News and Events
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ISU Students Work to Help Jewell Businesses
Monday, March 12, 2018Over the years, Jewell’s Main Street has seen a lot of changes. Small, homegrown businesses set up along the community’s downtown sector have opened, closed, come and gone, and some have endured the tests of time and are still standing today...
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Happy International Women's Day
Wednesday, March 7, 2018Thursday March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD). This is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, according to the International Women's Day website.
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International Association for Students in Agriculture Discuss Sustainability at NYC Conference
Wednesday, March 7, 2018For five Iowa State students, traveling 1,132.6 miles and being introduced to delegates from more than 100 nations at the United Nations’ Headquarters in New York City wasn’t just a headline or a dream.
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Underutilized Auditorium to Host Concert Series
Wednesday, March 7, 2018Why is it important to support a local music scene? This is the question that Ames Auditorium Bandshell and Community Center Manager Craig Kaufman plans to answer.
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Blood Drive Turnout Expected to Rise Near End of the Week
Wednesday, March 7, 2018Located in the Great Hall at the Memorial Union, the Iowa State Blood Drive is currently underway, where students can donate blood to three blood donation organizations.
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Software Aims to Reduce Food Waste By Helping Those in Need
Tuesday, March 6, 2018Sugam Sharma remembers as a child listening to his parents talk about hunger. While his family always had enough to eat, hunger was prevalent and something he regularly witnessed growing up and as a young adult in India.
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An Affirmation of Life: Relay for Life Brings Hope to Cancer Survivors
Sunday, March 4, 2018Students and families gathered in the Lied Recreation Athletic Center Saturday to participate in Relay for Life, a celebration of the fight against cancer and those who have fought the battle in their own lives.
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Majd's Diary: Saudi Podcaster Pursues Dream of Science Career at Iowa State
Sunday, March 4, 2018Karate enthusiast, science lover, award-winning podcaster. These are some of the ways to describe Majd Abdulghani, 23, a Saudi Arabian woman and ISU graduate student who gave a 25-minute glimpse into her world after recording her daily life for two years.
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"Thoughts & Prayers": University Museum's Pop-Up Exhibit Addresses Latest Mass Shooting
Sunday, February 25, 2018In the center of the basement gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum, 17 helium-filled birthday balloons hang aloft in the air. The balloons don’t look much like art.
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Body Image and Eating Disorder Week to Start Today
Sunday, February 25, 2018Fifteen percent of women 17 to 24 have eating disorders. Twenty percent of college students said they have or previously had an eating disorders. Ninety-one percent of female college students have attempted to control their weight through dieting.
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Crowds Pack Octagon Center for the Arts for "A Negro From the South," and Panel
Friday, February 23, 2018The wet flurry falling from the sky and icing the roads on Thursday night did not deter a crowd from forming at the Octagon Center for the Arts. According to staff at the Octagon, 85 people crowded into the room.
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Greeks Go Green Rebranding in Progress
Thursday, February 22, 2018Greeks Go Green is working toward recreating their image to be more inclusive of all students in order to make them aware that they can make positive impacts on the environment.
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Campus, Ames Communities Learn How to Be "SustainAble" at Sustainapalooza
Wednesday, February 21, 2018A buzz of music, talking and laughter and the smells of fresh foods mixed with the flowery fragrances of a volunteer’s essential oils, used in a “Green It Yourself” (GIY) station, filled the air in the Memorial Union Tuesday night.
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A Year of Intersectional Holistic Health: The Past, Present and Future of Student Wellness
Wednesday, February 21, 2018Almost one year after being hired, Student Wellness Center director Mark Rowe-Barth, five professional staff, two graduate assistants and 26 student employees will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Student Wellness Center launch on Feb. 23.
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Former fifth-generation coal miner helps ISU kick off the 2018 Symposium on Sustainability
Tuesday, February 20, 2018Sustainability was the word on campus last night as Iowa State University’s 9th Symposium on Sustainability kicked off with a poster and tabling reception, an award and a keynote lecture from a former fifth-generation Appalachian coal miner, Nick Mullins.