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Senators approved a formal dead week policy and revised the excused absence policy at the final Faculty Senate meeting of the academic year. Senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert also shared a report on this year's promotion and tenure results.

Professors Cinzia Cervato and Mack Shelley will begin two-year, part-time fellowships in the provost's office in August.

A service learning project provided hands-on experience for a landscape architecture class and much-needed attention to erosion issues near College Creek.

Dartmouth College senior VP David Spalding will begin at Iowa State on Aug. 1.

Loaner laptops, an operating room camera that allows veterinary medicine students to watch and learn and a digital chronicle of every plant at Reiman Gardens are among technological improvements that will be funded with student technology fees.

Starting May 13, some university offices will implement flexible summer hours. The president, VP and deans offices will continue to be staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eight native oak trees were planted near the College of Design following an Arbor Day ceremony.

Thomas Lograsso was named interim director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, succeeding Alex King, who stepped down to the lead the laboratory’s new Critical Materials Institute. A search committee will be formed in the coming weeks with the goal of naming the lab’s next director in 2014.

Promotions for 56 faculty members take effect this summer.

A joint effort between the city and university groups helped turn a traffic island into a landscaped park space in the heart of the Greek neighborhood.

Earthen berm is part of solution to protect the building during flooding.

Before you dump all those files you've been holding on to for years, you may want to consult with the university archives staff. Your trash could be their treasure.

Graduating seniors enjoyed breakfast Tuesday prepared by faculty and staff volunteers. "Grad breakfast" has become part of Iowa State's tradition of sending off the senior class.

The residence department will ask for state Board of Regents approval Thursday to lease five off-campus apartment buildings next year. The trend for more students to return to campus housing, coupled with another anticipated large freshman class, has created a big demand for campus housing. Six new buildings at Frederiksen Court apartments will be phased in over the next year.

Relive Iowa State's grand spring celebration through slideshow and video.

University experts on online learning and technology get together to discuss a trendy topic in higher ed -- massive open online courses.

What was a set of dead week recommendations for faculty could become policy if the Faculty Senate approves the proposed language at its final meeting of the academic year.