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Demolition of the Insectary complex on Pammel Drive began earlier this month and picked up speed this week. The lot will be cleared for a north campus green space.

An Iowa State negotiation team reached an agreement this spring to end a "big deal" with the largest publisher of scholarly journals, instead subscribing to hundreds of individual journals from Elsevier to lower costs significantly.

A committee will consider how to mitigate the risks of reinstating teaching, research and student support on a residential campus -- a complex situation that will require innovation, analysis and expertise.

The pandemic may keep students away from campus, but virtual visits for prospective, admitted and transfer students allow them to learn more about the university, get their questions answered and connect with representatives from their chosen academic field.

Several units have developed Iowa State-themed Zoom backgrounds.

Faculty and staff time spent on implementation of emergency protective measures during the COVID-19 response may be eligible for cost recovery through federal, state or local programs. Employees are being asked to track their efforts via an online form.

Joining five Distinguished Professors, three University Professors and five Morrill Professors are more than 40 other faculty and staff whose awards celebrate excellence.

In the first year of a new classification system for Iowa State's term faculty, the 60 individuals represent all seven academic colleges.

University swans Lancelot and Elaine enjoy a sunny swim on Lake LaVerne this week.

President Wendy Wintersteen shares the current budget picture in an email to university employees.

Proposal would eliminate GPA as part of the consideration when the admissions office awards automatic scholarships to incoming home-schooled freshmen. ACT or SAT scores would be the sole criteria.

A complete catalog of products and services offered by information technology services is now available via the new IT Portal.

After a monthlong crash course, most employees working from home have the basic etiquette for virtual meetings down pat. Camera on, microphone off. But as the "new normal" morphs into just "normal," consider how to make virtual meetings better.

For faculty and P&S employees, only the employee's rating and confirmation of a completed evaluation will be logged in Workday this year. For merit employees, the entire process has been in Workday since July.

Bundled into every P&S employee's title in the new classification/compensation system will be a job classification, level category and level that reveal information about the complexity and responsibility of that job.

In a late March survey, Iowa State employees had generally positive outlooks on how the crisis was impacting them. Their responses helped shape the university's support for faculty and staff.