Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:15:00 CST The Iowa State College of Business will host Severe Weather Awareness Day on Wednesday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the first floor of the Gerdin Business Building. News release. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:45:00 CST Events focusing on architecture and design for energy sustainability will take place at ISU and in central Iowa, March 28 and 29. BIGe will feature a keynote address by Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair, and include presentations, a panel discussion and tours. News release. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:25:00 CST Iowa State engineers will join a global marathon designed to encourage young women to consider engineering as a career. The Iowa Staters' presentation will feature engineering students, alumni and administrators talking about the opportunities for leadership in engineering. The Iowa State presentation will be 9-9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 23, at http://www.eng.iastate.edu/prospective/global_marathon.asp. News release. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:45:00 CST

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Iowa State's 1977 Peach Bowl squad, the Cyclone football team will wear throwback uniforms from that season in the Sept. 15 game vs. Iowa at Jack Trice Stadium. Fans will have an opportunity to acquire the game-worn gear through two online auctions this fall. News release. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:35:00 CST

For more than 200 years, North America was known to have two native species of bamboo. Now there are three, thanks to the work of two Iowa State botanists and their colleague from North Carolina. News release. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:25:00 CST Bong Wie has been named Iowa State University's first endowed Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair in Aerospace Engineering. News release. Tue, 15 Mar 2007 13:50:00 CST Asian soybean rust has been confirmed on soybean plant tissue submitted to Iowa State University. This soybean residue was recovered from a bin of soybeans produced in Iowa in 2006. Bill Northey, Secretary of Agriculture with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, said the finding does not necessarily increase the risk for the 2007 crop. News release. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:30:00 CST Two finalists for director of the Nutrition and Wellness Research Center will visit campus. Mindy Kurzer, director of the graduate program in nutrition at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, will visit March 21-22. Michael Lefevre, chief of functional foods research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, La., will visit March 27-28. Finalists will give two open forums each -- a research presentation and vision discussion. News release. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:30:00 CST An ISU team won first place in the 13th Annual Collegiate Turf Bowl at the annual Golf Industry Show in Anaheim, CA, last month. News release. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:20:00 CST The 15th Annual Voorhees Business Conference featuring supply chain management experts from around the nation will take place on Friday, March 23, in the Scheman Building at the Iowa State Center. News release. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00:00 CST

Cyclone lineman Brent Curvey will star in ISU Theatre production "Intimate Apparel," at the Maintenence Shop March 22-24 at 7:30 p.m. and on March 25 at 2 p.m. News release. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:35:00 CST

The movie "Invisible Children: Rough Cut" will be presented on March 25 in the Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public. News release. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:10:00 CST

Visitors will get their first glimpse of the new Christian Petersen Art Museum in the renovated Morrill Hall on March 22. Events include a free open house (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.), tours of the art on campus collection and an evening reception (7:30-10 p.m.). Tickets are required for the evening event. Event details Musical composition premieres at opening Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:05:00 CST

The value of research experiences for undergraduates will be one of the topics when materials science professor Steve Martin and engineering student Katherine Lawler join President Gregory Geoffroy on "Talk of Iowa" on Iowa Public Radio March 21. The live call-in show airs from 11 a.m. to noon locally on AM 640. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:45:00 CST Spring break at Iowa State is March 12-16. Classes are in recess during that time; university offices are open. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:30:00 CST ISU's logistics and supply chain management Case team placed second in the FedEx Freight International Graduate Logistics Case Competition held at the University of Arkansas late last month. News release. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:30:00 CST The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute's 2007 agricultural outlook presented March 6 to Congress shows the impact of bioenergy expansion and trade resumption in meat products. Despite high crude oil prices and various policy incentives, profit margins in bioenergy are expected to deteriorate. For example, FAPRI expects the world ethanol price to fall to $1.50 per gallon in 2007 in response to a 2.4 percent decline in the price of crude oil, and with declining U.S. ethanol net imports. FAPRI is an economic research group with centers at Iowa State and the University of Missouri-Columbia. News release. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:00:00 CST Four ISU students head to the University of Oklahoma to compete in the Final Four Big 12 MBA Case Competition March 9-11. News release. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:50:00 CST Noted author, coach and lecturer Charles Stanley will demonstrate effective weight training techniques March 10 at Lied Recreation Center. News release. Fri, 05 Mar 2007 15:21:00 CST Long-time ISU chemistry professor John D. Corbett has established a professorship in the chemistry department. "This is designed to reward outstanding faculty members," said Corbett, a Distinguished Professor of liberal arts and sciences. News release. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:30:00 CST Laura Rendon, professor and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State, identified four categories of underserved students in her recent paper for the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative titled "Reconceptualizing Success for Underserved Students in Higher Education." News release. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:55:00 CST The Institute for Physical Research and Technology will get its own director, John Brighton, ISU vice president for research and economic development, said recently. Tom Barton, director of both IPRT and the Ames Laboratory, has returned to the ISU facul ty, and the search for an Ames Lab director already is under way. The search for th e new IPRT director will focus on internal candidates. IPRT is a network of scientific research centers at ISU. News release. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:15:00 CST

The IPM Crop Scout School, scheduled for Saturday, March 3, has been canceled. Refunds will be issued to those who were registered.

The Ames city snow ordinance is in effect. Vehicles on snow routes must be moved.

The Wiggles performance, scheduled for March 1, has been postponed to a future date. Check the Iowa State Center web site next week for additional information.

STUDENTS: Due to the weather and the canceling of classes, midterms will not be available for viewing on AccessPlus until Wednesday, March 7.

Winter weather FAQ. Thurs, 1 Mar 2007 08:41:00 CST ISU has canceled all classes beginning after 1 p.m. today, March 1, due to severe winter weather. Classes will continue as scheduled until that time. News release. Thurs, 01 Mar 2007 10:40:00 CST

ISU classes canceled March 1, beginning at 1 p.m.

Parks Library and all library branch facilities will close at 5 p.m. March 1.

STUDENTS: Due to the weather and the canceling of classes, midterms will not be available for viewing on AccessPlus until Wednesday, March 7.

Two Cyclone home match-ups on Friday have been canceled: Cyclone gymnastics vs. Minnesota and tennis vs. Kansas State. No decision has been made on rescheduling the competitions.

STILL ON: "Electronic Literature," the lecture by UCLA English professor N. Katherine Hayles, will be held as planned at 8 p.m. March 1 in the Great Hall, Memorial Union.

STILL ON: The Iowa State University Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE), scheduled for Friday, March 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will go on as planned at the Memorial Union.

The Ames city snow ordinance will go into effect at 7 p.m., March 1. Vehicles on snow routes must be moved.

The Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union is closed and no classes will be held this evening (March 1).

Reiman Gardens will close at noon, March 1 and be closed all day Friday, March 2.

The College of Design Career Fair, scheduled for March 1-2 has been canceled, but a number of firms are here and set-up, and would welcome conversations with students.

Brunnier Art Museum will close at 4 p.m. March 1. Volunteer training, scheduled for tonight, is also canceled.

Tenure informational meeting, scheduled for 4 p.m. March 1 in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union is canceled.

ISU department of music concerts, scheduled for Friday, March 2, have been canceled.

The IPM Crop Scout School, scheduled for Saturday, March 3, has been cancelled. Refunds will be issued to those who were registered.

University Community Childcare, at 100 University Village, will be open March 2, with the exceptions of the Comfort Zone and Schoolage programs. The situation could change at any time, however, so parents are advised to keep in contact with the center.

Two Cyclone home match-ups on Friday, March 2, have been canceled: Cyclone gymnastics vs. Minnesota and tennis vs. Kansas State. No decision has been made on rescheduling.

STILL ON: The Iowa State University Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE), scheduled for Friday, March 2, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will go on as planned at the Memorial Union.

The Ames city snow ordinance is in effect. Vehicles on snow routes must be moved.

The College of Design Career Fair, scheduled for March 1-2, has been canceled, but a number of firms are on campus and would welcome conversations with students.

The Wiggles performance, scheduled for March 1, has been postponed to a future date. Check the Iowa State Center web site next week for additional information.

STUDENTS: Due to the weather and the canceling of classes, midterms will not be available for viewing on AccessPlus until Wednesday, March 7.

Winter weather FAQ. Thurs, 1 Mar 2007 08:41:00 CST