News and Events

  • Student-Run Food Recovery Network Eliminates Food Waste on Campus

    Friday, September 22, 2017
    The Food Recovery Network student chapter collects food that will soon expire so that it can be donated instead of wasted. The food is sorted and weighed before being distributed to Food at First, a free meal program and perishable food pantry.

  • Iowa State's College of Engineering Ranked 40th in Nation

    Wednesday, September 20, 2017
    Recent college rankings from U.S. News put Iowa State at 115th nationally, 40th in engineering, and first in agriculture and biosystems engineering. What is often overlooked about these rankings is what goes into them.

  • ISU Extension's "Spend Smart, Eat Smart" Program Launches App

    Wednesday, September 20, 2017
    Spend Smart, Eat Smart is an app developed by the College of Human Sciences Extension and Outreach department. The app was developed in the winter of 2016 and formally launched in March 2017.

  • Iowa State Daily Launches "Voices" to Inspire Diversity and Inclusion

    Monday, September 18, 2017
    Each person on campus has a unique perspective to add to the conversation surrounding diversity and inclusion. Voices, which started in 2016 and officially expands today, is the Daily’s effort to capture those perspectives.

  • ISU Legislative Ambassadors Lobby, Advocate for University

    Monday, September 18, 2017
    Conveying the importance of Iowa State to the state of Iowa. This is one of the main goals for ISU Legislative Ambassadors – a student organization under the umbrella of Student Government that focuses on policy at a statewide level.

  • Local Food Festival Shines Light on Local Vendors

    Sunday, September 17, 2017
    Food is vital to sustainability and well-being, and by eating locally, people can educate themselves and others about the importance of knowing where the food we eat truly comes from.

  • Air Force ROTC Commemorates POW/MIA Day

    Friday, September 15, 2017
    As the sun rose above the Iowa State Capitol, 16 Air Force ROTC cadets stood in files on either side of a podium, as Adam Gregg, Iowa lieutenant governor, spoke Friday morning. "Today we are all here for a solemn purpose and a time of solemn remembrance."

  • Business Week Leads to Success at Career Fair

    Friday, September 15, 2017
    With the end of Business Week, the College of Business looks to broaden its involvement with students and allow for networking and personal development for its student body moving toward the career fair.

  • Horticulture Research Station Celebrates 50 Years

    Wednesday, September 13, 2017
    Traveling north out of Ames on U.S. Highway 69, you won't see much once you're out of the city. As you leave the Gilbert High School football stadium behind and take a right down a gravel road, you'll drive past almost two miles of corn fields...

  • Women's and Gender Studies Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary

    Monday, September 11, 2017
    In 1977, the Women’s and Gender Studies program began after the university saw a growing demand from students to learn more about women. The effort to form WGS took more than a decade.

  • ISU Students Change Lives in Nicaragua

    Tuesday, September 5, 2017
    Armed with less than $100 and a recycled waste product, Iowa State students are changing lives in Nicaragua.

  • reACT Gallery Hopes to Generate Conversations in Community

    Tuesday, September 5, 2017
    Museums have always been known as a place to appreciate the artistic works of others in a quaint, quiet environment, but now, University Museums is asking those same attendees to think about what they're viewing in a different way.

  • ISU Employee Joyce Bricker Reaches 15,000+ Miles Biking on Campus

    Tuesday, September 5, 2017
    Around 7 a.m. each weekday — rain, sleet or shine — you’ll see Joyce Bricker on her bike at Iowa State. And it all started because the university raised its parking fee.

  • New Learning Communities Help International and First-Year Students

    Monday, September 4, 2017
    Three new learning communities, Agriculture Exploration, Global Design Connection and Communication Studies have been added at Iowa State this year.

  • "The Spark" Aims to Support Socially-Sustainable Perspectives

    Friday, September 1, 2017
    The Spark is a weekly email series that will serve as on-going training for ISU faculty and staff on working with multicultural students. Weekly, The Spark participants will receive a description of the ISU student experience from multicultural students.

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