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2025 Year in Review

As 2025 comes to an end, the Iowa State University News Service team is looking back and sharing some of its favorite and more popular stories of the year.

December 16, 2025

  • Innovation and Research

From classroom to community

December 19, 2025

  • Agriculture

Patrick Schnable elected to National Academy of Inventors

December 11, 2025

Video stories and highlights

  • President Wintersteen smiling talking with students

    Thank you President Wintersteen

    Friends and colleagues honor President Wendy Wintersteen on her extraordinary career at Iowa State.

Fall commencement, student success stories

  • President Wendy Wintersteen shakes hands with a student crossing the stage in Hilton Coliseum during spring 2025 commencement.

    Fall 2025 Commencement

    Iowa State will celebrate fall graduates with commencement ceremonies Dec. 19-20. An estimated 1,803 students are completing degrees this semester. There is a livestream of the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies for those who cannot attend in person.

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  • Nevaeh Belgrave stands in a hallway of classrooms with a white shirt on and smiling.

    Nevaeh Belgrave

    From first-generation student to a campus leader, Nevaeh Belgrave's experiences, relationships and leadership roles shaped her journey at Iowa State.

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  • Cal stands with his arms crossed in a large entryway with a red Iowa State shirt inside a campus building at Iowa State.

    Cal Clucas

    From the family ranch in rural Illinois to the rodeo arenas of Wyoming and back to Iowa State, Cal Clucas’s journey to graduation has been anything but ordinary.

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Animated illustration of the Innovate at Iowa State logo.

Innovation at Work

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 collection of words, photos, video and audio showcases Iowa State University's Innovation at Work.

In the news

  • President Wendy Wintersteen prepares to retire

    Following nearly 50 years at Iowa State University in various capacities and the last eight as president, Dr. Wendy Wintersteen is preparing to retire. Wintersteen spoke with KCCI about her career and many accomplishments. 

  • Students fashion adaptable garments for kids with disabilities

    When Manu Smriti watched clothes she designed and made being modeled on a New York City runway this fall, what made her the happiest was seeing the joy and comfort of the person wearing them. The model, 14-year-old Raffy Paulino, nicknamed Rockstar, wore a flannel shirt, yellow T-shirt and jeans — all designed with his interests and needs in mind. Rockstar uses a wheelchair and other technology for movement, Smriti said, and he loves music, gaming and the color yellow.

  • ISU engineers creating computer game to train emergency responders

    Through a partnership with Polk County Emergency Management, researchers at Iowa State are developing an online game to help train emergency managers respond more effectively in times of disaster. Citing a gap in the market for severe weather emergency training games, the team seeks to make an engaging, immersive and flexible tool emergency trainers can use across departments.

  • Bioasphalt could provide new use for soybeans

    Scientists at Iowa State University have an innovative solution to extend the life of a repaved road. They want to turn soybeans into asphalt and say they have already proved it’s possible. The scientists are rigorously testing different blends to determine the durability and longevity of the bioasphalt under different conditions.