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{{Short description|Public university in Ames, Iowa, US}} | {{Short description|Public university in Ames, Iowa, US}} | ||
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{{distinguish|University of Iowa}} | {{distinguish|University of Iowa}} | ||
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{{Infobox university | {{Infobox university | ||
| name | | name = Iowa State University of Science and Technology | ||
| image = Iowa State University seal.svg | | image = Iowa State University seal.svg | ||
| image_upright = 0. | | image_upright = 0.6 | ||
| motto = "Science with Practice" | | motto = "Science with Practice" | ||
| established = {{start date and age|March 22, 1858}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/online-exhibits/iowa-state-sesquicentennial|title=Iowa State Sesquicentennial: History of Iowa State | Digital Scholarship & Initiatives | Iowa State University|website=digital.lib.iastate.edu|access-date=October 16, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016234226/https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/online-exhibits/iowa-state-sesquicentennial|url-status=live}}</ref> | | established = {{start date and age|March 22, 1858}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/online-exhibits/iowa-state-sesquicentennial|title=Iowa State Sesquicentennial: History of Iowa State | Digital Scholarship & Initiatives | Iowa State University|website=digital.lib.iastate.edu|access-date=October 16, 2021|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016234226/https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/online-exhibits/iowa-state-sesquicentennial|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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| accreditation = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]] | | accreditation = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]] | ||
| endowment = $1. | | endowment = $1.915 billion (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2025-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2025 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2025 Endowment Market Value |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 14, 2026 |format=XLSX}}</ref> | ||
| president = | | president = David Cook | ||
| provost = Jason Keith | | provost = Jason Keith | ||
| faculty = 1,746 (2023)<ref name=academicStaff>{{ | | faculty = 1,746 (2023)<ref name=academicStaff>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ir.iastate.edu/factbook/current/personnel|title=Fact Book: Personnel - Institutional Research|website=www.ir.iastate.edu}}</ref> | ||
| students = | | students = 31,105 (fall 2025)<ref name=enrollment>{{cite web|title=Enrollment Statistics|url=http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/resources/enrollment-statistics|publisher=Iowa State|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> | ||
| undergrad = | | undergrad = 26,346 (fall 2025)<ref name=enrollment /> | ||
| postgrad = 4, | | postgrad = 4,116 (fall 2025)<ref name=enrollment /> | ||
| other = | | other = 1,243 (fall 2025)<ref name=enrollment /> | ||
| city = [[Ames, | | city = [[Ames, Iowa]] | ||
| country = United States | | country = United States | ||
| coordinates = {{coord|42.0262|N|93.6480|W|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | | coordinates = {{coord|42.0262|N|93.6480|W|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | ||
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'''Iowa State University of Science and Technology''' | <!--DO NOT REMOVE OR MOVE THE FULL ORGANIZATION NAME PER [[MOS:FIRSTCORP]].-->The '''Iowa State University of Science and Technology''', commonly referred to as '''Iowa State University''' ('''Iowa State''' or '''ISU'''), is a [[Public university|public]] [[land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] in [[Ames, Iowa]], United States. Founded in 1858 as the '''Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm''', Iowa State became one of the nation's first designated land-grant institutions when the [[Iowa Legislature]] accepted the provisions of the 1862 [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act|Morrill Act]] on September 11, 1862.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iowa State University Time Line, 1858-1874 |url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1858.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513215211/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1858.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2009 |access-date=February 7, 2019 |date=May 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name=point>{{cite web |title=Iowa State: 150 Points of Pride |url=http://www.ag.iastate.edu/coa150/pop8_20.php |publisher=Iowa State University |access-date=October 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621154306/http://www.ag.iastate.edu/coa150/pop8_20.php |archive-date=June 21, 2015 }}</ref> On July 4, 1959, the college was officially renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa State in the 1950s |url=https://www.foundation.iastate.edu/s/1463/giving/interior.aspx?pgid=1285&gid=1 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.foundation.iastate.edu |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Iowa State is the | Iowa State is the largest university in [[Iowa]] by total enrollment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcci.com/article/enrollment-iowa-state-university-northern-iowa-fall-2025/66051616|title=Iowa, Iowa State, UNI announce enrollment numbers for fall 2025|date=September 11, 2025|website=KCCI}}</ref> The university's academic offerings are administered through eight colleges, including the [[Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences|College of Agriculture and Life Sciences]], the [[Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine|College of Veterinary Medicine]], the [[Iowa State University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]], the Graduate College, the [[Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences|College of Liberal Arts & Sciences]], the College of Design, [[Iowa State University College of Business|Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business]], and the [[Iowa State University College of Human Sciences|College of Health and Human Sciences]]. They offer more than 100 [[bachelor's degree]] programs,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.iastate.edu/academics/majors-minors-certificates |title= Majors, Minors and Certificates |website= Iowa State University |access-date= February 9, 2024 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240121174333/https://www.iastate.edu/academics/majors-minors-certificates |archive-date= 2024-01-21}}</ref> 120 [[master's degree]] programs, and 80 [[doctoral degree]] programs, plus a [[professional degree]] program in [[Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine|Veterinary Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.grad-college.iastate.edu/academics/programs/apprograms.php |title= Graduate Programs, Certificates, and Minors |website= Iowa State University |access-date= February 9, 2024}}</ref> | ||
Iowa State is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."<ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |title=Iowa State University |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040244/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603 |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |access-date=December 20, 2010 |publisher=Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching}}</ref> The university is affiliated with the [[Ames National Laboratory]], the Biorenewables Research Laboratory, the Plant Sciences Institute, and various other research institutes. Iowa State University's athletic teams, the [[Iowa State Cyclones|Cyclones]], compete in [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] of the [[NCAA]] and are a founding member of the [[Big 12]]. | Iowa State is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."<ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |title=Iowa State University |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040244/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603 |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |access-date=December 20, 2010 |publisher=Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching}}</ref> The university is affiliated with the [[Ames National Laboratory]], the Biorenewables Research Laboratory, the Plant Sciences Institute, and various other research institutes. Iowa State University's athletic teams, the [[Iowa State Cyclones|Cyclones]], compete in [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] of the [[NCAA]] and are a founding member of the [[Big 12]]. | ||
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In 1856, the [[Iowa General Assembly]] enacted legislation to establish the Iowa Agricultural College and [[Model farm|Model Farm]]. This institution (now Iowa State University) was officially established on March 22, 1858, by the General Assembly. [[Story County, Iowa|Story County]] was chosen as the location on June 21, 1859, beating proposals from [[Johnson County, Iowa|Johnson]], [[Kossuth County, Iowa|Kossuth]], [[Marshall County, Iowa|Marshall]] and [[Polk County, Iowa|Polk]] counties. The original farm of {{convert|648|acre|km2}} was purchased at a cost of $5,379.<ref name="of Iowa State Time Line, 1858–1874">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1858.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513215211/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1858.html|url-status=dead|title=History of Iowa State Time Line, 1858-1874.|archivedate=May 13, 2009}}</ref> | In 1856, the [[Iowa General Assembly]] enacted legislation to establish the Iowa Agricultural College and [[Model farm|Model Farm]]. This institution (now Iowa State University) was officially established on March 22, 1858, by the General Assembly. [[Story County, Iowa|Story County]] was chosen as the location on June 21, 1859, beating proposals from [[Johnson County, Iowa|Johnson]], [[Kossuth County, Iowa|Kossuth]], [[Marshall County, Iowa|Marshall]] and [[Polk County, Iowa|Polk]] counties. The original farm of {{convert|648|acre|km2}} was purchased at a cost of $5,379.<ref name="of Iowa State Time Line, 1858–1874">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1858.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513215211/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1858.html|url-status=dead|title=History of Iowa State Time Line, 1858-1874.|archivedate=May 13, 2009}}</ref> | ||
Iowa was the first state in the nation to accept the provisions of the [[Morrill Act of 1862]].<ref name="of Iowa State Time Line, 1858–1874"/><ref name=Pres>{{cite web |title=Sesquicentennial Message from President |url=http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/president.shtml |publisher=Iowa State University |access-date=September 8, 2011 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111104234/http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/president.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The state subsequently designated Iowa State as the [[land-grant college]] on March 29, 1864.<ref name=point/><ref name=Pres/> Iowa State University is one of four universities that claims to be the first [[land-grant institution]] in the United States, the others being [[Kansas State University]], [[Michigan State University]], and the [[Pennsylvania State University]]. | Iowa was the first state in the nation to accept the provisions of the [[Morrill Act of 1862]].<ref name="of Iowa State Time Line, 1858–1874"/><ref name=Pres>{{cite web |title=Sesquicentennial Message from President |url=http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/president.shtml |publisher=Iowa State University |access-date=September 8, 2011 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111104234/http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/president.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The state subsequently designated Iowa State as the [[land-grant college]] on March 29, 1864.<ref name=point/><ref name=Pres/> Iowa State University is one of four universities that claims to be the first [[land-grant institution]] in the United States, the others being [[Kansas State University]], [[Michigan State University]], and the [[Pennsylvania State University]]. | ||
From the start, Iowa Agricultural College focused on the ideals that higher education should be accessible to all and that the university should teach liberal and practical subjects. These ideals are integral to the land-grant university.<ref name="of Iowa State Time Line, 1858–1874"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/time.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607144835/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/time.html|url-status=dead|title=History of Iowa State|archivedate=June 7, 2011}}</ref> | From the start, Iowa Agricultural College focused on the ideals that higher education should be accessible to all and that the university should teach liberal and practical subjects. These ideals are integral to the land-grant university.<ref name="of Iowa State Time Line, 1858–1874"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/time.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607144835/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/time.html|url-status=dead|title=History of Iowa State|archivedate=June 7, 2011}}</ref> | ||
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=== Manhattan Project === | === Manhattan Project === | ||
Iowa State played a role in the development of the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]] as part of the [[Manhattan Project]], a research and development program begun in 1942 under the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= | Iowa State played a role in the development of the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]] as part of the [[Manhattan Project]], a research and development program begun in 1942 under the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iowastatedaily.com/19806/news/story-of-ames-connection-to-the-manhattan-project-retold/|title=Story of Ames connection to the Manhattan Project retold|last=Hamann|first=Jordan|website=Iowa State Daily|language=en|access-date=April 3, 2026}}</ref> | ||
The process to produce large quantities of high-purity uranium metal became known as the [[Ames process]]. One-third of the uranium metal used in the world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction was produced at Iowa State under the direction of [[Frank Spedding]] and [[Harley A. Wilhelm|Harley Wilhelm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameslab.gov/overview/history.html |title=Ames Lab History |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527110253/http://www.ameslab.gov/overview/history.html |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents?id=RlpaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html|title=Patent US2830894 - Production of uranium|work=google.com|access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201073051/http://www.google.com/patents?id=RlpaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Ames Project]] received the [[Army-Navy "E" Award|Army/Navy E Award]] for Excellence in Production on October 12, 1945, for its work with metallic uranium as a vital war material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/ames-ia|title=Ames, IA|website=Atomic Heritage Foundation|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131192343/https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/ames-ia|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, ISU is the only university in the United States that has a [[U.S. Department of Energy]] research laboratory physically located on its campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ameslab.gov/index.php/about-ames-laboratory|title=About|website=Ames Laboratory Website|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802055337/https://www.ameslab.gov/index.php/about-ames-laboratory|url-status=live}}</ref> | The process to produce large quantities of high-purity uranium metal became known as the [[Ames process]]. One-third of the uranium metal used in the world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction was produced at Iowa State under the direction of [[Frank Spedding]] and [[Harley A. Wilhelm|Harley Wilhelm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameslab.gov/overview/history.html |title=Ames Lab History |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527110253/http://www.ameslab.gov/overview/history.html |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents?id=RlpaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html|title=Patent US2830894 - Production of uranium|work=google.com|access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201073051/http://www.google.com/patents?id=RlpaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Ames Project]] received the [[Army-Navy "E" Award|Army/Navy E Award]] for Excellence in Production on October 12, 1945, for its work with metallic uranium as a vital war material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/ames-ia|title=Ames, IA|website=Atomic Heritage Foundation|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131192343/https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/ames-ia|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, ISU is the only university in the United States that has a [[U.S. Department of Energy]] research laboratory physically located on its campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ameslab.gov/index.php/about-ames-laboratory|title=About|website=Ames Laboratory Website|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802055337/https://www.ameslab.gov/index.php/about-ames-laboratory|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
=== Atanasoff–Berry Computer === | === Atanasoff–Berry Computer === | ||
[[Image:Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Durhum Center.jpg|thumb|[[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] replica on | [[Image:Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Durhum Center.jpg|thumb|[[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] replica on first floor of Durham Center, Iowa State University]] | ||
Iowa State is the birthplace of the first electronic digital computer, starting the world's computer technology revolution. Invented by mathematics and physics professor [[John Atanasoff]] and engineering graduate student [[Clifford Berry]] during 1937–42, the [[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] pioneered important elements of modern computing.<ref name="auto"/> | Iowa State is the birthplace of the first electronic digital computer, starting the world's computer technology revolution. Invented by mathematics and physics professor [[John Atanasoff]] and engineering graduate student [[Clifford Berry]] during 1937–42, the [[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] pioneered important elements of modern computing.<ref name="auto"/> | ||
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{{main|Campanile (Iowa State University)}} | {{main|Campanile (Iowa State University)}} | ||
[[Image:Ames iowastate.jpg|left|thumb|upright|The campanile as seen from the north]] | [[Image:Ames iowastate.jpg|left|thumb|upright|The campanile as seen from the north]] | ||
The campanile was constructed during | The campanile was constructed during 1897–1898 as a [[memorial]] to Margaret MacDonald Stanton, Iowa State's first dean of women, who died on July 25, 1895. The tower is located on ISU's central campus, just north of the [[Memorial Union (Iowa State University)|Memorial Union]]. The site was selected by Margaret's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, with the help of then-university president William M. Beardshear. The campanile stands {{convert|110|ft|m}} tall on a 16 by 16 foot (5 by 5 m) base, and cost $6,510.20 to construct.<ref name="lib.iastate.edu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/campanile/camphist.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607110636/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/campanile/camphist.html|url-status=dead|title=Iowa State University Library. "History of the Campanile"|archivedate=June 7, 2011}}</ref> | ||
The campanile is widely seen as one of the major symbols of Iowa State University. It is featured prominently on the university's official ring<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/official_isu_ring/ring_symbolism.cfm| title = Iowa State University Alumni Association. "Ring Symbolism"| access-date = March 25, 2011| archive-date = February 11, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211041455/http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/official_isu_ring/ring_symbolism.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref> and the university's mace,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/traditions_of_iowa_state/traditions_and_history/official_university_mace.cfm| title = Iowa State University Alumni Association. "Official University Mace"| access-date = March 25, 2011| archive-date = May 5, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110505231549/http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/traditions_of_iowa_state/traditions_and_history/official_university_mace.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref> and is also the subject of the university's alma mater, ''The Bells of Iowa State''.<ref name="lib.iastate.edu"/> | The campanile is widely seen as one of the major symbols of Iowa State University. It is featured prominently on the university's official ring<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/official_isu_ring/ring_symbolism.cfm| title = Iowa State University Alumni Association. "Ring Symbolism"| access-date = March 25, 2011| archive-date = February 11, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211041455/http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/official_isu_ring/ring_symbolism.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref> and the university's mace,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/traditions_of_iowa_state/traditions_and_history/official_university_mace.cfm| title = Iowa State University Alumni Association. "Official University Mace"| access-date = March 25, 2011| archive-date = May 5, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110505231549/http://www.isualum.org/en/traditions/traditions_of_iowa_state/traditions_and_history/official_university_mace.cfm| url-status = live}}</ref> and is also the subject of the university's alma mater, ''The Bells of Iowa State''.<ref name="lib.iastate.edu"/> | ||
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=== Rankings === | === Rankings === | ||
{{Infobox US university ranking | {{Infobox US university ranking | ||
<!-- National rankings -->| Forbes_NU = | <!-- National rankings --> | ||
| USNWR_NU = | | Forbes_NU = 146 | ||
| Wamo_NU = | | USNWR_NU = 117 <small>(tie)</small> | ||
| WSJ_NU = | | Wamo_NU = 238 | ||
<!-- Global rankings -- | | WSJ_NU = 141 | ||
<!-- Global rankings --> | |||
| ARWU_W = 401–500 | | ARWU_W = 401–500 | ||
| QS_W = 449 | |||
| THE_W = 401–500 | |||
| USNWR_W = 380 <small>(tie)</small> | |||
}} | }} | ||
Classified as one of [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie's]] "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603&start_page=standard.php&clq=%7B%22basic2005_ids%22:%2215%22%7D|title=Iowa State University|date=September 1, 2017|website=Carnegie Classifications|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012233/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603&start_page=standard.php&clq=%7B%22basic2005_ids%22:%2215%22%7D|url-status=live}}</ref> Iowa State | Classified as one of [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie's]] "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603&start_page=standard.php&clq=%7B%22basic2005_ids%22:%2215%22%7D|title=Iowa State University|date=September 1, 2017|website=Carnegie Classifications|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012233/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=153603&start_page=standard.php&clq=%7B%22basic2005_ids%22:%2215%22%7D|url-status=live}}</ref> Iowa State received nearly $550 million in research grants for fiscal year 2025.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://research.iastate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/Sponsored-Funding-FY25-FY16-by-Source-07_11_2025.pdf |title=Sponsored Funding Awarded to Iowa State University |date=July 11, 2025 |website=Office of the Vice President for Research |publisher=Iowa State University |access-date=November 17, 2025}}</ref> | ||
=== Parks Library === | === Parks Library === | ||
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== Research == | == Research == | ||
Iowa State University is a member of the [[Universities Research Association]], [[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]] and the [[Association of Public and Land-grant Universities]]. In | Iowa State University is a member of the [[Universities Research Association]], [[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]] and the [[Association of Public and Land-grant Universities]]. In fiscal year 2023, Iowa State spent $420.8 million in R&D.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd |title=Rankings by total R&D expenditures |date=January 19, 2024 |website=[[National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics]] |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=August 3, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718113650/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd |archive-date=July 18, 2024 }}</ref> | ||
Iowa State was a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] from 1958 until April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaschik |first1=Scott |title=Iowa State announces its departure from AAU |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/22/iowa-state-announces-its-departure-aau |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=April 22, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516194732/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/22/iowa-state-announces-its-departure-aau |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McClellan |first1=Jack |title=Iowa State steps down from the Association of American Universities |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/iowa-state-university-association-of-american-universities-research-funding-terminate-step-down-membership-institutions-staff-faculty-students-administration-wendy-wintersteen-peter-dorhout-david-peterson-andrea-wheeler-amy-andreotti-medical-schools-national-institute-of-health-isu-aau-nih-high-quality-education/article_fc7b3f04-c74d-11ec-9ea5-ffd95c2ba195.html |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=[[Iowa State Daily]] |date=April 28, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514083321/https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/iowa-state-university-association-of-american-universities-research-funding-terminate-step-down-membership-institutions-staff-faculty-students-administration-wendy-wintersteen-peter-dorhout-david-peterson-andrea-wheeler-amy-andreotti-medical-schools-national-institute-of-health-isu-aau-nih-high-quality-education/article_fc7b3f04-c74d-11ec-9ea5-ffd95c2ba195.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It departed claiming that AAU's internal ranking indicators unfairly favor institutions with high levels of [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] funding and noted that its strength is not in biomedical research because the school does not have a medical school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iowa State concludes its AAU membership |url=https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2022/04/21/aau.php |website=Iowa State University |access-date=October 8, 2013 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421174721/https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2022/04/21/aau |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Akin |first1=Katie |title=Iowa State left a prestigious association. What does that mean for the school's reputation? |url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/04/25/iowa-state-left-a-prestigious-association-what-does-that-mean-for-the-schools-reputation/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=Iowa Capital Dispatch |date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520211921/https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/04/25/iowa-state-left-a-prestigious-association-what-does-that-mean-for-the-schools-reputation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Vanessa |title=Faculty ask why Iowa State left AAU, and its implications |url=https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/faculty-ask-why-iowa-state-left-the-aau-and-what-it-means/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|The Gazette]] |date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515162614/https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/faculty-ask-why-iowa-state-left-the-aau-and-what-it-means/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | Iowa State was a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] from 1958 until April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaschik |first1=Scott |title=Iowa State announces its departure from AAU |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/22/iowa-state-announces-its-departure-aau |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=April 22, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516194732/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/22/iowa-state-announces-its-departure-aau |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McClellan |first1=Jack |title=Iowa State steps down from the Association of American Universities |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/iowa-state-university-association-of-american-universities-research-funding-terminate-step-down-membership-institutions-staff-faculty-students-administration-wendy-wintersteen-peter-dorhout-david-peterson-andrea-wheeler-amy-andreotti-medical-schools-national-institute-of-health-isu-aau-nih-high-quality-education/article_fc7b3f04-c74d-11ec-9ea5-ffd95c2ba195.html |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=[[Iowa State Daily]] |date=April 28, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514083321/https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/iowa-state-university-association-of-american-universities-research-funding-terminate-step-down-membership-institutions-staff-faculty-students-administration-wendy-wintersteen-peter-dorhout-david-peterson-andrea-wheeler-amy-andreotti-medical-schools-national-institute-of-health-isu-aau-nih-high-quality-education/article_fc7b3f04-c74d-11ec-9ea5-ffd95c2ba195.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It departed claiming that AAU's internal ranking indicators unfairly favor institutions with high levels of [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] funding and noted that its strength is not in biomedical research because the school does not have a medical school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iowa State concludes its AAU membership |url=https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2022/04/21/aau.php |website=Iowa State University |access-date=October 8, 2013 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421174721/https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2022/04/21/aau |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Akin |first1=Katie |title=Iowa State left a prestigious association. What does that mean for the school's reputation? |url=https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/04/25/iowa-state-left-a-prestigious-association-what-does-that-mean-for-the-schools-reputation/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=Iowa Capital Dispatch |date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520211921/https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/04/25/iowa-state-left-a-prestigious-association-what-does-that-mean-for-the-schools-reputation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Vanessa |title=Faculty ask why Iowa State left AAU, and its implications |url=https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/faculty-ask-why-iowa-state-left-the-aau-and-what-it-means/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|The Gazette]] |date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515162614/https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/faculty-ask-why-iowa-state-left-the-aau-and-what-it-means/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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Iowa State is the only university in the United States that has a [[U.S. Department of Energy]] research laboratory physically located on its campus. Operated by Iowa State, [[Ames Laboratory|Ames National Laboratory]] is one of ten national DOE Office of Science research laboratories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories |title = National Laboratories | website = U.S. Department of Energy | access-date = February 9, 2024}}</ref> | Iowa State is the only university in the United States that has a [[U.S. Department of Energy]] research laboratory physically located on its campus. Operated by Iowa State, [[Ames Laboratory|Ames National Laboratory]] is one of ten national DOE Office of Science research laboratories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories |title = National Laboratories | website = U.S. Department of Energy | access-date = February 9, 2024}}</ref> | ||
ISU research for the government provided Ames National Laboratory its start in the 1940s with the development of a highly efficient process for producing high-purity uranium for atomic energy. Today, Ames National Laboratory continues its leading status in current materials research and focuses diverse fundamental and applied research strengths upon issues of national concern, cultivates research talent, and develops and transfers technologies to improve industrial competitiveness and enhance U.S. economic security. Ames National Laboratory employs more than 500 full- and part-time employees. Students make up more than 45 percent of the paid workforce.<ref> {{cite web |url= https://www.ameslab.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/FY16-FY22%20%20-%20Demographic%20Trend%20Website%20Data%20%281%29.pdf |title= Ames National Laboratory Workforce Demographic Trends |publisher= Ames National Laboratory |access-date= February 9, 2024 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230518004121/https://www.ameslab.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/FY16-FY22%20%20-%20Demographic%20Trend%20Website%20Data%20(1).pdf |archive-date= 2023-05-18}} </ref> | ISU research for the government provided Ames National Laboratory its start in the 1940s with the development of a highly efficient process for producing high-purity uranium for atomic energy. Today, Ames National Laboratory continues its leading status in current materials research and focuses diverse fundamental and applied research strengths upon issues of national concern, cultivates research talent, and develops and transfers technologies to improve industrial competitiveness and enhance U.S. economic security. Ames National Laboratory employs more than 500 full- and part-time employees. Students make up more than 45 percent of the paid workforce.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ameslab.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/FY16-FY22%20%20-%20Demographic%20Trend%20Website%20Data%20%281%29.pdf |title= Ames National Laboratory Workforce Demographic Trends |publisher= Ames National Laboratory |access-date= February 9, 2024 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230518004121/https://www.ameslab.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/FY16-FY22%20%20-%20Demographic%20Trend%20Website%20Data%20(1).pdf |archive-date= 2023-05-18}}</ref> | ||
[[Dan Shechtman]], awarded the 2011 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for the discovery of [[quasicrystal]]s at [[Johns Hopkins University]], is an Associate of Ames National Laboratory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2011/shechtman/facts/ |title=Dan Shechtman – Facts |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] |access-date=April 4, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/dan-shechtman |title=Dan Shechtman {{!}} American Academy of Arts & Sciences |date=January 2024 |publisher=[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=April 4, 2024 }}</ref> | [[Dan Shechtman]], awarded the 2011 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for the discovery of [[quasicrystal]]s at [[Johns Hopkins University]], is an Associate of Ames National Laboratory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2011/shechtman/facts/ |title=Dan Shechtman – Facts |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] |access-date=April 4, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/dan-shechtman |title=Dan Shechtman {{!}} American Academy of Arts & Sciences |date=January 2024 |publisher=[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=April 4, 2024 }}</ref> | ||
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The '''Engineering Teaching and Research Complex''' was built in 1999 and is home to Stanley and Helen Howe Hall and Gary and Donna Hoover Hall.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/99/oct/ETRC.html|title=News|last=Holger|first=Dave|date=October 20, 1999|website=ENGINEERING TEACHING AND RESEARCH COMPLEX FACTS|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306174900/https://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/99/oct/ETRC.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The complex is occupied by the [[Virtual Reality Applications Center]] (VRAC), [[Center for Industrial Research and Service|Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)]], Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Computer Support Services, Engineering Distance Education, and Iowa Space Grant Consortium.<ref name=":0" /> And the complex contains one of the world's only six-sided immersive [[virtual reality]] labs (C6), as well as the 240 seat 3D-capable Alliant Energy Lee Liu Auditorium, the Multimodal Experience Testbed and Laboratory (METaL), and the User Experience Lab (UX Lab).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/facilities/|title=Facilities|date=December 10, 2013|work=Virtual Reality Applications Center|access-date=August 28, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807142403/http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/facilities/|url-status=live}}</ref> All of which supports the research of more than 50 faculty and 200 graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral students.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/|title=VRAC|date=December 10, 2013|work=Virtual Reality Applications Center|access-date=August 28, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820224006/http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> | The '''Engineering Teaching and Research Complex''' was built in 1999 and is home to Stanley and Helen Howe Hall and Gary and Donna Hoover Hall.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/99/oct/ETRC.html|title=News|last=Holger|first=Dave|date=October 20, 1999|website=ENGINEERING TEACHING AND RESEARCH COMPLEX FACTS|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306174900/https://www.news.iastate.edu/oldreleases/99/oct/ETRC.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The complex is occupied by the [[Virtual Reality Applications Center]] (VRAC), [[Center for Industrial Research and Service|Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)]], Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Computer Support Services, Engineering Distance Education, and Iowa Space Grant Consortium.<ref name=":0" /> And the complex contains one of the world's only six-sided immersive [[virtual reality]] labs (C6), as well as the 240 seat 3D-capable Alliant Energy Lee Liu Auditorium, the Multimodal Experience Testbed and Laboratory (METaL), and the User Experience Lab (UX Lab).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/facilities/|title=Facilities|date=December 10, 2013|work=Virtual Reality Applications Center|access-date=August 28, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807142403/http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/facilities/|url-status=live}}</ref> All of which supports the research of more than 50 faculty and 200 graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral students.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/|title=VRAC|date=December 10, 2013|work=Virtual Reality Applications Center|access-date=August 28, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820224006/http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The '''Plant Sciences Institute''' was founded in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Innovations Through the Years |url=https://www.research.iastate.edu/timeline/ |website=Research Timeline |publisher=Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227060111/https://www.research.iastate.edu/timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> PSI's research focus is to understand the effects of genotype (genetic makeup) and environment on phenotypes (traits) sufficiently well that it will be able to predict the phenotype of a given genotype in a given environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plant Sciences Institute |date=March 21, 2019 |url=https://www.cals.iastate.edu/node/208987 |publisher=Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227174328/https://www.cals.iastate.edu/node/208987 |url-status=live }}</ref> The institute is housed in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory and is home to the Plant Sciences Institute Faculty Scholars program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plant Sciences Institute |website=www.psi.iastate.edu |url=https://www.psi.iastate.edu/ |publisher=Iowa State University Plant Sciences Institute |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133913/https://www.psi.iastate.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | The '''Plant Sciences Institute''' was founded in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Innovations Through the Years |url=https://www.research.iastate.edu/timeline/ |website=Research Timeline |publisher=Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227060111/https://www.research.iastate.edu/timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> PSI's research focus is to understand the effects of genotype (genetic makeup) and environment on phenotypes (traits) sufficiently well that it will be able to predict the phenotype of a given genotype in a given environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plant Sciences Institute |work=College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |date=March 21, 2019 |url=https://www.cals.iastate.edu/node/208987 |publisher=Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227174328/https://www.cals.iastate.edu/node/208987 |url-status=live }}</ref> The institute is housed in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory and is home to the Plant Sciences Institute Faculty Scholars program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plant Sciences Institute |website=www.psi.iastate.edu |url=https://www.psi.iastate.edu/ |publisher=Iowa State University Plant Sciences Institute |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133913/https://www.psi.iastate.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
There is also the Iowa State University Northeast Research Farm in [[Nashua, Iowa|Nashua]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Simmet, Jean-Caspers|url=https://wcfcourier.com/business/local/isu-nashua-research-farm-marks-years/article_61386259-62fc-577e-a809-0a8bccd6140d.html|title=ISU Nashua research farm marks 40 years|work=[[WCF Courier]]|date=September 25, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328221449/https://wcfcourier.com/business/local/isu-nashua-research-farm-marks-years/article_61386259-62fc-577e-a809-0a8bccd6140d.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | There is also the Iowa State University Northeast Research Farm in [[Nashua, Iowa|Nashua]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Simmet, Jean-Caspers|url=https://wcfcourier.com/business/local/isu-nashua-research-farm-marks-years/article_61386259-62fc-577e-a809-0a8bccd6140d.html|title=ISU Nashua research farm marks 40 years|work=[[WCF Courier]]|date=September 25, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328221449/https://wcfcourier.com/business/local/isu-nashua-research-farm-marks-years/article_61386259-62fc-577e-a809-0a8bccd6140d.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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=== Student government === | === Student government === | ||
The governing body for ISU students is ISU Student Government. The ISU Student Government is composed of a president, vice president, finance director, cabinet appointed by the president, a clerk appointed by the vice president, senators representing each college and residence area at the university, a nine-member judicial branch and an election commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/|title=Government of the Student Body - Iowa State University|work=iastate.edu|access-date=June 6, 2006|archive-date=June 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615002210/http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> | The governing body for ISU students is the ISU Student Government. The ISU Student Government is composed of a president, vice president, finance director, cabinet appointed by the president, a clerk appointed by the vice president, senators representing each college and residence area at the university, a nine-member judicial branch, and an election commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/|title=Government of the Student Body - Iowa State University|work=iastate.edu|access-date=June 6, 2006|archive-date=June 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615002210/http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
=== Student organizations === | === Student organizations === | ||
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The original building was designed by architect, William T. Proudfoot. The building employs a classical style of [[architecture]] reflecting [[ancient Greece|Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] influences. The building's design specifically complements the designs of the major buildings surrounding the University's Central Campus area, Beardshear Hall to the west, Curtiss Hall to the east, and MacKay Hall to the north. The style utilizes columns with [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] capitals, Palladian windows, triangular [[pediments]], and formally balanced [[facades]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/architecture|title=Architecture|work=iastate.edu|access-date=March 25, 2011|archive-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411230049/http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/architecture/|url-status=live}}</ref> | The original building was designed by architect, William T. Proudfoot. The building employs a classical style of [[architecture]] reflecting [[ancient Greece|Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] influences. The building's design specifically complements the designs of the major buildings surrounding the University's Central Campus area, Beardshear Hall to the west, Curtiss Hall to the east, and MacKay Hall to the north. The style utilizes columns with [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] capitals, Palladian windows, triangular [[pediments]], and formally balanced [[facades]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/architecture|title=Architecture|work=iastate.edu|access-date=March 25, 2011|archive-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411230049/http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/architecture/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Designed to be a living memorial for ISU students lost in [[World War I]], the building includes a solemn memorial hall, named the Gold Star Room, which honors the names of the dead World War I, [[World War II]], [[Korean War|Korean]], [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and [[ | Designed to be a living memorial for ISU students lost in [[World War I]], the building includes a solemn memorial hall, named the Gold Star Room, which honors the names of the dead World War I, [[World War II]], [[Korean War|Korean]], [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and [[war on terrorism]] veterans engraved in marble. Symbolically, the hall was built directly over a library (the Browsing Library) and a small chapel, the symbol being that no country would ever send its young men to die in a war for a noble cause without a solid foundation on both education (the library) and religion (the chapel). On Veterans Day in 2014, ISU's "Gold Star Hall" publicly honored Petty Officer Jerry Leroy Converse, a U.S. Navy sailor that was killed by Israel during the 1967 [[USS Liberty incident|USS ''Liberty'' incident]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2014/11/11/proper-tribute-veterans-day/18837305/ | title=Veterans Day: A proper tribute to those lost in USS Liberty attack | website=[[The Des Moines Register]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/11/05/goldstarconverse | title=ISU Gold Star Ceremony will honor Boone Navy man killed in the 1967 Six-Day War • News Service • Iowa State University }}</ref> Converse is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, Iowa.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stationhypo.com/2021/06/11/remembering-ct3-jerry-l-converse-usn-kia-uss-liberty/ | title=Remembering CT3 Jerry L. Converse, USN, KIA USS Liberty | work=Station HYPO | date=June 11, 2021 }}</ref> This ceremony came 47 years after the attack. | ||
Renovations and additions have continued through the years to include: elevators, bowling lanes, a parking ramp, a book store, food court, and additional wings. | Renovations and additions have continued through the years to include: elevators, bowling lanes, a parking ramp, a book store, food court, and additional wings. | ||
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{{main|VEISHEA}} | {{main|VEISHEA}} | ||
[[Image:VEISHEA2006.jpg|thumb|The [[VEISHEA]] 2006 Battle of the Bands]] | [[Image:VEISHEA2006.jpg|thumb|The [[VEISHEA]] 2006 Battle of the Bands]] | ||
Iowa State is widely known for VEISHEA, an annual education and entertainment festival that was held on campus each spring. The name VEISHEA was derived from the initials of ISU's five original colleges, forming an acronym as the university existed when the festival was founded in 1922. VEISHEA was the largest student-run festival in the nation, bringing in tens of thousands of visitors to the campus each year.{{ | Iowa State is widely known for VEISHEA, an annual education and entertainment festival that was held on campus each spring. The name VEISHEA was derived from the initials of ISU's five original colleges, forming an acronym as the university existed when the festival was founded in 1922. VEISHEA was the largest student-run festival in the nation, bringing in tens of thousands of visitors to the campus each year.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} VEISHEA was retired as an annual event at Iowa State in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/08/07/veisheaend|title = Veishea ends at Iowa State; new traditions will begin with 'thoughtful approach'|access-date = August 30, 2014|website = Iowa State University News Service|publisher = Iowa State University|archive-date = August 20, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140820202629/http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/08/07/veisheaend|url-status = live}}</ref> | ||
The celebration featured an annual parade and many open-house demonstrations of the university facilities and departments. Campus organizations exhibited products, technologies, and held fund raisers for various charity groups. In addition, VEISHEA brought speakers, lecturers, and entertainers to Iowa State, and throughout its over eight decade history, it has hosted such distinguished guests as [[Bob Hope]], [[John Wayne]], Presidents [[Harry Truman]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Lyndon Johnson]], and performers [[Diana Ross]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Sonny and Cher]], [[The Who]], The [[Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Bobby V]], and [[The Black Eyed Peas]].<ref>[http://www.veishea.iastate.edu/2006/mediakit/history.pdf VEISHEA History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004848/http://www.veishea.iastate.edu/2006/mediakit/history.pdf |date=December 3, 2007 }} from the official 2006 media kit</ref> | The celebration featured an annual parade and many open-house demonstrations of the university facilities and departments. Campus organizations exhibited products, technologies, and held fund raisers for various charity groups. In addition, VEISHEA brought speakers, lecturers, and entertainers to Iowa State, and throughout its over eight decade history, it has hosted such distinguished guests as [[Bob Hope]], [[John Wayne]], Presidents [[Harry Truman]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Lyndon Johnson]], and performers [[Diana Ross]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Sonny and Cher]], [[The Who]], The [[Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Bobby V]], and [[The Black Eyed Peas]].<ref>[http://www.veishea.iastate.edu/2006/mediakit/history.pdf VEISHEA History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004848/http://www.veishea.iastate.edu/2006/mediakit/history.pdf |date=December 3, 2007 }} from the official 2006 media kit</ref> | ||
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On June 8, 2015, Steve Prohm took over as head basketball coach replacing Hoiberg who left to take the head coaching position with the Chicago Bulls. In his first season with the Cyclones, Prohm secured a #4 seed in the Midwest region where the Cyclones advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to top-seeded [[University of Virginia|Virginia]], 84–71. In 2017, Iowa State stunned 3rd ranked [[University of Kansas|Kansas]], 92–89, in overtime, snapping KU's 54-game home winning streak, before winning the [[2017 Big 12 men's basketball tournament]], its third conference championship in four years, defeating [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] in the final. | On June 8, 2015, Steve Prohm took over as head basketball coach replacing Hoiberg who left to take the head coaching position with the Chicago Bulls. In his first season with the Cyclones, Prohm secured a #4 seed in the Midwest region where the Cyclones advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to top-seeded [[University of Virginia|Virginia]], 84–71. In 2017, Iowa State stunned 3rd ranked [[University of Kansas|Kansas]], 92–89, in overtime, snapping KU's 54-game home winning streak, before winning the [[2017 Big 12 men's basketball tournament]], its third conference championship in four years, defeating [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] in the final. | ||
Of Iowa State's 19 NCAA tournament appearances, the Cyclones have reached the Sweet Sixteen eight times ( | Of Iowa State's 19 NCAA tournament appearances, the Cyclones have reached the Sweet Sixteen eight times (1986, 1997, 2000, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024, 2026), made two appearances in the Elite Eight (1944, 2000), and reached the Final Four once in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle,dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1608347&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=10700&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBE.html|title="Iowa State Men's Basketball Media Guide" Iowa State University. 2008.|access-date=June 30, 2010|archive-date=August 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802040558/https://cyclones.com/404-1.aspx?url=%2fviewarticle%2cdbml%3fdb_oem_id%3d10700%26atclid%3d1608347%26key%3d%26db_oem_id%3d10700%26db_lang%3d%26in_subscribe.html%3d|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
=== Women's basketball === | === Women's basketball === | ||
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== Notable alumni and faculty == | == Notable alumni and faculty == | ||
{{main|List of Iowa State University | {{main|List of Iowa State University alumni}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[CyRide]] | * [[CyRide]] | ||
* [[List of land-grant universities]] | * [[List of land-grant universities]] | ||
* [[List of presidents of Iowa State University|Presidents of Iowa State University]] | |||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
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