News and Events
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Catt Center works with students to boost voter engagement
Wednesday, November 30, 2022The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics staff and students spent the last spring and summer working to boost student voter turnouts for the 2022 midterm elections at Iowa State.
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Tessinnier-led Research Bridges Gap for More Efficient Conversions of Lignin for Cleaner and Greener Chemicals
Wednesday, November 30, 2022Lignin is the key material that confers rigidity to the walls of cells and tissues of most plants and has great potential as a raw material as an alternative to petroleum in the production of many essential compounds we use in our daily lives.
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Student-run food drive raises donations for the Ames community
Monday, November 28, 2022To celebrate the holiday season, the student organization Hindu YUVA put together a food drive this month, raising 441 pounds of food and 120 pounds of essential household supplies and hygiene products.
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The Endless Frontier
Monday, November 28, 2022More than 20 years ago, Iowa State doctoral candidate Qijing Zhang pondered over how certain pathogens developed resistance to antibiotics.
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Iowa State University holds dedication ceremony for vehicle testing lab supported by Danfoss Power Solutions
Monday, November 21, 2022ISU’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering hosted a dedication ceremony to celebrate the completion of a new research lab that is one of only a few facilities in the nation equipped to test power control of large machinery.
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Student poem on predominantly white environments published in journal
Wednesday, November 16, 2022Iowa State student Durga Sritharan’s “Thoughts of The Little Brown Girl,” a poem detailing Sritharan’s experiences of being a person of color in predominantly white environments, was recently published by the JCSCORE.
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Local kids practice science with Cy
Wednesday, November 16, 2022Students in ENGL 312, communicating science and public engagement, gathered at Reiman Gardens to practice putting challenging concepts into engaging lessons for young children.
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Talking trash: Boss Your Toss campaign encourages students to recycle
Tuesday, November 15, 2022A pristine layer of untouched snow decorated Iowa State’s campus as the first snowflakes of the season fell onto cars, trees and an 8-foot-tall pile of trash sitting on the lawn of Parks Library Tuesday morning.
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“What’s the lie you tell yourself?”: Self-reflection through pottery
Monday, November 14, 2022Iowa State student Sabrina Konchan set out on a year-long ceramic mug project in January, exploring the question ‘What’s the lie you tell yourself?’
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M-Shop hosts drag queen trivia night
Monday, November 14, 2022Popular drag queen, Coco from Big Wigs bar, will be the host of trivia night at the Maintenance Shop.
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2022 Bridging the Divide Grant Awarded to Iowa State Researchers Investigating Forced Labor in Supply Chains
Wednesday, November 9, 2022A pair of Iowa State University researchers has been selected to receive funding from the fifth iteration of the Bridging the Divide seed grant program to explore ways to detect and eliminate the use of forced and slave labor in supply-chain networks.
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Iowa State One of Three Universities to Receive National Award
Tuesday, November 8, 2022Iowa State University won an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University Award for the fourth time since 2017 from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.
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Extension offers two training programs in mental health first aid
Sunday, November 6, 2022ISU Extension and Outreach is offering mental health first aid training programs for people who work with youth and adults.Participants learn how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
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Beloved 'maidens' sculpture to be replicated
Thursday, November 3, 2022Eighty years of rain, ice and wind have eroded the limestone surfaces of the four maidens in Christian Petersen's Fountain of the Four Seasons sculpture, to the point that university museums will have replicas carved while it's possible to recreate them.
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Walking to work: Good for the sole
Thursday, November 3, 2022Frank Montabon sees the gas prices, looks down and smiles. His preferred mode of transportation is on his feet and he walks to campus every day.