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First year of farming at solar power site shows promise, ISU researchers say

Iowa State researchers studying how solar energy production and agriculture can co-exist say the first year of a four-year study showed produce farming can work amid solar panels.

June 02, 2025

  • Student Success

Cantamus embarks on first international tour

June 02, 2025

  • Innovation and Research

With student help, researchers find factor linking longer maturation to longer life

May 27, 2025

Celebrating spring graduates

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  • New Iowa State business dean aims to prepare students to be ‘job-ready’

    With a breadth of employment and academic experience spanning the globe and several decades, Raj Agnihotri is uniquely positioned to educate aspiring business leaders, inspire innovation and advance collaboration in an increasingly international marketplace — all from inside what has become his Iowa State University home.

  • Iowa State's new state-of-the-art industrial engineering building bolstered by $42M gift

    Iowa State University has opened the doors to its new, massive engineering facility, ushering in "a new era of excellence and national prominence." The 80,000-square-foot Therkildsen Industrial Engineering building, located on the southwest side of Howe Hall, gives the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering its own space for the first time in over 25 years.

  • Nuclear USS Iowa sub calls to mind Iowa State's role in the Manhattan Project

    Iowa State quietly saved the Manhattan Project, assured an Allied victory and forever changed history. President Wendy Wintersteen writes how the story of Harley Wilhelm illustrates the importance of university researchers and their impact in times of war and peace.