Tuition freeze could be lifted for spring semester

At its Aug. 5 meeting, the state Board of Regents will consider a 3 percent tuition increase for spring semester for resident undergraduates -- or approximately $100 for most students. Also on the agenda are a cremation garden for the ISU cemetery, $3.6 million electron microscope purchase, demolition request to make room for the Student Innovation Center and presidential salaries.

Golden oldie

An old campus walking route makes a pleasant three-quarter mile loop around many central campus landmarks.

Blackboard technical support moves to solution center, expands hours

Instructors using Blackboard should have more accessible, on-demand technical help under a new support system that begins next week.

Two teams, one clean creek

Study: Insulin resistance increases Alzheimer's risk

Auriel Willette, research scientist in food science and human nutrition, found a link between insulin resistance and memory function decline, increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Growing partnership beneficial to students and offenders

A collaboration between the landscape architecture department and a women's prison in Mitchellville that includes a new vegetable garden is providing hands-on learning experiences for students and offenders.

A Cyclone bucket list

This week

• Retirement: Mary Vannoy, office of admissions, July 31 (no public event)

Next week

• Retirement: Patricia Ewing, new student programs, Aug. 5 (no public event)