Smart Business Challenge

The City of Ames presented the Smart Business Challenge at the 150th anniversary celebration with hopes that businesses in Ames would enroll in the program and seek smarter ways of running their businesses. For more details on the Smart Business Challenge, view the full story here.

Ames’ ATHENA Lab the first of its kind in United States

Iowa State is now home to North America’s first augmented human lab, where researchers can develop studies to make the human life easier. ATHENA is an acronym for “Augmentation and Training of Humans with Engineering in North America.” More details here.

Agriculture Production, Business and Trade study abroad in Spain

The trip to Spain is available through an economics class (Agron/Econ 496) that attracts students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Most students are agriculture business majors with the rest being related majors with an interest in economics. Learn more about the class here.

Feral Cat Alliance offers spaying and neutering services

Young gymnastics roster makes bright future

The ISU gymnastics roster next season is projected to be savvier than ever. A team that currently flies under the national radar will be a team to watch with its prominent infusion of young talent and prosperity. For more details on the team, view the full story here.

Baseball club dominates, learns after loss

The ISU baseball club (5-5, 2-1 Mid-America-North) easily guided itself to three wins by outscoring South Dakota 56-14 over the weekend. However, those three wins came with a lesson-learning loss.

Pinning down life: The grief

Letter: Iowa State is too politically correct

Editorial: Student win in strategic plan doesn’t mean fight is over