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News Service Homepage Contact us Archives ISU homepage For the media News releases Download mug shots Research tips News tips, advisories Ag tips Other news sources Campus maps For the campus Faculty, staff announcements Student announcements Arts & entertainment Research news Sports news Inside Iowa State Iowa State Daily Time of day Weather reports Contact News Service Annette Hacker, manager, (515) 294-3720 Office: (515) 294-4777	News $1.5 million gift to ag entrepreneurship program A $1.5 million gift from Roger and Connie Underwood, Ames, will establish an entrepreneurship program for students in the College of Agriculture. News release. Clinic offers online "relationship check-up" On online "relationship check-up" for couples is available on the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic web site. News release. Panel to discuss trade, economic issues Jan. 31 Panelists will discuss "Trade and Economic Issues in the Second Bush Administration" at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31. Topics will include Social Security and Medicare reform, outsourcing of jobs, immigration and employment growth and the projected U.S. budget deficit. News release. Veishea town hall meeting March 7 ISU students faculty, staff and Ames officials are taking steps to improve community relations, following the November release of two Veishea reports. Activities include a March 7 "town hall" meeting. News release. Search begins for dean of new college The search for the first dean of Iowa State's College of Human Sciences is under way. Two current ISU colleges (Family and Consumer Sciences and Education) will be combined into the new College of Human Sciences on July 1. News release. The learning community advantage Iowa State students share what they get out of their learning communities. Story. Sleuths for sorry-looking plants Extension plant pathologists help Iowans determine what's hurting their plants. Story. Iowa State architecture professor receives national teaching honor An Iowa State assistant professor is among three new architecture faculty in the nation to receive an award for excellence in teaching from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. News release. Health information on new web site A new web site featuring health information for Iowa women and their families is a collaboration of Iowa State University Extension and the Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Women's Health Information Center	Presidential lecturer to discuss eyewitness identification ISU psychologist Gary Wells will discuss his groundbreaking research on eyewitness I.D.s and police lineups in the Presidential Lecture Feb. 7. News release. Athletics No. 3 Cyclone wrestlers top No. 6 Oklahoma The No. 3 Cyclone wrestling team climbed to a 15-1 dual record with a win over No. 6 Oklahoma Sunday. News release.