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The power of one

Teaching is the focus of the winter 2007 issue of VISIONS magazine: Who are the ISU professors who changed your life? Why do faculty members choose to teach? Why is it so tough to recruit and retain top faculty?

Recruiting and Retaining Faculty | "The Professor Who Changed My Life" | VISIONS Winter 2007

'Bottle sock' recycling sounds featured on NPR

The clattering of cans and bottles through the College of Design's "bottle sock" -- installed by Architecture for Humanity Iowa in the building atrium last fall to encourage recycling -- was the featured "Sound Clip" on NPR's All Things Considered program Monday evening, Jan. 8, 2007. Architecture student Keihly Moore describes the structure of the sock, a mesh tube

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Five New Year's resolutions you owe yourself

Scientific American

Frederick Gibbons and Warren Franke, ISU professors in psychology and health and human performance respectively, assisted writer Charles Q. Choi as he questioned health professionals and plumbed the scientific literature in a quest for the most life-enhancing New Year's resolutions possible.

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Survey illuminates teen social networks

The Associated Press

Michael Bugeja, professor and director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, was cited in a national story about a Pew survey finding that 70 percent of teen girls, ages 15 to 17, had profiles on social networking sites, compared with 57 percent of boys in that age bracket.

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