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Rogers introduced as Cyclones football coach
Jimmy Rogers is the 34th head coach of the Iowa State football program after leading programs at Washington State University (2025) and South Dakota State University (2023-24).
December 08, 2025
Announcements
- Recycle your unusable holiday lights
- Holiday card recycling program discontinued; options exist
- Exhibition highlights coliseum history
- Last Inside edition of fall semester posts Dec. 18
- Former faculty member Aili Mu has died
- Saturday's lights event at Reiman Gardens canceled due to cold
- ISU wine and hard cider holiday pre-sale continues
- Sign up to judge the State Science & Technology Fair of Iowa in March
- New dashboard, chemical inventory for researchers debuts
- Garden calendar makes a great gift
- Guidelines during the holidays: Spending university funds
- Reiman Gardens' Winter Wonderscape opens Friday
- Showcase your research in a spring public lecture
Retirements
- Anna Rovid Spickler, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Jan. 7
- Deb Jennings, IT Services, Jan. 5
- Tammy Michel, office of the president, Jan. 2
- Renee Novak, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Jan. 2
- Jo Min, industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, Dec. 31
- Angela Powers, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Dec. 20
- Fran Sobotka, kinesiology and health, Dec. 17
Appointments
Achievements
More Inside news
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Schnable elected a fellow in inventors academy
The National Academy of Inventors elected agronomy professor Patrick Schnable to its 2025 fellows class, recognizing the 17 U.S. utility patents and two plant variety protections he holds.
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P&S Council launches podcast series
The series, which will pull in a different council member each time, is about "making the university a smaller place for those who work here," according to its hosts.
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With fixed-up violin donations, retired professor extends opportunity to play
By breathing new life into old fiddles, retired sociology professor Paul Lasley is making musical instruction accessible for area elementary school students.
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Regents approve development plan for six more CyTown buildings
The buildings include two office and retail buildings, two suite buildings, a food and beverage anchor building and the amphitheater. A proposed seventh building project, a hotel, still is in the design phase.
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Regent study team makes headway on education value questions
A seven-month exploration of measuring how specific academic programs align with state workforce needs, especially high-demand jobs, has created a data-dense public dashboard that contains all the programs at the state's three public universities.