News and Events
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ISU Scientist Helps Develop Rice Plants to Neutralize HIV Transmission
Thursday, August 16, 2018Extracts from transgenic rice plants could help stop the spread of HIV, according to research results from an international effort that included an Iowa State University scientist.
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2018 Cardinal Women Announced
Friday, August 10, 2018Seventy-two individuals have been selected to participate in a personal and professional leadership development program specifically for women who are faculty and professional and scientific staff at Iowa State.
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With First Full-Time Coordinator, Recycling Set to Expand
Thursday, August 9, 2018Across most of campus, throwing trash away is easier than recycling. Ayodeji Oluwalana plans to make recycling the default as part of a new initiative aimed at eventually preventing nearly all of ISU's waste from heading toward a landfill.
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Biomedical Scientist Receives Department of Defense Grant to Study How Metal Exposure Affects Parkinson’s Symptoms
Thursday, August 9, 2018Links between exposure to the metal manganese and neurological symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease emerged decades ago, but an ISU biomedical scientist is examining how exposure to other metals may amplify the likelihood of those symptoms.
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University Exhibit Encourages Iowans to "Think Outside the Square" at Iowa State Fair
Wednesday, August 1, 2018Iowa State University’s exhibit at the Iowa State Fair will be hard to miss.
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Initial Statewide Mapping of Conservation Practices Now Complete
Tuesday, July 31, 2018A statewide effort to identify and map six types of conservation practices has been completed and provides the most comprehensive inventory of conservation practices in the nation.
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ISU Dining's Migration Away from Franchises
Thursday, July 12, 2018ISU Dining director Mohamed Ali wouldn't reject every branded option for campus on principle. But he readily admits he prefers to do things in-house.
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New AccessPlus Feature Could Help Students Vote
Thursday, July 12, 2018Students can now use their smartphones to prove where they live, which in some cases might be required to vote in upcoming elections.
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Students Repurpose Road Signs into Commercial Products
Thursday, June 28, 2018Two student design concepts are a step closer to reality, thanks to Iowa State's expanding partnership with Iowa Prison Industries (IPI).
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"Floating Islands" Project Studies Water Quality, Pollinator Plants
Thursday, June 21, 2018Islands have returned to Lake LaVerne. The sustainable environments interdisciplinary graduate program’s floating islands research project is back on Iowa State's landmark lake for the first summer since 2015.
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Hindu YUVA Hosts International Yoga Day
Thursday, June 21, 2018When most people think of yoga, they might picture a mystic-eyed instructor deftly leading a class through a series of exotic, back-bending poses.
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An Agent for Change: Dianne Bystrom
Tuesday, June 19, 2018Running for political office in retirement is not out of the question for Dianne Bystrom. The director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women & Politics has dedicated her career to supporting women in politics; several hope she follow her own advice.
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New Thermoelectric Material May Reduce Wasted Energy
Friday, June 15, 2018Waste energy in the form of heat has big potential that Kirill Kovnir wants to see recaptured and used.
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Iftar Dinner Brings Diversity to Campus, Ames Community
Friday, June 8, 2018It is said that the prophet Muhammad sought to engineer a society in ancient Medina where people of different races, religions and creeds would coexist harmoniously. More than 1,000 years later, this spirit is being kept alive by his followers.
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ISU Students Design, Build Children’s Garden at Iowa Women’s Prison
Tuesday, May 8, 2018Building a children’s garden at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women was the plan from day one. Seven years later, it’s finally coming to life.