News and Events
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Global Gala Celebrates ISU Diversity
Monday, April 3, 2017The 11th annual Global Gala gave students at Iowa State the chance to perform different styles of music and dance as well as celebrate their own culture heritage.
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Student Startup Helps Businesses Improve Communication and Employee Satisfaction
Friday, March 31, 2017David Leo, senior in management information systems, Kenyon Brown, junior in management information systems, and Neil Saigal, senior in computer engineering, came up with the idea for PollUp.
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Londonfest Brings Culture and History to Ames
Friday, March 31, 2017A group of Iowa State students have partnered with downtown businesses to bring a little bit of Great Britain to Main Street next month.
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ISU Professor Repurposes Trash into Art
Friday, March 31, 2017Amanda Petefish-Schrag, an assistant professor in Iowa State University's theater department, has spent most of her life around puppets. After seeing the world's oceans polluted by trash, she decided to start using that garbage to make her own puppets.
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Campus Earns Pair of National Awards for Sustainability Achievements
Thursday, March 30, 2017The university successfully recertified at the gold level in the sustainability tracking, assessment and rating system (STARS), and Sukup and Elings Halls received gold in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
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New Campus Program Works to Reduce and Prevent Sexual Assault
Thursday, March 30, 2017Iowa State University has chosen to implement Green Dot, a nationally-recognized bystander intervention training program, as a way to reduce and prevent violence on campus.
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Student Government Approves Green Fund to Support Sustainability Projects
Thursday, March 30, 2017The Green Fund would allocate money from the special projects fund to student projects that have to do with sustainability. The Student Government director of sustainability, Kathryn Holmes, spoke for the bill.
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Leopold Centers Reflects on 30 Years of Sustainable Agriculture Achievements
Wednesday, March 29, 2017The Leopold Center focuses on new ways to farm profitably while having minimal negative environmental impact. The Leopold Center was founded as a result of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act of 1987.
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ISU Startup Factory Offers Entrepreneurial Skills Workshop to Campus and Community
Monday, March 27, 2017Roughly 60 students and community members, all who aspire to be future entrepreneurs, gathered Saturday morning in Gerdin Hall to participate in a workshop hosted by the The Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Center.
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Reggie's Sleepout Raises Funds and Awareness for Homeless Youth
Monday, March 27, 2017Reggie's Sleepout held it's first Ames fundraising event at Jack Trice Stadium March 25. Participants were encouraged to construct cardboard shelters and spend the night on the field in culmination of raising money for homeless youth in Ames.
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Mobile Museum Provides History and Art On-the-Go
Monday, March 27, 2017The Iowa History 101 Museum will be located in front of Parks Library through March 31.
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Students Gain New Insights at Day of Dairy
Friday, March 24, 2017Iowa State and the Midwest Dairy Association teamed up Thursday to offer Iowa State students the experience to see how dairy goes from the farm to the table as well as listen to those from the industry explain their personal history with dairy.
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ISU Earns Distinction as Most Beautiful Campus in Iowa
Thursday, March 23, 2017Travel + Leisure Magazine has created a list naming the most beautiful college campus in each U.S. state, with ISU receiving honors for the state of Iowa.
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TreeCYcle Provides Sustainable Lumber to Beautify Campus
Thursday, March 23, 2017"As trees come down on campus, we evaluate whether or not they’re appropriate for the furniture program,” said Rhonda Martin, a landscape architect at Iowa State’s FP&M who oversees the TreeCYcle program.
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Reception Honors Gender and Sexuality Advocates
Thursday, March 23, 2017The Margaret Sloss Women’s Center and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Student Services paired up to host its first ever Gender and Sexuality Equity Awards Reception.