Hello, CALS, and Happy 2024!
I hope everyone had wonderful holidays, wherever they took you – nearby or far and wide. And I wish you and yours all good things all through this new year!
We’ve had many student and faculty trips over break, from Antarctica to India, Uganda to Panama, and more. Several of our faculty are teaching intense winter term courses that wrap up this week, and our farm crews everywhere in the state kept their appointed rounds throughout the break. Thanks to each of you for all you do! And thanks in advance to all of you for the work and energy this spring semester will take on behalf of our students, our science, and our service.
Here’s a homework assignment I hope you’ll all immediately accept: go to the Iowa State Safe webpage, and find the links at the bottom of the page to download the Iowa State Safe app on your mobile phone. Please encourage others to do so, too. It is relevant to us all – staff, faculty and students. After downloading, look around on the app to learn its capabilities.
Have a great week (or second week) back! - Dan
Scenes from CALS
Rising up at the ISU Research Park is the new Alliant Energy Agriculture Innovation Lab that will house Matt Darr's Digital Ag Program and other activities.
While visiting Oregon over the holidays, Greg Courtney, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, found time for some birding and bird photography. He captured this image of a male Varied Thrush at a state park on the Oregon coast.
Beautiful sunset of 2023, as seen in Key West, Florida.
Another interesting historical marker near campus. Who knows where this one is located?
