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ContactNews ServiceAnnette Hacker, director, (515) 294-3720 Office: (515) 294-4777 |
NewsPanel features ISU alumniIowa State alums return to Ames to discuss the future of business and technology Book looks at Kahn architectureIn his new book, ISU's Thomas Leslie takes a fresh look at one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century. Winning technology for noise reductionAn Iowa State spin-off company has won a $440,000 grant from the NSF to develop its unique noise-reduction technologies. Mural celebration TuesdayA "Celebration of the Unity Mural," painted by student artists, will begin at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the front entrance to the College of Design. The mural illustrates the university and city of Ames' "One Community" theme. ISU establishes center for computational intelligenceA new Iowa State center will study how massive data sets can be integrated, analyzed and interpreted to advance collaborative science and research. Private support for ISU grows 30 percentFor the second consecutive year, a record number of donors have committed more than $82 million in private support for Iowa State. For FY05, the ISU Foundation reported a 30 percent increase in new gifts and future commitments over the previous year. ISU receives $3 million for bioinformaticsThe National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State a $3 million grant for graduate studies in computational molecular biology. 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. |
Proving Da Vinci rightResearchers from Ames Laboratory and Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory have used quasicrystals to prove a Leonardo Da Vinci theory about friction holds even at the atomic level. 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. Athletics |
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