other outbreaks
Friday, July 31, 2020Iowa State's Nigel Reuel is leading development of a closed, contact-free diagnostic sensing system that could be used to quickly test for COVID-19 or other outbreaks.
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OVPR announces 2020 PIRI grant recipients
Friday, July 31, 2020The Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research has announced two awardees for the 2020 Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (PIRI).
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Prepping classrooms for fall semester
Thursday, July 23, 2020Teams from facilities planning and management have been prepping general university classrooms for the new capacity and physical distancing requirements.
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Innovative spirits: Iowa State students help family distillery make hand sanitizer during pandemic
Tuesday, July 21, 2020Lonely Oak Distillery produced nearly 10,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to help frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Grant to help scientists, industry and farmers harness biomass and manure to fuel farms
Tuesday, July 21, 2020A new federal grant will allow a research team led by Iowa State University, Penn State and Roeslein Alternative Energy to develop new methods of turning biomass and manure into fuel.
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Survey of rural Iowa communities will gauge pandemic response
Thursday, July 16, 2020Residents in 70 rural Iowa communities will have the opportunity to fill out surveys that will help to inform state and federal officials as they orchestrate the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The waterjet that's helping Iowa State employees stay safe
Monday, July 13, 2020An ISU teaching lab coordinator in the agricultural and biosystems engineering department works to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19 through the use of desk shields.