News and Events
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Professor Reaches Out to Communities Extending Artistic View
Thursday, September 3, 2015One professor in the College of Design is using art to assist communities in reinventing themselves.
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Sustainable Biochar is Given a Grant to be Studied at ISU
Thursday, September 3, 2015Researchers at Iowa State have been awarded nearly $2 million for research on the integrated pyrolysis of biochar systems.
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Green Ride Share Finds Success in Ames
Wednesday, September 2, 2015By day Terry Aguilar is a general welder, but by night he is a click away from being a knight in shining armor to those without transportation. An Uber driver.
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Community Gathers to Meet School Board Candidates
Wednesday, September 2, 2015Members of the Ames community vying for Ames Public School Board positions were asked questions by Ames residents at a public forum Tuesday. The Ames Public Library hosted an outdoor ice-cream social followed by an indoor open forum. The forum was co-spo
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ISU Facility Researches Sustainable Materials for Roads
Friday, August 28, 2015Iowa State's new bio-polymer facility, which was dedicated Wednesday, will help create polymers that will help make asphalt stronger.
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Sustainable and Efficient Transportation Plan Moves People
Thursday, August 27, 2015A plan aimed at facilitating more efficient transportation for Ames residents was presented before the Ames City Council at its biweekly meeting Tuesday night.
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App Couples Used Textbooks with Students Seeking an Affordible Literature
Wednesday, August 26, 2015As students get settled in on campus for the fall semester, many are waiting to see if professors will require them to use textbooks for their classes, and shelling out hundreds of dollars this semester is something students may dread.
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Iowa State Fair Affords ISU Students to Teach Agricultural Lessons
Monday, August 24, 2015While Iowa State Fair-goers ingest greasy foods, gardeners show overgrown vegetables and children are strapped into rickety Midway rides, ISU students use their internships to teach Iowans the importance of agriculture.
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Website Offers ISU Staff and Students a Green Adventure
Monday, August 24, 2015The start of the school year brings thousands of new faces to campus, both students and staff — many of which will face problems setting up and connecting technology.
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A Green Campus Walk, Scoops the Loop
Thursday, July 30, 2015Zoom in on the Google maps version of Iowa State's central campus and you'll find "Golden Loop" labels on several sidewalks. The reference dates to the '90s, when university facilities and admissions staff created the semi-official tour route to showcase
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College Creek Clean up Educates the Volunteers
Monday, July 27, 2015Student and community volunteers helped clean up College Creek last weekend as a part of Iowa State's ongoing “Live Green Initiative.” The 36 volunteers walked along the creek with trash bags, finding everything from cans and bottles, to hammers and fold
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Sustainable Efforts Creates Bags of Recycling
Monday, July 27, 2015Twenty bags of trash, a folding chair, a hammer and the usual cans and bottles were pulled from College Creek last weekend during the annual clean-up sponsored by the Iowa State University’s “Live Green Initiative.”
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Campus Cafes Take Up Sustainable Ways
Monday, July 27, 2015ISU's campus cafés implemented a new recycling program this fall that allows workers to combine glass, plastic and cardboard waste into single, 50-gallon bins. This is good news on two counts: these materials were not being recycled before, and having one
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Teaching Sustainable Environmental Aspects of Nature
Friday, June 26, 2015Drops of rain fell ironically on the small crowd listening to the drought solutions portion of a lecture about water flow in and out of Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake.