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NewsVeishea will be back in 2006Iowa State's traditional spring Veishea celebration will resume in 2006, with changes, President Gregory Geoffroy announced March 23. Geoffroy said he seriously considered eliminating the event, but concluded that students should be given another opportunity to make Veishea a success. Political scientists to discuss foreign policyFour political science experts will examine the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign policy issues during a March 31 panel discussion. Sociologist's book on career criminalsIn his book, "Career Criminals in Society", ISU sociologist Matt DeLisi advocates devoting more resources to prevention programs for children and adolescents and fewer on career criminals. Professor to study impact of community collegesStudies sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education will assess the economic impact of Iowa community colleges for parents, students and taxpayers. Student earns national research awardAn ISU student's award-winning study shows financial grants are key to low-income students earning bachelor degrees. Speaker will discuss women's world leadershipLaura Liswood, an authority on women's world leadership, will speak on campus March 29. Business conference is April 1Experts on global entrepreneurship and supply chain management will be part of the April 1 Voorhees Business Conference. Children's health experts to speakA March 28 public symposium will feature three experts on improving children's health. Handling kids' challenging behavior is speech topicJudith Carta, a nationally recognized expert on early childhood behavior, will offer strategies for dealing with youngsters' challenging behavior in a March 28 talk. More than one-third of online footnotes disappear, researchers findFaculty in ISU's Greenlee School of Journalism found that more than 33 percent of links to Web citations in professional journals have disintegrated within four years. The new study, by Greenlee School director Michael Bugeja and assistant professor Daniela Dimitrova, is featured in the current issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. |
 Estes to sing MondayOpera star Simon Estes and several ISU music students will give a special concert in Tye Recital Hall March 28. Tickets ($10) are available at the door. News tipFaculty can comment on biotech corn saleISU faculty can provide perspective for the media on recent news that Syngenta inadvertently sold unapproved biotech corn to farmers from 2001 through 2004. In the newsAmericans & GM foodsAssociated Press Lisa Lorenzen, biotech industry liaison at Iowa State, says most Americans haven't worried about GM foods because they trust the regulatory system. Lorezen and Patrick Schnable, director of ISU's Center for Plant Genomics are part of a story on GM foods on grocery shelves. Building a better lineupTIME magazine ISU psychology professor Gary Wells, who has been advocating sequential police lineups for almost 30 years, says that method will become dominant in the next few years. Viewing suspect photos one at a time, rather than side by side, can significantly minimize the chance of mistakes and misidentification, Wells' research shows. Athletics |
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