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NewsNew analytical tool helps detect cancerResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a tool that can identify the smallest traces of substances, including the biomarkers that could indicate breast and prostate cancers. The discovery and related research could lead to earlier detection of cancer. Students invited to disaster relief trainingNew Iowa State students can take part in disaster relief training with the city's Red Cross this weekend. AD search beginsThe committee appointed recently to conduct a nationwide search for a new Iowa State University athletics director began its work on Aug. 16. Alumnus killed in IraqISU alumnus David L. Giaimo, 23, was killed recently while serving in the Army in Iraq. He graduated from Iowa State in 2003, with a degree in finance. National 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. 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 newsMack fights backDes Moines Register Fun-loving, feisty associate professor Barbara Mack is an institution at Iowa State. Just ask the thousands of journalism students she's taught since 1986. Now, after recovering from brain surgery, Mack is back where she belongs. Building a better pigUSNews.com "They lost the taste, they lost the juiciness, they lost the moisture content," says ISU animal scientist Maynard Hogberg, referring to years of breeding leaner, more muscular hogs. ISU meat scientist Steven Lonergan is working on a process to make lean pork meltingly tender. Poll says Iowans like Rice in '08Quad-City Times Condoleezza Rice could be a presidential contender in 2008, a poll of Iowa Republicans indicates. Dianne Bystrom, director of ISU's Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, says Rice is a "new and different face" and overall, there's increasing acceptance for women candidates. Smooth 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. Athletics |
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