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Materials science and engineering associate teaching professor David Eisenmann is balancing research projects with a team of graduate and undergraduate students, and spent a few days this summer at Eastern Iowa Community College to teach a course to working professionals. He will be back in the classroom this fall.

The committee tasked with identifying a successor to President Wendy Wintersteen will meet for the first time Tuesday morning in Beardshear Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Iowa Board of Regents website.

Making conservation efforts a regular habit will benefit campus when peak alerts require the ISU power plant to take steps to assist with demand across a 15-state electric grid network.

A new state law provides four weeks of paid leave for a parent who gives birth or adopts a child and one week of paid leave for a non-birthing parent. Eligibility mirrors that for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

In-person sales, online specialty sales, entries on a government auction site, salvage contracts and re-use through the state's waste exchange program are some of the strategies at ISU Surplus.

The proposed policy would prevent instructors at the three regent universities from including "substantial" content on diversity, equity and inclusion or critical race theory in a required course except when the board approves an exception.

Launched in January 2023, Iowa State Online focuses on serving workforce professionals looking to reskill or upskill in their careers, and the first cohort from the master's program in digital health is set to graduate soon.

It's new student orientation season, and incoming first-year students played games in small groups on the Memorial Union lawn Monday afternoon to get to know each other and learn more about Iowa State, as part of their transition to college life.

Foote, the association's senior vice president of administration, marketing, communications and membership, will oversee the process of combining Iowa State's alumni association and foundation.

Brady Talley is the new director of the Military-Affiliated Student Center in the Memorial Union. Previously, he worked in several student success roles for the Ivy College of Business.

Effective July 1, the reappointment of Dawn Bratsch-Prince extends through June 30, 2030. She has overseen faculty development and success programs since 2010.

Student journalists and faculty will travel to Dublin Aug. 14-25 to cover the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, featuring Iowa State and Kansas State. Their stories will be distributed across KCCI 8 news platforms.

The regents also will take action on FY 2026 salary policies for the various employee groups and a proposed 3% market adjustment to the P&S pay grade structure, and conduct performance evaluations with the university presidents and the board's executive director.

Karl Mueller started June 1 in his new role as director of the Ames National Laboratory. He also holds the rank of tenured professor in the chemistry department.

Regent JC Risewick and Faculty Senate president Meghan Gillette will co-chair the 12-member committee. Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search will assist with the search.

Experienced project managers are available for part-time assignments on research teams -- in any field -- that could benefit from the professional help and whose projects aren't yet large enough for a full-time project manager. This central model frees up researchers' time for the pieces they're really good at and will help keep talented project managers at the university.

Six areas for improvement could guide the council's future work. Senior vice president and provost Jason Keith also attended his first council meeting.

The Iowa Legislature approved nearly $1.7 million in additional appropriations for Iowa State that focus on the state's agriculture economy. Those increases represent about 15% of the additional state support university leaders first outlined last fall.