News and Events
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The Ames Climate Action Plan: What Ames residents can expect next
Sunday, February 25, 2024The Ames Climate Action Plan has been through many phases in the past four years, but in 2024, it entered a phase never seen before: implementation. -
Symposium celebrates 15 years of greening campus
Thursday, February 22, 2024Merry Rankin, working away at her desk last week, was surrounded by a "Clothes Donations Here" box, another box for "Green Promises" postcards, bags of clothing to swap, posters to hang and much more for the 2024 Symposium on Sustainability. -
University music therapy programs aid Parkinson’s research
Thursday, February 22, 2024When walking with headphones in, it can be second nature to unconsciously sync footsteps to the beat of the music. -
Lecture by linguistics professor details efforts to protect Afro-Creole languages
Thursday, February 22, 2024Ana Lívia Agostinho, a professor of linguistics at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, spoke at the Memorial Union Wednesday on the re-emergence of Afro-Creole languages in the Portuguese islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. -
Playhouses will highlight Reiman Gardens' annual theme
Thursday, February 22, 2024Earlier this month, the Reiman Gardens staff introduced the gardens' 2024 theme, which will drive programs and exhibitions for the year. -
Research Résumé: Kun Luo, exploring microstructures for high-performance materials
Wednesday, February 21, 2024In just the first few months of 2024, the journal Nature has published two scientific papers co-authored by Kun Luo, an Iowa State University postdoctoral research associate in materials science and engineering. -
USA Today reporter headlines Greenlee’s Black History Month celebration
Wednesday, February 21, 2024Jay Stahl, a writer for USA Today, joined the Iowa State community Tuesday for a Black History Month celebration hosted by Tony Moton, assistant teaching professor of journalism. -
Owner of Iowa’s first Black-owned comic book company speaks at Ames Public Library
Wednesday, February 21, 2024The Ames Public Library hosted author Basi Affia (Aniekanabasi White) to discuss the power of storytelling Tuesday. -
ISU students get in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains
Tuesday, February 20, 2024Many Iowa State University students studying agribusiness have seen a harvest hauled to market. Far fewer have witnessed what happens next. -
New bike repair station launches near Memorial Union
Tuesday, February 20, 2024A new bike repair station has been installed on the west side of the Memorial Union. The station includes an air pump, two tire levers and a variety of screwdriver and wrench options. -
Crafting careers: Insights from the People to People Career Fair
Tuesday, February 20, 2024The College of Human Sciences and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences co-hosted the People to People career fair on Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. -
Teaching students to incorporate small habits for happiness, well-being
Monday, February 19, 2024We all know that small habits, like washing our hands and eating fruits and vegetables, are good for our short- and long-term health. But many of us are in the dark when it comes to happiness. -
ISU physicist helps set the U.S. priorities for investing millions in particle physics
Tuesday, February 13, 2024There are 32 signatures marking approval of the new report from the 2023 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel. -
Weaving Art into STEM: CELT Workshop Highlights Visual Literacy
Friday, February 9, 2024Meteorology students may not expect to spend a class session in an art museum — or that the rolling clouds in a painting would spark a rich discussion about their field of study... -
Five Fall 2023 RIR Proposals Selected for University Strategic Plan Funding
Thursday, February 8, 2024The first Research & Innovation Roundtable (RIR) of the 2023-2024 academic year yielded five projects that were selected for seed funding support from the Office of the President.