News and Events
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Ames accepts Climate Action Plan, settles with Outlaws for liquor license
Tuesday, June 13, 2023The Ames City Council voted 5-0 to accept the Climate Action Plan (CAP), which is not a commitment to do everything in the plan, as the city prepares to bring implementation steps before the council.
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Move Toward a Resilient Food Supply
Thursday, June 8, 2023Teams of Iowa State researchers are creating a whole new paradigm in plant breeding, one that maximizes agricultural productivity at the critical intersection of sustainable agriculture, bioenergy and food security.
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Community care inspires Sloss Resource Room
Thursday, June 8, 2023What started as an idea for a food and supply shelf in the front room of the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity evolved into the Sloss Resource Room.
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By 2024, LAS students will be required to take career preparation course
Wednesday, June 7, 2023A new required career preparation course will prepare Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) students for life after graduation.
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Four spring RIR Proposals selected for University Strategic Plan Funding
Wednesday, June 7, 2023The spring 2023 Research & Innovation Roundtable (RIR) yielded four projects that have been selected for seed funding support from the Office of the President.
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FY 2024 funding announced for strategic plan projects
Tuesday, June 6, 2023Nineteen teams will share a $3.9 million investment this year in Iowa State's 2022-2031 strategic plan.
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New USDA grant supports research to initiate Ag DIRT experiment, refine cover crop recommendations
Tuesday, June 6, 2023A team of scientists led by Iowa State University has won a $649,000 grant from USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture to study the intricacies of cereal rye cover crops.
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Building positive peace goes beyond conflict resolution
Wednesday, May 31, 2023"Building Positive Peace,” a collection of essays from a dozen Iowa State University faculty, underscores how all of us can play a role. The authors demonstrate this by drawing from their own disciplines.
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Veterans and families honored at annual Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 29, 2023The lost lives of American soldiers and military personnel were honored at the annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday morning.
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Students find stress relief making mental health kits
Friday, May 26, 2023Stickers, finger skateboards, sunglasses, candy and other goodies helped students relieve stress before finals by coming together to make mental health kits.
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2023-2024 Brown graduate fellowship cohort announced
Thursday, May 25, 2023Six Iowa State University graduate students have been selected to receive $60,000 in Brown Graduate Fellowship Program funding to support strategic university research over the next year.
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Iowa Universities and Colleges Partner to Bolster Advanced Biomanufacturing in the State
Wednesday, May 24, 2023Around the turn of the 20th century, George Washington Carver – Iowa State University’s first African American student and faculty member – had a vision that materials for every human need could be synthesized from things that grow.
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Vaccines using mRNA can protect farm animals against diseases traditional ones may not
Monday, May 22, 2023While effective vaccines for COVID-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time.
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Iowa State Engineers building tools to improve quality, production of disease-fighting cells
Wednesday, May 17, 2023The virtual cell culture on Sakib Ferdous’ 34-inch computer monitor started with 50 bright red diamonds spread across the screen, each representing an unprogrammed cell ready to be converted to a disease-fighter.
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Ames City Council explores future of trash hauling
Tuesday, May 16, 2023The Ames City Council approved three steps regarding trash hauling and waste-to-energy options and one step to investigate in their workshop Tuesday where one local hauler said the conversations “scared the hell” out of him.