Many ISU employees embraced new roles and spent long hours to create, run and refine the university's highly effective contact tracing system.
Vice president for research Peter Dorhout started in his new post this week.
How instructors deliver their courses this semester will resemble the fall, but the university is expanding opportunities and spaces for students to interact with each other.
The normal use-it-or-lose-it rules of flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care are suspended for 2020 contributions, due to a temporary change in federal law.
University counsel Michael Norton and senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert addressed faculty academic freedom and student freedom of expression. They also talked about the rise in cases of trolling and doxing impacting faculty.
A sweeping plan to revitalize the Iowa State Center as an arts, culture and entertainment district anchored by Stephens Auditorium takes a first step next month when the university sends to the state Board of Regents a proposal for a pedestrian gateway bridge across University Boulevard.
ISU WellBeing has several new programs to help people cope during the ongoing pandemic and look after their physical and mental health.
One assesses satisfaction across nine broad areas such as promotion, mentoring, shared governance and institutional leadership. The other illustrates a typical faculty work week -- both how many hours and how they're spent.
