Therapy dogs, chair massages and other stress-breakers are scheduled during prep week (Dec. 5-9) at Parks Library, and the building will be open around the clock during finals week (8 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, through 2 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16).
The new Stanley Balloun Turkey Teaching and Research Facility, the only one of its kind at a major university, received its first set of turkeys last month. The birds will provide experiential learning opportunities for students through research and independent study projects, and starting spring semester, class lectures.
Higher shipping costs and increasing volumes of excess inventory they might not sell are prompting many online retailers to adopt stricter return policies. How they "sell" those changes to their customers matters, according to an ISU study.
As part of ISU Extension and Outreach's Growing Together Iowa mini-grant project, volunteers in 33 Iowa counties grew 114,793 pounds of fruits and vegetables this summer shared with 115 food pantries. The county teams worked with local food pantries to plant fruits and vegetables that met the unique needs of the clients each serves.
Expanding Lot 1 near Martin and Friley residence halls this month replaces space in Lot 3, where the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department's new building (northwest of Beyer Hall) begins construction in January.
