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ContactNews ServiceAnnette Hacker, director, (515) 294-3720 Office: (515) 294-4777 |
NewsNational honors for women's basketballThe Cyclone women's basketball team ranked fifth nationally among Division I schools with a 3.461 team grade-point average in 2004-05. Astronaut to join ISU scientists at fairAstronaut and ISU alumnus Clayton Anderson will visit the Iowa State Fair Aug. 16. He'll join ISU scientists to talk about the "soybeans in space" program, a project at ISU's NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center and give a children's presentation. Committee named to conduct search for ADA five-member committee will conduct the search for a new Iowa State University athletics director. Van De Velde announces resignationBruce Van De Velde, ISU athletics director, announced Monday (Aug. 8) that he is resigning, effective at the end of the year. 
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Browne appointed public radio directorCindy Browne, a Minnesota-based public broadcasting consultant and former executive vice president for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has been appointed executive director of Iowa Public Radio, effective Sept. 1. Charges to goIowa State researchers are hoping to make Iowa-made solar technology wearable. The result would be a convenient way to charge your electronic devices. Colletti named to interim Ag postJoe Colletti, professor and interim chair of the department of natural resource ecology and management, has been named interim senior associate dean of the College of Agriculture. Professor named engineering fellowMechanical engineering professor Atul Kelkar has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International. ISU can help businesses find R&D supportIowa State University can assist small Iowa companies and faculty startup businesses looking for federal grants to fund research and development work. Find out about latest technologiesSign up online and Iowa State's Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer will automatically e-mail updates about the newest technologies developed on campus. Great moments in Trice StadiumCast your vote for the greatest moment in the 30-year history of Jack Trice Stadium. Fans' picks will be revealed at home football games. |
At the fairMounted butterflies, photo ops and the Cy tattoos are part of the Iowa State's Reiman Gardens-style state fair exhibit in the Varied Industries Building. In the newsSmooth scoopsThe New York Times Two engineering students who built a flash-freeze ice-cream making machine at Iowa State in 1999 will be scooping up their smooth concoction at the state fair for the sixth year. Madison Co. bridge watchUSA Today Iowa State engineers are using high-tech surveillance to protect Madison County's covered, wooden bridges from vandalism. Gene organizes corn kernelsSan Francisco Chronicle Two scientists -- Eric Vollbrecht, Iowa State University, and Robert Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island, recently identified the gene responsible for orderly rows of kernels on corn. |
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