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ContactNews ServiceAnnette Hacker, director, (515) 294-3720 Office: (515) 294-4777 |
NewsISU scientists part of project to sequence corn genomeIowa State is among four institutions on the team selected for a $29.5 million, three-year project to sequence the corn genome, the most complex genome to be sequenced to date. Presidential Lecture: Reducing aviation risksR. Bruce Thompson, director of Iowa State University's Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, will present "Reducing the Risk of Aviation Catastrophe" during the fall Presidential University Lecture. The lecture will be 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Great Hall of Iowa State's Memorial Union. It is free and open to the public. "Ecological footprint" co-founder to speak Nov. 29William Rees, the Canadian researcher who helped develop the ecological footprint analysis will discuss sustainability of human civilization in a Nov. 29 lecture at Iowa State. A real-world computer gameTeams of Iowa State University students will defend their computer networks from hackers in a competition that stretches 18 hours. Biosciences Alliance of Iowa funds ISU researchThe Biosciences Alliance of Iowa awarded funding to ISU for a new Human Nutrition Wellness Research Center and a high-throughput facility to develop animal models of human diseases. Farming that improves the environmentIowa State researchers say partially burning some of the residue left in corn fields produces products that can be used to improve soil fertility, boost in-soil storage of greenhouse gases and reduce the amount of natural gas used to produce anhydrous ammonia fertilizer. Kanthasamy named Lloyd ProfessorBiomedical scientist Anumantha Kanthasamy, who researches the link between Parkinson's disease and agrochemicals, has been named W. Eugene and Linda R. Lloyd Endowed Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine. 
Kawaler Kawaler elected fellow of science associationThe American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized Iowa State's Steve Kawaler for his study of stars, his work directing the Whole Earth Telescope and his classroom teaching. Community visioning program honoredThe Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning Program has been named the 2005 Outstanding Program by the Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association. The program was developed by Julia Badenhope, associate professor of landscape architecture State dollars will help Iowa State University commercialize campus researchIowa State University will use state economic development dollars to support short-term projects at six companies, award grants to university projects with high potential for commercialization and support Iowa State offices that provide technology transfer services. |
'42nd Street' Come hear the dancing feet of "42nd Street"No need to "Shuffle off to Buffalo" when you can see the show in Ames. The timeless musical "42nd Street" comes to the Iowa State Center Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. In the newsISU alum and champion of Native American causes diesThe New York Times Vine Deloria Jr., a Standing Rock Sioux and Iowa State alumnus who wrote more than 20 books about the Native American experience, has died. He was 72. A theologian, scholar and champion of Native American rights, Deloria burst into the American consciousness in 1969 with his book, "Custer Died for Your Sins. Athletics |
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