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Thirty books being shipped out from the University Library were onboard a postal truck that caught fire this summer. Preservation staff salvaged several of them from water, smoke and fire damage.

Lisa Larson and Surya Mallapragada were named to faculty fellowships in the office of the senior vice president and provost. Larson, professor in psychology, will serve as the ISU Advance fellow. Mallapragada, professor in chemical and biological engineering, and materials science and engineering, will seek to increase national recognition for top ISU faculty.

Design students set up shop on central campus to work on sketching.

The university community honored 52 of its own during the annual faculty-staff awards ceremony on Sept. 21.

If your building hasn't yet received a recent wireless upgrade, it's surely on the list. Tech teams are midway through a massive project to install more than 4,500 wireless access points in some 90 buildings on campus.

The April 2015 voluntary survey focuses on sexual assault, sexual misconduct and sexual harassment on campus.

Iowa State's recycling contract with Waste Management allows a big variety of recyclable materials to land in that blue bin previously reserved only for white paper. Read what else belongs in there.

University human resources is offering a new, free training program that will help hiring managers select the best candidates for open positions. The first class is Sept. 29.

Two college deans -- Lisa Nolan, Veterinary Medicine, and Wendy Wintersteen, Agriculture and Life Sciences have been appointed to new five-year terms.

Faculty and staff recipients of university awards will be honored at a ceremony on Sept. 21. All are invited to attend.

A collaborative concert, linking performers from three locations, will kick off the Midwest Carillon Conference on Friday.

University counsel Paul Tanaka offers some useful advice to ISU employees who'd like to exercise their rights as citizens without running afoul of federal and state laws aimed at keeping public agencies politically neutral.

Student services mall, student commons are Iowa State's 10th and 11th LEED-certified projects.

A statement in support of shared governance and "ongoing dialogue" between University of Iowa faculty and the state Board of Regents was the first item of business at the Faculty Senate's Sept. 15 meeting.

In star formation, the Cyclone Football Varsity Marching Band performs the national anthem at Jack Trice Stadium Saturday.

Mark your calendars for Iowa State's annual flu shot clinic, Oct. 5-16.

These were among the topics that came up during President Steven Leath's presidential address last night in the Memorial Union's Great Hall.