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ContactNews ServiceAnnette Hacker, director, (515) 294-3720 Office: (515) 294-4777 |
NewsAmes Lab innovation key to a "lead-free" EuropeA lead-free solder developed at Ames Laboratory is helping electronics manufacturers meet new lead-free standards in Europe. Iowa State awards state economic development dollars to nine projectsIowa State awards $788,962 from the state's Grow Iowa Values Fund to nine research projects that have high potential to improve Iowa's economy. Officials tell how ISU would spend R&D fundsIowa State will have $17 million to spend on research and development if the legislature endorses Gov. Tom Vilsack's proposal to give the regents universities $50 million in R&D funds over three years. Officials recently told regents and legislators how they would use those funds. Among nation's bestISU senior Bo Schroeder has been named among the nation's most promising minority students by the American Advertising Federation. Black History Month events at Iowa StateTalks by Angela Davis and Joan Morgan, a multicultural leadership summit and more mark Black History Month at Iowa State. Geoffroy lauds proposal to boost research supportPresident Gregory Geoffroy applauded President George Bush's proposals to double federal support for basic research and involve more students and teachers in science and mathematics. Residence hall living leads to higher graduation ratesIncoming freshmen who live in university housing at Iowa State for one year are 20 percent more likely to graduate than incoming freshmen who never live on campus. 
Srinivas Aluru A supercomputer for Iowa State UniversityIowa State University's new supercomputer can do 5.7 trillion calculations per second. It's among the top 10 university supercomputers in the country. Presenting the research and development power of Iowa's Regent universitiesThe Innovation Iowa economic development program sponsored by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will be 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center at 1200 Grand Ave. in Des Moines. |
Jacquelyn Jackson To understand a virusISU student Jacquelyn Jackson's crop research may help other scientists get closer to discovering cures for human and animal viral diseases. 
Cruz-Neira Eye on virtual realityCarolina Cruz-Neira, a leader in virtual reality, will present the Spring 2006 Presidential University Lecture Monday, Feb. 6, in the Sun Room of Iowa State's Memorial Union. Demonstrations of virtual reality begin at 7 p.m. The lecture begins at 8 p.m. In the NewsSupercomputingThe Washington Post Scientists at Iowa State University are using one of the nation's 10 most powerful university computers to help decipher the corn genome, a project that could allow them to expand the plant's uses in plastics, fuel and fiber. Athletics |
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