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ContactNews ServiceAnnette Hacker, director, (515) 294-3720 Office: (515) 294-4777 |
NewsISU receives $3 million for bioinformaticsThe National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State a $3 million grant for graduate studies in computational molecular biology. Ground breaking for new community centerISU's Schilletter and University Village (SUV) apartments will soon have a new community center for student residents and their families to enjoy. Students and officials will participate in a groundbreaking for the new center on Thursday, Aug. 25, at 4 p.m. Catt Center celebrates votingThe Catt Center will celebrate voting Friay, Aug. 26, with displays and a complimentary buffet lunch and one-woman play. Folklorist seeks "taste of place" recipesAn Iowa folklorist is gathering recipes for Iowa foods that evoke a "taste of place." $10 million to ISU-based concrete centerA $10 million federal appropriation to an Iowa State University-based concrete technology center will help engineers from coast to coast develop pavements that last longer and need less maintenance. Play equipment innovators honoredSteven and Barbara King, who turned the concept of continuous play into a successful children's play equipment company, are the recipients of the 2005 Christian Petersen Design Award from the College of Design. Engineering College names diversity directorThe College of Engineering has named Nancy Knight its first director of diversity and graduate student affairs. New 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. |
 Welcome backPresident Gregory Geoffroy and Kathy Geoffroy popped in on students in residence halls recently to welcome them back to campus and offer candy. In the newsAg school confidentialU.S. News: America's Best Colleges "At premier ag schools like Iowa State, old stereotypes about colleges of agriculture have little in common with the broad-based, interdisciplinary education [Betsy] Hertz and her fellow students encounter." High service ranking for Iowa StateIowa State ranks 34th nationally in The Washington Monthly's community and national service-based ratings of colleges and universities. 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. |
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