Jamie Pollard, Iowa State athletic director, shares shows renderings of CyTown and explains where the project has been and where it is going. (Courtesy ISU Athletics)
AMES — Dr. Benjamin Houlton, a finalist to be Iowa State University’s next president, introduced himself to the ISU community in an open forum on Wednesday evening.
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Christopher Gannon
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Christopher Gannon
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Christopher Gannon
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Christopher Gannon
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Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, speaks during an open forum at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. He is the first of two finalists for the Iowa State presidency. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)
