in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory and is home to the Plant Sciences Institute Faculty Scholars program.
There is also the Iowa State University Northeast Research Farm in Nashua.
== Student life ==
=== Residence halls ===
Iowa State operates 20 on-campus residence halls. The residence halls are divided into geographical areas.
The Union Drive Association
(UDA) consists of four residence halls located on the west side of campus, including Friley Hall, which has been declared one of the largest residence halls in the country.
The Richardson Court Association (RCA) consists of 12 residence halls on the east side of campus.
The Towers Residence Association (TRA) are located south of the main campus. Two of the four towers, Knapp and Storms Halls, were imploded in 2005; however, Wallace and Wilson Halls still stand.
Buchanan Hall and Geoffroy Hall are nominally considered part of the RCA, despite their distance from the other buildings.
ISU operates two apartment complexes for upperclassmen, Frederiksen Court …
