News Archive

Music and theatre assistant professor Cason Murphy draws from his experiences as an actor to find innovative ways to challenge his students.

Interested faculty and staff can learn more about Fulbright opportunities during a March 8 virtual campus visit (noon-1p.m.) with a Fulbright program staff member. Register online to participate.

Since 1996, Miller Faculty Fellowships have provided faculty teams funds for one-year research projects that advance student-centric instruction at Iowa State. To date, 232 projects received funding.

The 25 Year club celebrated 124 faculty and staff this year, a group representing nearly 3,700 combined years of service at the university.

Students in the lab course Food Production and Management Experience -- the "staff" at the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom in MacKay Hall -- prepare lunch for up to 50 campus diners four days a week.

The ISU WellBeing program works to find ways to improve employees' lives. That effort frequently goes hand in hand with sustainability goals.

The goal is to have work on the C and D lots at the Iowa State Center finished by the start of fall semester and the 2023 football season.

An interdisciplinary research team found students are interested in learning more about sustainability, but don't always pursue opportunities to get involved in activities and coursework related to it.

Composting food waste, donating unused meals, and sourcing produce from the ISU horticulture research station and local growers contribute to ISU Dining's sustainability efforts.

Tuesday, Feb. 21, was the annual "ISU Day at the Capitol" in Des Moines. University teams of employees and students took some of Iowa State's most useful innovations to share with legislators.

Effective March 1, university employees sending packages by air to a European Union country must provide item descriptions as well as global classification codes for their shipments.

Later next week, after 155 years of burning coal, Iowa State will quietly bid farewell to the carbon-based fuel when crews shut down the last coal-fueled boiler.

Other items from the state Board of Regents Feb. 22 agenda: proposed parking permit and residence/dining rate increases, a new bachelor's degree, honorary degrees at spring commencement and a new peer set.

The university's economic impact in the state for fiscal year 2021-22 is measured by its cutting-edge research, economic development support for business and industry, student and visitor spending, alumni earnings, campus operations and construction, and ISU Extension and Outreach.

President Wendy Wintersteen summarized how Iowa State would invest $12 million in additional state funding, if it received it next year, to members of the Iowa Legislature's joint education appropriations subcommittee Monday.

Iowa State proposed changes to the 10 peer institutions it uses when reporting to the state Board of Regents. The new peer group emphasizes land-grant, Research I universities with extension services. The regents will review the list Feb. 22.

Other Iowa State agenda items include a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering, a new set of peer institutions and honorary degrees for spring commencement. The board meets Wednesday in Des Moines.