Tasting tomatoes

Campus community is invited to purchase hort farm produce

A website created this spring by horticulture students allows faculty, staff and students to purchase fresh vegetables and fruits grown at the university's horticulture research farm north of Ames.

FY 2014 external funding is second highest on record

External funding at Iowa State increased to $368.4 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That's a 12.9 percent increase from the previous year's total of $326.4 million, and the second-highest total for the university.

Improved online classification and hiring system to launch in September

University Human Resources is preparing to launch a major upgrade to PeopleAdmin 7.0, Iowa State’s online classification and hiring system. The upgrade will streamline the hiring process for both hiring managers and job applicants. It's expected to go live after Sept. 8.

Green roof on Troxel Hall

Troxel Hall roof

Troxel Hall is golden

The teaching auditorium facility on the east side of campus achieved gold certification in the LEED sustainable buildings program. Troxel Hall is Iowa State's eighth LEED-certified building.

The great mouse-over detective could be you

This short training video will have you sniffing out fraudulent email links and web pages in no time.