Inside Iowa State for faculty and staff
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Congratulations university award recipients
Recipients of the university's highest awards for faculty and staff, recognizing excellence in teaching, research, service, outreach, leadership and student advising, are shared this week with the Iowa State community. They'll be honored at a ceremony this fall.
Raj Agnihotri will lead the Ivy College of Business
Agnihotri currently serves in the college as Mary Warner Fellow, Morrill Professor of marketing and assistant dean for industry engagement. He'll begin his new post on July 1.
Campus collaboration produces handcrafted tables
Staff 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 from fallen trees on campus.
Pressbooks expand open educational resources
The web-based authoring tool lets faculty develop the content for their book or textbook, and ISU Digital Press staff handle the formatting and production work.
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The following announcements were added this week:
- Ticket packages on sale for next year's performing arts series at Stephens
- Cyclone 2025 'Tailgate Tour' is May 19-23
- Inside shares summer schedule
- Traffic changes at University Boulevard/Sixth Street begin May 19
- Corpse plant's infrequent bloom in conservatory is likely in mid-May
- Demo Day set for Startup Factory's newest class
- Some U.S. Postal Service rates will go up in July
- SHOP food pantry seeks volunteers for May-August
- Reiman Gardens' plant sale is this weekend
- Traveling Cyclones' 2026 destinations preview is May 29
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Engineering community celebrates Therkildsen opening
The 80,000-square foot Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building, the new home of the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department, provides a technically-enhanced research lab and hands-on experiential learning for students. The building was dedicated at a May 1 event.
Color of product inspires consumers to bring home the bacon
Terry Houser, animal science associate professor, led research on what influences consumer choices for bacon. Researchers found treatments of the bacon had little impact, but antioxidant packaging significantly influenced consumer preference based on the appearance -- a deeper red color -- of the product.
Conservation that's focused on return on investment
Iowa State researchers continue efforts to improve water quality through best management practices that are inexpensive and easy for landowners to install. Phosphorus and nitrogen are two elements researchers are focused on removing from the water in fields and farms.
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Employees, their colleagues or supervisors are invited to submit retirements and departures to inside@iastate.edu. Inside doesn't receive this information from a central source.
This week
- Appreciation lunch hosted by Central Stores, for all faculty and staff, May 8 (11 a.m.-1 p.m. while supplies last, lot 47 between General Services Building and the power plant)
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Retirement, Kent Kerby, dean's office, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, May 8 (3-5 p.m., program at 3:30 p.m., Thiel Atrium, Hach Hall)
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Retirement, Richard Lesar, materials science and engineering, May 8 (4-6 p.m., program at 5 p.m., 3155 Marston)
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Retirement, Huaiqing Wu, statistics, May 8 (4:30-5:30 p.m., program at 4:45 p.m., 3105 Snedecor)
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Retirement, Kris Bryden, music and theatre, May 9 (4-5:30 p.m., lobby, Simon Estes Music Hall)
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Retirement, Michael Bugeja, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, May 9 (5-7 p.m., Hunziker House, Reiman Gardens), RSVP requested but not required
Next week
- Retirement, Susan Gent, communications, university library, May 15 (no public event)
- Retirement, Warren Phillips, psychology, May 15 (no public event)
- Retirement, Yeon-Kyun Shin, biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, May 16 (May 9 private event)
Upcoming
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Retirement, Maria Pringle, Thielen Student Health Center, May 19 (11 a.m.-1 p.m., Patterson Library, Thielen Student Health Center)
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Retirement, Rod Fischer, course design and quality, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, May 30 (no public event), post well wishes to Rod's Kudoboard
- Retirement, Alan Kuuttila, agricultural and biosystems engineering, June 2 (no public event)
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Discover central campus' Anderson Sculpture Garden
As part of its 50th anniversary celebration and to introduce the new Perennial Movement Sample Garden, university museums is hosting a lunchtime scavenger hunt in the Anderson Sculpture Garden on Tuesday, May 13 (noon-1 p.m., meet between the Hub and Morrill Hall). All who complete the hunt receive a prize.
Spring art mart is May 13-16 in the MU
The end-of-semester art sale, featuring the work of local artists, makers and crafters, runs Tuesday-Friday next week in the Memorial Union Art Gallery. Select from pottery, blown glass, jewelry, decor, accessories and prints. Sales support individual artists, The Workspace and Gaffer's Guild.
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