News Archive

The Iowa State community will celebrate its greenness -- past and future -- the evening of Feb. 28. Sustainapalooza will feature interactive stations, a poster reception and rewards for participants who are green good-deed doers.

Since late November a new custodial team has been working overnight to prepare auditoriums and other high-demand large classrooms for use the next morning.

A proposed reorganization plan for the College of Design was introduced at the Jan. 17 Faculty Senate meeting. Senators will vote on their recommendation of the plan next month.

More of the campus' ash trees are being removed this winter as part of an emerald ash borer readiness plan. A variety of replacement trees will be planted in the spring.

David Trainor became Iowa State's associate vice president for human resource services on Jan. 17. He succeeds Carla Espinoza.

The Leath family's farm résumé includes strawberry, cattle and tree operations.

Here's the Inside scoop on our new president -- his school years, family, farm ventures and more.

Despite the January date, sunshine and balmy temperatures greeted students on the opening day of the spring semester.

Construction work on The Knoll and 1750 Beardshear Hall is nearing completion, just as incoming president Steven Leath is set to arrive for his first day on the job (Jan. 16). Despite delivery delays and renovation "surprises," virtually all of the work will be done by Feb. 1.

The life of Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated with campus and community events beginning Jan. 16.

Human resource services reminds employees that 2012 flexible spending account reimbursements are handled by a new administrator, ASIFlex, and claims cannot be processed until February.

The winter issue of the alumni association's VISIONS magazine highlights some of the many ways that Iowa State University makes life better for the people of Iowa. This issue is available online for all to read.

Campus services crews took advantage of unseasonably warm weather to catch up -- and get ahead -- on many outdoor projects.

With his presidency winding down at the end of this week, president Gregory Geoffroy reflects on his 10-plus years of leading Iowa State University and what's ahead for him.

In an effort to update the university's public art inventory, university museums' staff is looking for several dozen pieces known only from their inclusion in a 1940s inventory. A closet, storage space or office in your building might contain one of these treasures.