News Archive

Higher voluntary contribution limits for 403(b) plans in 2013 make saving for retirement a bit easier. Find out what you can do to fatten your nest egg.

If you plan to seek funding through the Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research, check the updated FAQ. Feedback and questions that came up at two recent forums on the initiative have been incorporated into the FAQ.

Days before a home football game, graduate students start poring over weather maps, in an effort to figure out what might blow into Jack Trice Stadium on game day. The students are meteorologists who volunteer their time and expertise in the interest of game day safety for Cyclone football, soccer, softball and track.

The change, recommended by a campus-wide task force, is intended to help prevent access to confidential information by unauthorized users.

Maybe your university work routinely involves contact with children under 18. Or maybe you only occasionally encounter youth in the workplace when, for example, school kids are touring a facility or a colleague's child is temporarily hanging out in the office. In either case, you'll need to get acquainted with new and updated policies involving children and required reporting of suspected abuse.

A four-day run of the opera Candide begins Nov. 1 at Fisher Theater. The production, which features 26 cast members and a 32-piece orchestra, is a joint effort of the ISU Theatre and music departments.

An NSF-funded program gives graduate students a place to learn how to communicate their scientific research to non-scientists. In the process, learning gets a lot more interesting for some Des Moines middle and high school students.

Financial aid for Iowa undergraduates will rely on university foundations' scholarship-raising efforts and the Legislature's willingness to fund a new state aid program.

The vice president for research and economic development will move to an entomology faculty post on Jan. 1 and retire from the university on July 1, 2013.

Site preparation is under way for a small wind turbine that will be erected in the northeast corner of campus between CyRide and the power plant. The turbine will be up and running before Dec. 31.

Work group will develop a plan for implementing changes to the Resource Management Model over several fiscal years.

Iowa State's Cytentennial Homecoming celebration is well under way, leading up to the Cyclones' 6 p.m. kickoff against the Baylor Bears on Saturday.

The state Board of Regents meets Oct. 25 in Iowa City. ISU items on its agenda include tuition and fee rates for next year, a follow-up discussion on tuition set aside, and plans to expand the Frederiksen Court apartment community and construct a wind turbine on campus.

ISU Plan participants will have an opportunity to alter their health care benefits during the open change period, Nov. 1-16.

A former atrium lounge area in Howe Hall has been converted into a state-of-the-art teaching space, using strategic funds and a futuristic vision.

Modifications to language in the Faculty Handbook's promotion and tenure voting procedures generated lengthy discussion at the Oct. 16 Faculty Senate meeting.

Record-setting fall career fairs bring hundreds of employers to campus; thousands of ISU students participate.

Work is completed on the athletics department's new track surface in the Lied Recreation Center.

A new online FAQ and a couple of forums should prove useful to those seeking funding through the new Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research. The FAQ provides details on the initiative to support new, large-scale interdisciplinary research programs. The first forum is today, Oct. 18.