Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, commonly Iowa State University (ISU), is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States, and the second-largest university in the state by enrollment.艾奥瓦州立科技大学（Iowa State University of Science and Technology，通称艾奥瓦州立大学，简称 ISU）是美国艾奥瓦州埃姆斯的一所公立赠地研究型大学，在校生规模居全州第二。

Founded on 22 March 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, it was one of the first land-grant institutions in the nation and was renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology on 4 July 1959.该校于 1858 年 3 月 22 日以艾奥瓦农业学院与示范农场之名创办，是全美最早的赠地机构之一，并于 1959 年 7 月 4 日更名为艾奥瓦州立科技大学。

With 31,105 students enrolled in autumn 2025 and campus research expenditures of 420.8 million dollars in fiscal 2023, Iowa State is placed 540th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校 2025 年秋在校生为 31,105 人，2023 财年校园科研支出为 4.208 亿美元；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 540 位。

History

• In 1856 the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to establish the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, and the institution was officially established on 22 March 1858.1856 年，艾奥瓦州议会立法筹办艾奥瓦农业学院与示范农场；该校于 1858 年 3 月 22 日正式设立。
• Story County was chosen as the location on 21 June 1859, beating proposals from Johnson, Kossuth, Marshall and Polk counties, and the original farm of 648 acres was purchased for 5,379 dollars.1859 年 6 月 21 日，斯托里县在约翰逊县、科苏特县、马歇尔县与波尔克县的竞争中胜出、中选校址；最初的 648 英亩农场以 5,379 美元购入。
• Iowa was the first state in the nation to accept the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862, and the state designated Iowa State as its land-grant college on 29 March 1864.艾奥瓦是全美第一个接受 1862 年《莫里尔法案》条款的州；1864 年 3 月 29 日，该州指定艾奥瓦州立大学为其赠地学院。
• The Farm House, the first building on campus, was completed in 1861 before any students or classrooms occupied the site, and it later housed deans of agriculture such as Seaman Knapp and James Wilson.校园第一座建筑 Farm House 于 1861 年在学生与教室进驻之前建成，后来先后供 Seaman Knapp 与 James Wilson 等农学院院长居住。
• The institution has been coeducational since its first class was admitted in 1868, and its first graduating class of 1872 consisted of 24 men and two women.该校自 1868 年录取第一届学生起即实行男女同校；1872 年的首届毕业班由 24 名男生与 2 名女生组成。
• In 1872 the first courses in domestic economy were taught by Mary B. Welch, the president's wife, making Iowa State the first land-grant university to offer such training for college credit.1872 年，校长夫人 Mary B. Welch 讲授了首批家政学课程，使艾奥瓦州立大学成为首所将该类训练计入学分的赠地大学。
• In 1870 President Adonijah Welch and the professor of agriculture I. P. Roberts held three-day farmers' institutes at four Iowa towns, the earliest such institutes held off-campus by a land-grant institution.1870 年，校长 Adonijah Welch 与农学教授 I. P. Roberts 在艾奥瓦州四个城镇举办为期三天的农民讲习会，这是赠地机构最早在校外举办的此类讲习会。
• In 1879 the School of Veterinary Science was organised, becoming the first state veterinary college in the United States, with a two-year diploma course in zoology, anatomy and sanitary science.1879 年，兽医学院成立，成为美国第一所州立兽医学院，开设为期两年的文凭课程，科目包括动物学、解剖学与卫生学。
• William Miller Beardshear became president in 1891, added Morrill Hall, the Campanile, Catt Hall and Margaret Hall to the campus, and in 1898 the college was renamed Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts.William Miller Beardshear 于 1891 年出任校长，为校园增添 Morrill 楼、钟楼、Catt 楼与 Margaret 楼；1898 年该校更名为艾奥瓦州农工学院。
• In 1912 Iowa State held its first Homecoming celebration, proposed by Professor Samuel Beyer for alumni attending the annual football game against the University of Iowa.1912 年该校举办首届返校节，由 Samuel Beyer 教授提议，面向在年度橄榄球赛对阵艾奥瓦大学期间返校的校友。
• Iowa State celebrated its first VEISHEA festival on 11-13 May 1922, named by Professor Frank D. Paine from the initials of the colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, Industrial Science, Home Economics and Agriculture.1922 年 5 月 11 至 13 日，该校举办首届 VEISHEA 节，其名由 Frank D. Paine 教授取自兽医学院、工程学院、工业科学、家政学与农学院的首字母。
• The Statistical Laboratory was established in 1933 with George W. Snedecor as its first director, the first research and consulting institute of its kind in the country.统计实验室于 1933 年成立，由 George W. Snedecor 出任首任主任，是全美同类中最早的研究与咨询机构。
• In 1937 the mathematics and physics professor John Vincent Atanasoff conceived the basic principles of the world's first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, and the 1939 prototype was built with the graduate student Clifford Berry.1937 年，数学与物理学教授 John Vincent Atanasoff 构想出世界首台电子数字计算机「阿塔纳索夫-贝瑞计算机」的基本原理；1939 年他与研究生 Clifford Berry 建成样机。
• During the Second World War Iowa State took part in the Manhattan Project, and under Frank Spedding and Harley Wilhelm one-third of the uranium used in the first controlled nuclear chain reaction was produced on campus.二战期间，艾奥瓦州立大学参与曼哈顿计划；在 Frank Spedding 与 Harley Wilhelm 主持下，首次可控核链式反应所用铀的三分之一产自该校校园。
• The Ames Project received the Army-Navy E Award for Excellence in Production on 12 October 1945 for its work with metallic uranium as a vital war material.1945 年 10 月 12 日，埃姆斯项目因把金属铀作为关键战备物资的贡献，获颁陆海军卓越生产奖 E 奖。
• Ames Laboratory was established by the Atomic Energy Commission on 17 May 1947, grew out of the wartime Ames Project and remains a US Department of Energy national laboratory on campus.埃姆斯实验室由原子能委员会于 1947 年 5 月 17 日设立，脱胎于战时的埃姆斯项目，如今仍是设于该校校园的美国能源部国家实验室。
• On 4 July 1959 the college was officially renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology, though the institution is known in practice simply as Iowa State University.1959 年 7 月 4 日，该校正式更名为艾奥瓦州立科技大学，但实际使用中通称艾奥瓦州立大学。
• In 1958 Iowa State joined the Association of American Universities, a membership it held until April 2022, when it departed over ranking indicators that favoured biomedical research.1958 年，艾奥瓦州立大学加入美国大学协会，这一会员身份维持至 2022 年 4 月，其后因该协会偏重生物医学研究的排名指标而退出。
• VEISHEA grew into the largest student-run festival in the nation, drawing tens of thousands of visitors each spring, before it was retired as an annual event in 2014.VEISHEA 曾发展为全美规模最大的学生自办节庆，每年春季吸引数万名访客，最终于 2014 年不再作为年度活动举办。
• Iowa State set a record for enrollment in autumn 2015 with 36,001 students, and total enrollment climbed to 31,105 in autumn 2025 after three consecutive years of growth.该校 2015 年秋以 36,001 名学生创下入学纪录；在连续三年增长后，2025 年秋在校生总数回升至 31,105 人。
• Wendy Wintersteen served as the 16th president from 2017 until her retirement in January 2026, and David Cook, an Iowa State alumnus, became the 17th president on 1 March 2026.Wendy Wintersteen 自 2017 年起任第 16 任校长，至 2026 年 1 月退休；艾奥瓦州立大学校友 David Cook 于 2026 年 3 月 1 日出任第 17 任校长。
• The ISU Research Park Corporation was established in 1987 as an independent not-for-profit corporation managing the research park and incubator programmes.艾奥瓦州立大学研究园公司于 1987 年成立，是管理研究园与孵化项目的独立非营利机构。
• The Biorenewables Research Laboratory opened in 2010 in a LEED-Gold certified building that houses the Bioeconomy Institute and a National Science Foundation engineering research centre for biorenewable chemicals.生物可再生研究实验室于 2010 年在获 LEED 金级认证的建筑中启用，内设生物经济研究所以及由美国国家科学基金会资助的生物可再生化学品工程研究中心。

Academics

• The University is organised into eight colleges and two schools, offering more than 100 bachelor's degree programmes, 120 master's programmes and 80 doctoral programmes plus a professional degree in veterinary medicine.该校由八个学院与两个学部组成，提供 100 多个本科学位项目、120 个硕士项目、80 个博士项目，以及一项兽医学专业学位。
• Its eight colleges are Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business, Design, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine and the Graduate College.其八个学院为农业与生命科学学院、商学院、设计学院、工程学院、健康与人类科学学院、文理学院、兽医学院与研究生院。
• In autumn 2025 the university enrolled 26,346 undergraduates, 4,116 graduate students and 643 professional veterinary medicine students, drawing students from all 99 Iowa counties and 110 countries.2025 年秋，该校在校生含 26,346 名本科生、4,116 名研究生与 643 名专业兽医学生，生源覆盖艾奥瓦州全部 99 个县与 110 个国家。
• Iowa State is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, and it received nearly 550 million dollars in research grants for fiscal year 2025.该校被列为科研活动极高的 R1 类博士型大学，2025 财年获科研经费近 5.5 亿美元。
• The College of Engineering is the largest by enrollment with 8,628 students, followed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with 6,268 and the Ivy College of Business with 5,401.工程学院以 8,628 名学生在各学院中规模最大，文理学院以 6,268 人、Ivy 商学院以 5,401 人紧随其后。
• The Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication sits within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the School of Education within the College of Human Sciences.Greenlee 新闻与大众传播学部隶属文理学院，教育学部则隶属人类科学学院。
• Ames National Laboratory employs more than 500 full- and part-time staff, with students making up over 45 per cent of the paid workforce, and conducts materials research for the Department of Energy.埃姆斯国家实验室雇有 500 多名全职与兼职人员，学生占带薪员工四成以上，为能源部开展材料研究。
• The Plant Sciences Institute, founded in 1999, studies how genotype and environment determine phenotype, and is housed in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory.成立于 1999 年的植物科学研究所研究基因型与环境如何决定表型，设于 Roy J. Carver 联合实验室。
• The Engineering Teaching and Research Complex, built in 1999, contains one of the world's only six-sided immersive virtual reality laboratories, known as the C6.1999 年建成的工程教学与研究综合体，拥有全球仅有的六面沉浸式虚拟现实实验室之一 C6。
• The W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library holds over 2.6 million books and subscribes to more than 98,600 journal titles, with eight mural panels by the Iowa artist Grant Wood around its lobby staircase.帕克斯图书馆（W. Robert and Ellen Sorge）藏书逾 260 万册、订阅期刊逾 98,600 种，其门厅楼梯四周有艾奥瓦画家 Grant Wood 绘制的八幅壁画。
• Iowa State pioneered the outreach mission of land-grant colleges by creating the first Extension Service in 1902, a model on which the national extension programme of 1914 was largely based.该校于 1902 年创设首个推广服务处，开创了赠地学院的推广使命，1914 年的全国推广计划大体以此为蓝本。
• The university is home to one of the largest campus public art programmes in the United States, with over 2,000 works including 600 by significant national and international artists.该校拥有全美规模最大的校园公共艺术项目之一，作品逾 2,000 件，其中 600 件出自国内外知名艺术家之手。
• The Christian Petersen Art Museum, housed in the 1891 Morrill Hall, is named for the sculptor who served as the nation's first permanent campus artist-in-residence from 1934 to 1955.设于 1891 年 Morrill 楼的 Christian Petersen 艺术博物馆，以 1934 至 1955 年间担任全美首位常设校园驻校艺术家的雕塑家命名。
• Reiman Gardens, begun in 1993 with a gift from Bobbi and Roy Reiman, now covers 14 acres and was honoured with the President's Award in 2000 by All-America Rose Selections.Reiman 花园于 1993 年由 Bobbi 与 Roy Reiman 捐资兴建，现占地 14 英亩，并于 2000 年获全美玫瑰评选协会颁发的主席奖。
• In fiscal year 2023 the university spent 420.8 million dollars on research and development, and in autumn 2025 some 18,925 students, nearly 61 per cent of the total, were enrolled in STEM fields.该校 2023 财年的研发支出为 4.208 亿美元；2025 年秋，18,925 名学生就读于理工科领域，约占总数的 61%。
• The Iowa State University Northeast Research Farm in Nashua is one of several outlying research facilities supporting the university's agricultural experiment programme.位于纳舒厄的艾奥瓦州立大学东北研究农场，是支撑该校农业试验项目的若干校外研究设施之一。
• More than 70 per cent of undergraduates receive scholarships or grants, and 80 per cent of first-year students are supported through scholarships and grants.该校七成以上本科生获得奖学金或助学金，大一学生的受资助比例更高达 80%。

Campus

• Iowa State's campus in Ames contains over 160 buildings and spreads across about 2,000 acres, of which 490 acres form the central campus of trees, plants and classically designed buildings.艾奥瓦州立大学位于埃姆斯的校园有 160 多座建筑，占地约 2,000 英亩，其中 490 英亩为树木、植被与古典风格建筑构成的中央校园。
• The landscape's most dominant feature is the 20-acre central lawn, which the American Society of Landscape Architects listed as a medallion site in 1999.其景观最突出的特征是一片 20 英亩的中央草坪，美国景观设计师协会于 1999 年将其列为「勋章场地」。
• The campanile was built during 1897-1898 as a memorial to Margaret MacDonald Stanton, the university's first dean of women, and stands 110 feet tall on a 16-by-16-foot base at a cost of 6,510.20 dollars.钟楼建于 1897 至 1898 年，以纪念该校首位女学监 Margaret MacDonald Stanton，高 110 英尺，基座 16 乘 16 英尺，造价 6,510.20 美元。
• The Campanile is a major symbol of the university, is featured on its official ring and mace, and is the subject of the alma mater, The Bells of Iowa State.这座钟楼是该校的重要象征，出现在其官方校戒与权杖之上，也是校歌《The Bells of Iowa State》的主题。
• Lake LaVerne, named for the 1872 graduate LaVerne W. Noyes, was a gift from him in 1916 and is home to two mute swans named Sir Lancelot and Elaine.以 1872 届毕业生 LaVerne W. Noyes 命名的 LaVerne 湖由他在 1916 年捐建，湖中养着两只分别名为 Sir Lancelot 与 Elaine 的疣鼻天鹅。
• The Farm House Museum, a National Historic Landmark and the first building on campus, became a museum in 1976 and displays 19th and early 20th century decorative arts and furnishings.Farm House 博物馆是校园首座建筑、也是国家历史地标，1976 年改为博物馆，陈列 19 世纪与 20 世纪初的装饰艺术与家具。
• The Brunnier Art Museum, founded in 1975, is Iowa's only accredited museum emphasising decorative arts and holds collections of ceramics, glass, ivory, jade and enamelled metals.成立于 1975 年的 Brunnier 艺术博物馆，是艾奥瓦州唯一以装饰艺术为重点的认证博物馆，收藏陶瓷、玻璃、象牙、玉石与珐琅金属等。
• The Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden beside Morrill Hall displays 20th and 21st century sculpture, and the campus Memorial Union occupies a classical building opened in September 1928.Morrill 楼旁的安德森雕塑园（Elizabeth and Byron Anderson）陈列 20 世纪与 21 世纪雕塑；校园的纪念会堂则坐落在 1928 年 9 月启用的古典风格建筑内。
• The campus lies in Ames, which CNN ranked ninth among 100 best places to live in 2010 and which Business Insider named the second-best college town in America in 2012.校园所在的埃姆斯，2010 年被 CNN 列入最适合居住的百大城市第 9 位，2012 年被《商业内幕》评为全美第二佳大学城。

Reputation

• Iowa State University is placed 540th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，艾奥瓦州立大学位列世界第 540 位。
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed in the 401-450 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 401 至 450 区间。
• The U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places Iowa State 400th in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 400 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places Iowa State in the 401-500 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将该校列于第 401 至 500 区间。
• In the 2012 U.S. News rankings the university's College of Engineering ranked 43rd nationally, with biological and agricultural engineering fifth in the nation and statistics 20th.在 2012 年《美国新闻与世界报道》排名中，该校工程学院位列全美第 43，其生物与农业工程全美第 5，统计学全美第 20。
• The university is a member of the Universities Research Association, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.该校是大学研究协会、大学大气研究公司以及公立与赠地大学协会的成员。
• Ames National Laboratory is one of ten US Department of Energy Office of Science research laboratories, and Iowa State is the only American university with such a laboratory on its campus.埃姆斯国家实验室是能源部科学办公室下属十个研究实验室之一；艾奥瓦州立大学是全美唯一在校园内设有此类实验室的大学。
• Dan Shechtman, awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, is an associate of Ames National Laboratory.因发现准晶体而获 2011 年诺贝尔化学奖的 Dan Shechtman，是埃姆斯国家实验室的成员。
• Theodore Schultz, a member of the Iowa State faculty before 1943, won the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, one of two Nobel laureates associated with the university.1943 年之前任教于艾奥瓦州立大学的经济学家 Theodore Schultz，获得 1979 年诺贝尔经济学奖，是与该校相关的两位诺贝尔奖得主之一。
• The university is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference and a member of NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.该校是十二大联盟的创始成员、参加美国大学体育协会一级联赛，在 12 个运动项目中共设 16 支校队。

Student life

• Iowa State's motto is "Science with Practice", a phrase that governs its emphasis on linking learning with employment and research with practical application.艾奥瓦州立大学的校训是「Science with Practice」，强调把学习与就业、研究与实际应用结合起来。
• The athletic nickname Cyclones dates from 1895, when the football team beat Northwestern University 36-0 and the Chicago Tribune likened the team to a devastating Iowa cyclone.校队别名「旋风」可追溯到 1895 年——当年橄榄球队以 36 比 0 击败西北大学，《芝加哥论坛报》把该队比作横扫艾奥瓦的龙卷风。
• The mascot, Cy the Cardinal, was introduced in 1954 as a reference to the school colours, because a cyclone was judged too difficult to depict in costume.吉祥物「红衣主教鸟 Cy」于 1954 年启用，因龙卷风被认为难以做成服装造型，遂据校色选定红衣主教鸟。
• The University is a residential campus with 20 on-campus residence halls grouped into the Union Drive, Richardson Court and Towers associations, plus two apartment complexes for upperclassmen.该校为住宿制校园，20 栋校内宿舍分属 Union Drive、Richardson Court 与 Towers 三个宿舍联盟，另有两处面向高年级生的公寓区。
• The Memorial Union, opened in September 1928, holds the Gold Star Room memorial hall, the M-Shop, CyBowl and Billiards, the University Book Store and the Workspace.1928 年 9 月启用的纪念会堂内设金星纪念厅、M-Shop、CyBowl 保龄球馆、大学书店与 Workspace 创客空间。
• Fraternities and sororities at Iowa State comprise about fifty chapters involving 14.6 per cent of undergraduates, and the first fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, was established in 1875.该校的兄弟会与姐妹会约有 50 个分会、涉及 14.6% 的本科生；首个兄弟会 Delta Tau Delta 于 1875 年成立。
• The Iowa State Daily traces its roots to the Clipper, a news sheet started in 1890, and was named the 2016 best all-around daily student newspaper by the Society of Professional Journalists.《艾奥瓦州立日报》源自 1890 年创办的新闻小报《Clipper》，并于 2016 年被职业记者协会评为最佳综合性学生日报。
• The university has over 900 student organisations, a student-run radio station at 88.5 KURE and a student television station, ISUtv, housed in the former WOI-TV site established in 1950.该校有 900 多个学生组织，设有 88.5 KURE 学生电台与 ISUtv 学生电视台，后者设于 1950 年创办的原 WOI-TV 台址。
• Students compete annually against the Iowa Hawkeyes for the Cy-Hawk Trophy, and since 1977 the two in-state rivals have contested the series in nearly all sports.该校学生每年与艾奥瓦大学「鹰眼队」争夺 Cy-Hawk 奖杯；自 1977 年起，这对州内宿敌几乎在所有运动项目上展开角逐。
• VEISHEA once brought leading entertainers and speakers to campus, and its retirement in 2014 ended an over-eight-decade tradition that had hosted presidents Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan.VEISHEA 曾邀请知名艺人与演讲者到校；其 2014 年停办，终结了持续八十余年、曾接待杜鲁门与里根两位总统的传统。

Notable people

• Adonijah Welch was the first president of Iowa State, serving from 1868 and overseeing the admission of the first class in 1869 and the first graduating class in 1872.Adonijah Welch 是该校首任校长，自 1868 年起任职，主持了 1869 年首届学生的录取与 1872 年首届毕业班的毕业。
• Iowa State was founded by the Iowa General Assembly, which in 1856 provided for an agricultural college and model farm and established the institution on 22 March 1858.该校由艾奥瓦州议会创办：1856 年州议会立法筹办农业学院与示范农场，并于 1858 年 3 月 22 日正式设立学校。
• Mary B. Welch, wife of the first president, taught the first domestic economy courses in 1872 and made Iowa State the first land-grant college to offer such training for credit.首任校长的夫人 Mary B. Welch 于 1872 年讲授首批家政学课程，使该校成为首所将该类训练计入学分的赠地学院。
• Seaman Knapp, an early dean of agriculture and later a pioneer of cooperative demonstration work, lived in the Farm House and helped shape the college's agricultural mission.早期农学院院长 Seaman Knapp 后来成为合作示范推广工作的先驱，他曾居住于 Farm House，并参与塑造该校的农业使命。
• George Washington Carver came to Iowa State in 1891, earned a bachelor's degree in 1894 and became the university's first African American faculty member in botany and horticulture.乔治·华盛顿·卡弗于 1891 年来到艾奥瓦州立大学，1894 年获学士学位，并成为该校首位非裔美国籍教师，讲授植物学与园艺学。
• Carrie Chapman Catt graduated from Iowa State College in 1880 and became a leading strategist of the American women's suffrage movement behind the 19th Amendment.Carrie Chapman Catt 于 1880 年毕业于艾奥瓦州立学院，后成为美国妇女参政运动的核心策略家，推动第十九修正案通过。
• Henry A. Wallace, an Iowa State alumnus, was United States Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.该校校友 Henry A. Wallace 曾任美国农业部长，并于 1941 至 1945 年在富兰克林·罗斯福政府中出任美国副总统。
• John Vincent Atanasoff, whose machine was recognised in 1973 as the first electronic digital computer, received the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award in 1984 for that invention.John Vincent Atanasoff 的计算机于 1973 年被认定为世界首台电子数字计算机，他也因这一发明于 1984 年获得 IEEE 计算机先驱奖。
• Theodore Schultz, who taught at Iowa State before 1943, won the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and Dan Shechtman of Ames National Laboratory won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.1943 年之前任教于该校的 Theodore Schultz 于 1979 年获诺贝尔经济学奖，埃姆斯国家实验室的 Dan Shechtman 则于 2011 年获诺贝尔化学奖。
• Jack Trice, Iowa State's first African American athlete, died in 1923 from injuries suffered in his first football game, and the stadium was named for him in 1997.该校首位非裔美国籍运动员 Jack Trice 于 1923 年在其首场橄榄球赛中受伤去世，1997 年学校以他之名为体育场命名。
• Tom Harkin, a 1962 Iowa State graduate, served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015 and sponsored the Americans with Disabilities Act.1962 年毕业于艾奥瓦州立大学的 Tom Harkin 于 1985 至 2015 年任艾奥瓦州联邦参议员，并推动了《美国残疾人法》。
• Dan Gable lost only one match in his Iowa State wrestling career, won the 1972 Olympic gold medal without conceding a point, and later coached at the university.Dan Gable 在艾奥瓦州立大学的摔跤生涯中仅输过一场，1972 年奥运会未失一分夺得金牌，后来还在该校执教。