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Karl Mueller started June 1 in his new role as director of the Ames National Laboratory. He also holds the rank of tenured professor in the chemistry department.

Student journalists and faculty will travel to Dublin Aug. 14-25 to cover the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, featuring Iowa State and Kansas State. Their stories will be distributed across KCCI 8 news platforms.

The Iowa Legislature approved nearly $1.7 million in additional appropriations for Iowa State that focus on the state's agriculture economy. Those increases represent about 15% of the additional state support university leaders first outlined last fall.

Summer is anything but slow for the professionals in facilities planning and management who oversee campus construction and renovation projects. Inside provides a quick look at about a dozen projects starting, finishing or continuing this summer.

Six areas for improvement could guide the council's future work. Senior vice president and provost Jason Keith also attended his first council meeting.

Iowa State will welcome thousands of guests this summer who are using campus facilities for camps, conferences and competitions.

Experienced project managers are available for part-time assignments on research teams -- in any field -- that could benefit from the professional help and whose projects aren't yet large enough for a full-time project manager. This central model frees up researchers' time for the pieces they're really good at and will help keep talented project managers at the university.

About $1.1 million in multiple 2022-31 strategic plan awards, combined with $442,000 in other university funds, brought renovations to two campus child care locations that feature security upgrades, playground and classroom improvements, new heating/cooling systems and lighting replacements.

The spring class of 2025 includes an estimated 3,955 undergraduate students, 528 students earning a master's degree, 138 students earning a Ph.D. and 149 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine candidates.

Information technology's audiovisual live events team will provide livestreaming and recording for the three undergraduate ceremonies, Graduate and Veterinary Medicine college commencements, five college convocations and an engineering department celebration this week.

Also on the final Faculty Senate agenda of the academic year: Approval of the sixth 'Degree of the Future,' an interdisciplinary program in digital storytelling; new section in the Faculty Handbook to reflect current practices on faculty salary policies and procedures; and the seating of elected senators and leaders.

In November 2017, Wendy Wintersteen became the first woman and second ISU alum to hold the university's highest office when she was named Iowa State's 16th president.

Constant, who has served in the role since 2017 (including 2.5 years in an interim role), has been appointed to a second five-year term as vice president for information technology services and chief information officer.

Free samples of cold brew coffee outside the Hub Tuesday, courtesy of ISU Dining and The Roasterie, inspired students on the second day of prep week. Final exams begin May 12 and wind down May 15.

Staff members from facilities planning and management and the Student Innovation Center assisted a team of employees at the Digital Agriculture and Innovation Lab that designed, built and assembled an executive conference room table and counter-height "collaboration" table using fallen trees from campus.

Iowa State faculty and staff -- 66 individuals and two teams -- recently learned they received a 2025 university award, the highest recognitions for employees. They'll be honored at a community celebration this fall.

Agnihotri joined the college's marketing faculty in 2018 and is the founding director of its Ivy Sales Forum. Last year, he was named a Morrill Professor and Ivy's inaugural assistant dean for industry engagement.