News and Events
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Green Dot Action Week: What's Happening This Week
Saturday, March 31, 2018After Green Dot had been implemented on campus this year, the bystander intervention and violence prevention training program is taking more time to reach out and involve students, faculty and staff — one whole week, to be exact.
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Empowered Women Empowering Women: Philanthropy of the Month
Saturday, March 31, 2018The Iowa State sorority & fraternity community is comprised of 66 sorority and fraternity organizations. While each organization is unique with their own values and history, they are all unified under five community values...
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Greeks Try and Hit Record Donation for Annual Polar Plunge
Saturday, March 31, 2018Not many people would pay to jump into a pool of ice water, but that’s not the case for Iowa State’s sorority and fraternity community.
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An Agent for Change: Aileen Keating
Friday, March 30, 2018For Aileen Keating, the scientific process is a mystery waiting to be unraveled. Keating, an associate professor of animal science at Iowa State, studies human and animal reproduction
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Sustainable Agricultural Lecture from Economist, Activist and Farmer Winona Laduke
Thursday, March 29, 2018In the age of genetic engineering and agricultural monopolies, there are communities that farm 1,000 year crops without petroleum powered technologies. And they’re doing just fine.
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Burke Discusses Misconceptions, Inclusivity in Me Too Movement
Tuesday, March 27, 2018Tarana Burke said what people have been hearing about the “me too” movement is wrong and how people have characterized the movement is wrong.
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Celebrating National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
Tuesday, March 27, 2018The room is dimly lit with the perfect mood lighting. Soul and smooth jazz play in the background. The aroma of delicious food such as prime rib and smoked salmon fills the air. You are gathered for a special occasion or maybe a weekly date night.
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First ISU Out of Darkness 'A Success'
Monday, March 26, 2018Fundraising event focused on suicide prevention raises over $82,000
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DACA 5K Runs On Despite Weather
Monday, March 26, 2018Fundraiser for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals raises $6,000.
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ISU 4U Brings High Schoolers from Des Moines to Ames
Sunday, March 25, 2018The first cohort of the ISU 4U Promise will graduate this spring and begin classes at Iowa State in the fall. The program began in 2013 after Ako Abdul-Samad, state representative and community leader, brought the idea to then-president Steven Leath.
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ISU Out of the Darkness fundraiser sets new donation record
Saturday, March 24, 2018ISU student Scott Moss, senior in finance, teamed up with founder and former president of Iowa State’s Suicide Awareness Organization Nathan Pfister to organize ISU Out of the Darkness.
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Alternative Spring Break Trips Give Students the Opportunity to Serve
Friday, March 23, 2018Among the festivities of Iowa State’s spring breakers, students from the sorority and fraternity community took a different approach to how they spent their time away from classes this year.
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Reggie's Sleepout is Raising Awareness for Homelessness
Wednesday, March 21, 2018The Ames community will be joining together on the field of Jack Trice Stadium on March 24 to sleep under the stars for one night during the annual Reggie’s Sleepout.
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Athletics Department to Give $1 Million for Degree Completion Grants
Tuesday, March 20, 2018Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard announced to Student Government Wednesday evening that the athletics department will be donating $1 million to the Financial Aid Office to go toward degree completion grants.
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Efforts Ongoing to Lower Textbook Costs at Iowa State
Monday, March 19, 2018It is no secret that textbook prices are high as far as many students and administrators are concerned. Despite the relativity of the perception of cost, a tangible reality exists: some students cannot afford textbooks listed as required for class.