News and Events
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Iowa State Professor and MacArthur Fellow establishes funds to support transdisciplinary research
Thursday, December 22, 2022Lisa Schulte Moore recently established two funds in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in honor of the many collaborations she’s taken part in throughout her career at the university.
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Ringing to the tune of innovation, Iowa State team designs mini version of “Bells of Iowa State”
Wednesday, December 21, 2022The sound of Iowa State pride has a nice ring to it in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. Housed in the Sukup Atrium is a mini version of the ISU Campanile and the Stanton Memorial Carillon.
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Apparel showcase
Thursday, December 15, 2022Senior apparel design majors and graduate students shared their fall semester projects during a showcase event Monday morning in the Student Innovation Center atrium. (Above) Lauren Hansen shows a Victorian-inspired gown to fellow apparel merchandising an
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Years of Monarch Research Shows How Adding Habitat Will Help Conservation
Wednesday, December 14, 2022When the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium was formed seven years ago, Iowa State University researchers faced two big questions about reestablishing the milkweed and other wildflowers needed for the iconic butterfly’s survival.
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Startup Factory helps faculty researchers apply research, solve problems
Thursday, December 8, 2022Shan Jiang had a solution. After several years of trial and error in the lab, Jiang and a team of graduate students developed a technology to inexpensively produce large quantities of specialized nanoparticles.
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Horticulture students share semester-long research projects
Wednesday, December 7, 2022Iowa State’s Science with Practice students celebrated their semester’s worth of research and hard work through a display of posters in the rotunda of Curtiss Hall.
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Rec services opens gender-neutral restroom at Lied center
Tuesday, December 6, 2022Recreation services has completed a remodeling project to open a gender-neutral restroom on the first floor of the Lied Recreation Athletic Center for building users who are nonbinary or feel more comfortable in a gender-neutral space.
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Stress hormones could explain rising infections in Norwegian salmon
Tuesday, December 6, 2022Fish farming is a crucial industry in Norway, and salmon is by far the most important species. So it’s alarming that bacterial diseases are on the rise at the massive sea farms where salmon are raised.
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Interfaith labyrinth gives students new insight before finals week
Tuesday, December 6, 2022Students walked through an indoor labyrinth Tuesday to self-reflect and relax before finals as part of an interfaith walk hosted by The Vine, an inclusive campus ministry.
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Master Gardener Home Gardening Series Begins January 3
Monday, December 5, 2022The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Master Gardener program will again host the Home Gardening Webinar Series, beginning in January and ending in March.
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Game2Work Strives to Demystify Stem, Show Games Value
Monday, December 5, 2022Parents worry children spend too much time playing video games, but there are plenty of opportunities — especially with serious games — to build collaboration and social skills.
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Blueprint for Doing Good
Friday, December 2, 2022For as long as he can remember, Gabe Kalscheur has looked up to one person. “That’s my mom,” he says.
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ISUPD hosts student photo shoot under holiday tree
Thursday, December 1, 2022As a way to give back to the community, the Iowa State Police Department spent Thursday evening taking pictures of students with the holiday tree on central campus.
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Student-created organization to host art show featuring Black creators
Thursday, December 1, 2022The Iowa-based organization, Akyn, will host the “Black Ice” art showcase Saturday. The show will highlight Black artists, performers and vendors from the Ames and Des Moines area.
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Broiler research points to lasers as environmental enrichment devices
Wednesday, November 30, 2022Motivating broiler chickens to move using specially designed lasers can boost animal welfare and improve meat quality.