News Archive

Earth-moving equipment has turned the east portion of the Iowa State Center lots into the grownup version of a child's sandbox, where the Tonka trucks instead are named Cat.

The office of the senior vice president and provost announced promotions for 37 term faculty, spanning all seven colleges, for the 2023-24 academic year.

Preserving records from student life past and present is crucial to the work of Special Collections and University Archives and its new student life archivist Rebecca Wells.

Also on the agenda when the board meets in Ames: parking permit rates, new undergraduate and graduate degrees, three facility construction requests and the consultant's presentation on the public universities' contributions to the state economy.

Those elected during the P&S Council's March ballot include 14 newly elected and four incumbent members.

The ISU police department traced its beginning back to 1918 and night watchman Knute Hegland. His personality and kind greetings set the standard for community-oriented policing still used today.

The Streamlyne proposal development and routing system will replace the GoldSheet, Cardinal Sheet, Liquid Office and Cayuse systems. A phased implementation begins in July.

Vice president for research Peter Dorhout and James Morris, the lab's chief research officer, will co-chair a 15-member search committee, with assistance from Russell Reynolds Associates.

Jason Henderson began his role as vice president for ISU Extension and Outreach on April 3.

All of the 800-plus students visiting April 7 have an admissions offer from Iowa State. More than half -- about 450 -- have yet to make their college decision.

Director of bands Michael Golemo conducts the Wind Ensemble earlier this week as it prepares for an April 21 performance in Simon Estes Music Hall.

Iowa State recently received a Gold ranking from the longest-running, comprehensive review of university service to military and veteran students and was named a Military Friendly School for 2023-24.

The U.S. Diversity Course Requirement Committee determines whether submitted undergraduate courses satisfy the updated requirements for learning outcomes. Courses approved this academic year can be used by students who enroll on the 2023-24 catalog.

Launched on April 1, the Spot Award provides another way to recognize outstanding P&S employees.

Supervisors can level up with a new certificate designed to build and enhance leadership skills.

The ISU Alumni Association magazine made its debut last fall, with content from each issue available online at the time of publication. Online content from the just-published spring issue includes a look at how Iowa State researchers are advancing human and environmental health via nanotechnology and a feature on alumnus Frederick Douglass Patterson, cofounder of the United Negro College Fund and Tuskegee Airmen.

John Lawrence talks about what he has learned over 30 years at the university and how his leadership style has helped in numerous roles.

Information and reminders about campus closures and announcements regarding severe spring weather.

America's most decorated track and field Olympian and also an entrepreneur, Allyson Felix, visited campus for several conversations earlier this week.