News and Events
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New AccessPlus Feature Could Help Students Vote
Thursday, July 12, 2018Students can now use their smartphones to prove where they live, which in some cases might be required to vote in upcoming elections.
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ISU Dining's Migration Away from Franchises
Thursday, July 12, 2018ISU Dining director Mohamed Ali wouldn't reject every branded option for campus on principle. But he readily admits he prefers to do things in-house.
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Students Repurpose Road Signs into Commercial Products
Thursday, June 28, 2018Two student design concepts are a step closer to reality, thanks to Iowa State's expanding partnership with Iowa Prison Industries (IPI).
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"Floating Islands" Project Studies Water Quality, Pollinator Plants
Thursday, June 21, 2018Islands have returned to Lake LaVerne. The sustainable environments interdisciplinary graduate program’s floating islands research project is back on Iowa State's landmark lake for the first summer since 2015.
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New Thermoelectric Material May Reduce Wasted Energy
Friday, June 15, 2018Waste energy in the form of heat has big potential that Kirill Kovnir wants to see recaptured and used.
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ISU Students Design, Build Children’s Garden at Iowa Women’s Prison
Tuesday, May 8, 2018Building a children’s garden at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women was the plan from day one. Seven years later, it’s finally coming to life.
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Iowa State Student Named Udall Scholar
Monday, May 7, 2018You’ll rarely see Zoey Mauck in a car. That’s because the Iowa State University senior is an avid cyclist on a mission to make communities more bicycle- and pedestrian-accessible through a career in planning and design.
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Iowa State Walks Out for Gun Violence Awareness
Friday, April 20, 2018Under the partly sunny skies and light winds, about 60 to 65 students, faculty and staff migrated outside of Parks Library to participants in advocacy happening around the nation at 10 a.m.
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New Hammock Posts Take Pressure Off Iowa State's Trees
Thursday, April 19, 2018Chilling in a hammock is relaxing for the occupant, but it can be stressful for the tree. With usage on the upswing on campus in recent years, hammocks have taken a toll on many historic Iowa State trees.
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Iowa State Competes in National "Rinse, Recycle, Repeat" Recycling Challenge
Thursday, April 19, 2018This month, Iowa State is taking on a national recycling challenge that takes environmental stewardship to a new, personal level. With personal care products, to be exact.
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The Freedom to Offend: Art and the First Amendment
Thursday, April 19, 2018A crucifix in a jar of urine. A disfigured angel outside a university library. A political symbol sculpted entirely out of plastic infants. How far can artists wade into controversial waters before they’ve gone too far?
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ISU Celebrates Earth Day with "Love Your Mother" Event
Thursday, April 19, 2018Food. Air. Water. Energy. Economy. Life. All were topics of conversation at the Love Your Mother celebration today in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Various clubs, organizations and individuals gathered to celebrate nature in honor of Earth Day.
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Students' Vision for the Future of El Centro
Wednesday, April 18, 2018El Centro’s revival was not only a celebration of the reopening of an affinity space for Latinx students, but a discussion about how students and members of the Iowa State community vision El Centro continuing to grow and evolve moving forward.
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Jazz and Puppetry Work in Tandem in "Rhapsody in Plastic"
Tuesday, April 17, 2018A show on Thursday, April 19 will combine puppetry and jazz music for a unique storytelling performance. The show, which is titled “Rhapsody in Plastic,” will take place in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
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ISU Architecture Students Create Massive, Twisting Structure for Reiman Gardens Exhibition
Tuesday, April 17, 2018This spring, 77 students in Iowa State University’s second-year architecture studios designed, built and installed a 1,300-square-foot structure at Reiman Gardens for its “Forces of Nature” kinetic art exhibition.