Student voters
Students living in university housing cast about 4,100 ballots at four county polling sites on campus in Tuesday's election.
Oct. 30 trash audit
FY20 gave first full picture of campus waste production
Iowa State has its first-ever accurate measurement of how much solid waste it generated and what happened to it. It’ll serve as a benchmark in the effort to divert 85% of waste from landfills by 2025.
Lab school pivots to help working families
As a way to help working families, the Child Development Laboratory School expanded its offerings to include children in kindergarten through third grade. They receive supplemental instruction and help completing their homework during the pandemic.
New space at Gerdin
Gerdin Building addition opens this month
A four-story addition to the east side of the Gerdin Business Building is nearly complete, and the Ivy College of Business community will celebrate during Business Week, Nov. 9-12.
Awards recognize exemplary employee, graduate student efforts in a pandemic
University leaders created a dozen awards for excellence in teaching, research, operational support and more. Nominations are due Nov. 20.
Report details service delivery's first year and future plans
The improved service delivery advisory committee issued its first annual report this week, detailing performance indicators, successes, challenges and plans for the HR and finance service teams that launched in July 2019 in tandem with the Workday enterprise platform.
Daryl Herzmann
Mesonet provides information for research, forecasts
For nearly 20 years, the Iowa Environmental Mesonet has helped Iowa State researchers and weather enthusiasts across the state by providing better data. Agronomy systems analyst Daryl Herzmann works to turn vast amounts of weather data into useful information for them.
Arts and events
Online performances will be live Nov. 6-7; a recorded performance will be available Nov. 13-19.
