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ISU psychology professor receives $400,000 National Science Foundation
grant to study recognition memory
For those who have stood in line at the ballpark and noticed a passerby
who seemed oddly familiar, but couldn't place a name, research from a
five-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation grant awarded to an Iowa
State University psychology professor may provide perspective. Anne Cleary,
assistant professor of psychology, will study familiarity-based recognition
memory -- why some features (color, place, texture, etc.) of an experience
later give rise to feelings of familiarity and what underlying aspects of
the mind cause these subjective feelings.
News release.
ISU's College of Education receives U.S. Department of State grant for Turkish
student teacher internship
Iowa State University's College of Education has received a $200,000
grant from the U.S. Department of State to bring 30 Turkish education
students from Bilkent University, Ankara, to intern with Iowa teachers and
students as part of a cultural exchange and student teaching program. The
Turkish graduate students will be in the United States from January to March
2005.
News release.
Faculty vote favors college combination
Faculty in the colleges of Family and Consumer Sciences and Education have
voted on the proposal to combine their colleges.
News release.
ISU Women's Studies program receives $300,000 U.S. Department of State
grant
Iowa State University's Women's Studies program has received a
three-year, $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State to study the
relationship of gender to the emerging democracies and market economies of
the former Soviet Union. Jill Bystydzienski, director of the program, said
the grant will allow a cultural exchange with the Center for Gender Studies
at Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.
News release.
"Murder in Maui" is theme for last 2004 International Dinner Series At
ISU Nov. 17
Tickets are on sale for the last international dinner, "Murder in Maui,"
on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Participants will "investigate" a murder mystery
while enjoying a five-course Hawaiian dinner. A reception and cash bar
begins at 6 p.m. in LeBaron Hall, room 1009. The dinner will be in the Joan
Bice Underwood Tearoom, room 23, MacKay Hall. Tickets cost $45 per
person.
News release.
ISU, national climate survey results comparable
A consultant who recently completed a climate survey at Iowa State
said results are comparable to a national assessment she conducted
last year.
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ISU Pappajohn Center to hold Nov. 10
Entrepreneur Forum
Two Iowa State University alumni and central Iowa entrepreneurs will
speak on "Entrepreneurism on the Edge -- Are You Scared Yet?" at noon
Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Pioneer Room, Memorial Union. Peg
Armstrong-Gustafson is the owner and founder of Amson Technology and Craig
Hiemstra is developing new strategic business relationships and consulting
for Phasient Technologies, Ames. The event is free and open to the public.
Participants may bring their lunch. The forums are sponsored bimonthly by
the ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. A roundtable discussion
follows the speaker presentations.
News release.