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Nov. 14, 2024

Inside news

Degrees of the future, right now

Three of six new degree programs being developed through a strategic plan initiative have crossed or reached the finish line. The other three are making their way through department and college curriculum committees and are expected to arrive at the Faculty Senate during spring semester.


Cyclone Civics initiative will touch students and employees

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will lead the university-wide program, an outcome of one of the state Board of Regents' 2023 directives on diversity, equity and inclusion.


Scientists: How do you talk about your work?

Reiman Gardens' nine-year-old science communication training program uses an NSF model to help scientists learn how to talk about their work with non-academics. The application window is open for the spring cohort.


Micro-credential pilots are precursor to campuswide launch

CELT leaders anticipate a program launch in summer or fall 2025. An interest form and other resources are available to faculty and employers now.


Reeder discusses ops and finance structure with senators

Senior vice president for operations and finance Sean Reeder wants to remove silos within the division he oversees to become as customer-centric as possible.
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Announcements

The following announcements were added this week:

  • Digital accessibility team hosts monthly training
  • Chef Freddie Bitsoie to lecture, cook on campus
  • Benefits enrollment closes Nov. 22
  • Purchase tickets to December light show in advance
  • Two ISU beers now served at the M-Shop
  • Postcard prints exhibition returns to College of Design
  • Workshop will cover the basics of machine learning and AI
  • Academic advising fall summit is Dec. 13
  • November innovation lunch speaker is Jim Oliver
  • Research project management group meets Dec. 10
  • What is GIS? Learn more at this Nov. 20 event
  • Help keep SHOP pantry open during fall break
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Around campus

Innovating an earlier detection of melanoma

In the latest edition of a video series about faculty innovators, Robbyn Anand, the Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry, talks about the challenges of detecting melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Anand describes a device developed in her lab that uses an electric field to easily find those cancer cells in blood.


An accolade for entrepreneurship education

Iowa State is ranked #1 in Iowa, #6 in the Midwest and #14 nationally in the 2025 Top 50 entrepreneurship undergraduate program rankings by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur. 


Working together to save a turtle

ISU students are working with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo to give the Blanding's turtle a better chance for survival. The reptile is being reviewed for possible listing as either threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


Training center supports substance misuse prevention professionals

Iowa State's Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute is home to a four-state regional center aimed at strengthening the substance misuse prevention workforce by equipping professionals with the latest knowledge, skills and best practices. The institute has a new cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 

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Receptions

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

  • Celebration of Life, Dr. Nani Ghoshal, formerly in veterinary anatomy, Nov. 15 (2:30 p.m., Commons Area, Patterson Hall)


Next week

  • Exhibition reception, 24th Postcard Print Exchange, Nov. 19 (5-6:30 p.m., Gallery 181, College of Design)
  • Farewell, Shawna Saad, office of the university registrar, Nov. 21 (2-4 p.m., MU Campanile Room), RSVP requested (but not required), post well wishes to her Kudoboard
 

Arts and events

Bookstore's appreciation event is today

The ISU Book Store is holding its semi-annual Cyclone Appreciation Day on Thursday, Nov. 14 (4-7 p.m., Memorial Union). Enjoy free popcorn and deals on clothing, gifts and technology. Local businesses will staff booths with free samples and drawings for prizes.


Support a dancer

The Iowa State Dance Scholarship Concert is Saturday, Nov. 16 (7 p.m., 196 Forker). Local choreographers, guest artists and Orchesis I dancers will perform to raise scholarship funds for students either minoring in dance or majoring in performing arts with a dance emphasis. Tickets are $5 (bleacher seats) and $10 (balcony seats).


Comedy College alums unite

Alumni of Iowa State's famed "Comedy College" honors seminar will perform during an inaugural "All Stars" event on Tuesday, Nov. 19 (7 p.m., MU M-Shop, doors open at 6:30 p.m.). The seminar teaches participants tricks, techniques and theories that can make a person funnier (or at least a better public speaker). Admission is free.


Art walk in the Gerdin Building

University museums docent Rae Reilly will lead a lunchtime art walk in the Gerdin Business Building on Wednesday, Nov. 20 (noon, meet at the east entrance). The building's public art includes several large murals by Iowan Rose Frantzen in the 2020 addition.

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Learning opportunities

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) programming

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