News Archive

The MU Market & Café, which opened in 2008 on the first floor across from the ISU Book Store, has closed, and the space will be renovated this spring and summer for another food option.

Tax changes in last summer's One Big, Beautiful Bill Act compelled the IRS to update its Form W-4, the employee's withholding requests, and withholding tables. Iowa, which largely follows federal tax law, has done the same. Employees are encouraged to do an annual review of their W-4s in Workday and complete a paycheck checkup.

For the fiscal year that begins July 1, Iowa State has two requests for additional operations funding and a request for a two-year state investment in a renovation of Atanasoff Hall.

At every Faculty Senate meeting, Patrick Determan is greeting senators, making sure everyone has their nameplate and running PowerPoints for presenters. But that's a small piece of the support he gives the senate.

Contemporary glass artist Norwood Viviano was on campus last week to install his spring-summer exhibition in the Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building: Mapping Infrastructure / Mapping Agriculture.

Katharine Johnson Suski has been named associate vice president for enrollment management, effective Jan. 5. She had served in the interim role since June.

3D scanning and conservation science being used to preserve Christian Petersen's terra cotta sculptures highlights a partnership between University Museums and the manufacturing and teaching labs in the mechanical engineering department.

Last month, tests conducted at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed H5 avian influenza in several Canada geese carcasses found near Lake LaVerne. No other dead geese have been found in the two weeks since the initial discovery.

Interim president David Spalding is grateful to be the eight-week leadership link between Wendy Wintersteen and David Cook. Conversations with Iowa legislators and weekly sessions with first-year students in the President's Leadership Class are on his to-do list.

Following a six-month warning-only period, on Jan. 1 drivers not complying with the new state law will be charged with a moving violation, a simple misdemeanor with a $100 fine. A driver who causes a serious injury while using their device illegally could pay a $500 fine and even have their driver's license suspended.

The retiring president received a memory book from her time at Iowa State and a vase in the shape of a flame from past senate president Rob Wallace, an accomplished woodworker, as presents from the senate.

The new statement, which outlines the change to their compensation as a result of the annual performance-based process, will be available to eligible faculty, P&S staff, contract employees and post docs on Friday, Jan. 9, for salary increases that take effect on Jan. 1.

As of earlier this week, 1,189 students -- approximately 5% of fall undergraduates -- have enrolled across nearly 50 courses in the university's sixth winter session.

Students use the southeast foyer in the new Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building to prepare for final exams this week.

The university community will celebrate them during two commencement ceremonies in Hilton Coliseum: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, for the Graduate College and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, for all undergraduate students.

During the four weeks most students are away from campus, staff and faculty can help protect buildings that may see little use.

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.

Work to drain and dredge Lake LaVerne to deepen it will begin in mid-May and wrap up next fall. As planned, the project also will reshape and stabilize the shoreline and add a seating area along the north side and multipurpose plaza in the southeast corner.

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.

 A team in the department of apparel, events and hospital management spent weeks designing a custom-made red jacket that was presented to President Wendy Wintersteen during a farewell reception.