News and Events
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ISCORE 2024 to showcase student research surrounding race and ethnicity
Wednesday, February 28, 2024Student scholars have been preparing research for months to present at the 2024 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE), championing diverse voices and marginalized experiences through year-long group project presentations.
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BSA, ISU to host 47th Annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government
Wednesday, February 28, 2024Iowa State is hosting the 47th Annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government for the first time in 10 years.
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“Our green promise, our sustainable future”: Sustainapalooza 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 20242024 Sustainapalooza was held in the Great Hall on Tuesday and featured over 40 tabling organizations, locally sourced food and beverage options, a clothing swap and opportunities for attendees to participate in sustainable practices.
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Sustainapalooza hosts ISU Repair Cafe
Tuesday, February 27, 2024The annual Sustainapalooza event hosted a variety of organizations and opportunities for students to engage in, including the ISU Repair Cafe. The volunteer-driven initiative began as an event at the Ames Public Library before integrating with Iowa State
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Discover Ames: Date night with University Museums
Tuesday, February 27, 2024If you are sick of traditional dates with your significant other, like movies, dinner and mini golfing, join the Ames community Friday for the Date Night with University Museums.
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Exhibit at the Memorial Union showcasing identity through poetry, artwork
Monday, February 26, 2024The Identity Exhibit at the Memorial Union Art Gallery delves into the concept of how Iowa State students interpret their own selves. The gallery is holding the exhibit until March 6.
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Advisory: US Department of Energy selects ISU-led project to build rural Iowa’s first ‘microgrid’
Monday, February 26, 2024U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced today that a project led by Iowa State University researchers has been selected for award negotiations with the goal of building the first “microgrid” in a rural Iowa community.
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The Ames Climate Action Plan: What Ames residents can expect next
Sunday, February 25, 2024The Ames Climate Action Plan has been through many phases in the past four years, but in 2024, it entered a phase never seen before: implementation.
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University music therapy programs aid Parkinson’s research
Thursday, February 22, 2024When walking with headphones in, it can be second nature to unconsciously sync footsteps to the beat of the music.
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Lecture by linguistics professor details efforts to protect Afro-Creole languages
Thursday, February 22, 2024Ana Lívia Agostinho, a professor of linguistics at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, spoke at the Memorial Union Wednesday on the re-emergence of Afro-Creole languages in the Portuguese islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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Symposium celebrates 15 years of greening campus
Thursday, February 22, 2024Merry Rankin, working away at her desk last week, was surrounded by a "Clothes Donations Here" box, another box for "Green Promises" postcards, bags of clothing to swap, posters to hang and much more for the 2024 Symposium on Sustainability.
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Playhouses will highlight Reiman Gardens' annual theme
Thursday, February 22, 2024Earlier this month, the Reiman Gardens staff introduced the gardens' 2024 theme, which will drive programs and exhibitions for the year.
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USA Today reporter headlines Greenlee’s Black History Month celebration
Wednesday, February 21, 2024Jay Stahl, a writer for USA Today, joined the Iowa State community Tuesday for a Black History Month celebration hosted by Tony Moton, assistant teaching professor of journalism.
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Owner of Iowa’s first Black-owned comic book company speaks at Ames Public Library
Wednesday, February 21, 2024The Ames Public Library hosted author Basi Affia (Aniekanabasi White) to discuss the power of storytelling Tuesday.
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Research Résumé: Kun Luo, exploring microstructures for high-performance materials
Wednesday, February 21, 2024In just the first few months of 2024, the journal Nature has published two scientific papers co-authored by Kun Luo, an Iowa State University postdoctoral research associate in materials science and engineering.