News Archive

The Iowa State women's basketball team will make Hilton Coliseum its home over winter break, playing three games -- including its own Cyclone Challenge tournament -- over a five-day span.

Sarah Rajala will become the next dean of the College of Engineering on April 1. Rajala is dean of engineering at Mississippi State University.

Food, caffeine and wireless access are necessities during finals week, making The Hub and other ISU Dining centers and cafés popular study spots.

Student teams in professor Richard Wlezien's aerospace engineering intro classes designed and operated their "lighter than air" vehicles during a fly-off in Howe Hall last week.

A short agenda allowed time for topical discussion during the Dec. 11 Faculty Senate meeting. Senators also were briefed on the public disagreement surrounding the Harkin Institute of Public Policy.

Council members are considering representation realignment, including a proposal to reduce the six current areas to four that reflect the university's organizational structure.

Use your 2012 flexible spending account dollars by Dec. 31 or lose unclaimed money that has been deducted from your paycheck all year.

Winter break is fast approaching. Here are a few tips to remember before you leave your office for the holidays.

An estimated 1,708 students are completing Iowa State degrees this week and many of them will celebrate the milestone this weekend in cap and gown. The graduates include 110 doctoral candidates, 210 master's students and an estimated 1,388 bachelor's degree recipients.

Crews are in the process of improving or expanding parking lots in the vicinity of Frederiksen Court in anticipation of six more buildings being added to the student community.

Wrap it up or stuff it in a stocking. Inside's annual gift guide highlights the wide range of holiday gift ideas offered by campus retailers, units and student organizations.

Liberal Arts and Sciences associate dean David Oliver will serve as interim vice president for research and economic development beginning Jan. 1.

Current rates -- $6,648 for tuition and $1,078 in mandatory fees -- will remain in place for the 2013-14 school year. Tuition for in-state graduate students will go up $92 (1.2 percent) next year.

The State Gym renovation and addition has achieved the highest level -- platinum -- in the LEED building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is Iowa State's second platinum certification.

Officials will ask the state Board of Regents next week for permission to replace coal-fired boilers with natural-gas fueled models.

A great opportunity to find your office floor again, the annual phonebook recycling project will be combined with the second mixed paper recycling of 2012.

What bird wouldn't give up the old plywood triangle for a French Gothic or Italian Renaissance home? Check out the historical bird dwellings that students built in their history of architecture class. And while you're at it, test your architectural IQ with a short quiz.