News and Events
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Faculty Mentoring
Tuesday, October 5, 2021The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost recognizes the importance of supporting first-year, tenure-eligible faculty through mentoring. The goal is to ensure successful faculty reviews including preliminary/third-year, promotion, and tenure.
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Iowa State's Student Innovation Center held its dedication and ribbon cutting Thursday afternoon
Thursday, September 30, 2021The Student Innovation Center held its dedication ceremony Sept. 30. Gov. Kim Reynolds joined Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen and others for the ribbon-cutting at the ceremony.
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SHOP program opens new food pantry in Beyer Hall
Sunday, September 26, 2021Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the SHOP relished opening the doors to their newest renovated space located in Beyer Hall.
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Pollinator plots along Pammel tie in to larger network
Thursday, August 26, 2021With help from a few campus partners, facilities planning and management's (FPM) design services team is seeding the former Insectary and Genetics Lab building sites with pollinator habitat, plots of about 20,000 square feet each
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Degree completion outreach may become ongoing effort
Thursday, August 26, 2021An effort led by the provost's office and spurred by participation in an Institute for Higher Education Policy initiative called Degrees When Due -- likely will become a recurring campaign, with new lists of potential returners pulled every couple years.
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Faculty focus on student perspective in inclusive classroom training
Thursday, August 26, 2021Inclusive classroom training, focused on creating a sense of belonging for Iowa State students, continues for a second consecutive year.
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A study room for the family
Thursday, August 26, 2021The family-friendly room, located on the lower level of the library, is a place anyone with a Net-ID who is a caregiver can bring children to learn and play while they study. The room can be reserved online.
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Iowa State researcher: Regional climate forecast is troubling, but there’s hope
Tuesday, August 24, 2021Iowa State's William Gutowski is one of 15 lead authors of a 228-page chapter within the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Why riders take the plunge to join ISU van pools
Thursday, August 12, 2021ISU employees diminish the downsides of a daily drive to Ames by taking advantage of a program that makes getting to work cheaper and easier, decreases their carbon footprint and increases their connections with colleagues.
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Rummage RAMPage continues successful growth
Thursday, August 12, 2021The fifth annual Rummage RAMPage, a community sale designed to keep reusable items out of the waste stream, was once again a record-setting event.
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Corn’s genetic diversity displayed in new genome study
Thursday, August 5, 2021A new study details the genomes of 26 lines of corn from across the globe. The genomes can help scientists piece together the puzzle of corn genetics.
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Change Agent: Aaron Sadow, finding the chemistry to add value, utility to plastic waste
Wednesday, August 4, 2021Aaron Sadow and his colleagues are building a multi-member Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) based at the Ames Laboratory to find ways to transform plastic waste into renewable resources.
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New study details enzyme that allows coronavirus to resist antiviral medications
Tuesday, August 3, 2021A new study details the structure of a critical enzyme present in SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This enzyme removes nucleoside antiviral medications from the virus’s RNA, rendering many treatments ineffective.
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$20 million federal grant launches AI institute for better crops, agricultural production
Thursday, July 29, 2021The researchers behind a new artificial intelligence institute say their work can accelerate the productivity and sustainability of agriculture.
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Screentime can make you feel sick – here are ways to manage cybersickness
Thursday, July 22, 2021Your devices can trigger symptoms similar to motion sickness, and while you might think these sensations are just eye strain or fatigue from looking at your screen for too long, they’re actually symptoms of a condition called cybersickness.