The corn growing along C14 just south of West Union was dark green and high. Farmhouses and outbuildings were on the horizon. The ditches along the roadway were freshly mowed. It was a good day to fix ...

Biochar. (It’s a charcoal-like co-product of heating biomass to produce bio-oil or synthesis gas, both renewable, alternative fuels. Several Iowa companies are creating the fuels and biochar, which ...

This series highlights the collaboration and creativity that fuel Iowa State faculty and scientists to find solutions to global challenges that strengthen our communities and improve our lives. This ...

Iowa State's Santosh Pandey, shown outside a laboratory at the university's Microelectronics Research Center, is leading an effort to recruit and train students for work in the U.S. semiconductor chip ...

The Iowa Board of Regents today named David Cook the 17th president of Iowa State University. Cook, president of North Dakota State University, succeeds Wendy Wintersteen who will retire in her ninth ...

With strong growth in first-year students and record first-year retention, Iowa State enrollment is up for the third consecutive year. AMES, Iowa – For the third consecutive year, enrollment at Iowa ...

Education changes more than a person’s resume – it also shifts their individual opportunities, timelines and expectations. Photo: Adobe Stock Images. AMES, Iowa – In recent decades, a curious trend in ...

Iowa State engineers, left to right, Connor Thorpe and Shan Jiang helped invent the "Flow Guiding Barrel," which improves gene gun performance for the genetic modification of plants. Jiang is holding ...

Ames, Iowa – In a message sent today to the campus community, Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen announced her plans to retire in January 2026. Wintersteen became the first woman and ...

Iowa State engineers and leaders of the university's Translational AI Center, left to right, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Adarsh Krishnamurthy and Soumik Sarkar are developing "digital twins" as ...

The 2025 Innovation at Work series illustrates why Iowa State University is a trusted partner. Through research, teaching, service and extension, Iowa State has a long history of providing proactive ...