Reiman Gardens' annual Blossoms of Light Festival, Nov. 30 (5-8 p.m.) will feature thousands of lights, a garden railroad display, live musical performances and family crafts. The butterfly wing will be open offering a glimpse of the butterflies while they sleep.

For the second week in a row, Iowa State faculty experts are featured on the History Channel's "Modern Marvels." Distinguished Professor Max Rothschild and Ken Prusa, professor of food science and human nutrition, will appear on "Modern Marvels: The Pig" at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The History Channel is available on Mediacom cable channel 45 in Ames and Des Moines. DirecTV viewers can see the show on channel 269; Dish Network subscribers can see it on channel 120. Wed, Nov 21 2007 13:00:00 CST Sen. Christopher Dodd, Democratic candidate for president, will speak about his book, "Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice," at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Dodd's father, Thomas, was an attorney in the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders. The book compiles his letters to his wife during that time. The lecture is part of the Presidential Caucus Series, providing the university community with opportunities to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses. News release. Mon, Nov 19 2007 10:20:00 CST USA Today ISU cross country runner Guor Majak Marial, who lost his home and many \ family members in war-ravaged Southern Sudan, has found peace in his adopted land. \ "I feel really fortunate I'm in college and getting an education," Majak said. See\ story. CNNmoney.com Additives can be found in the traditional Thanksgiving meal. But Sam Be\ attie, an ISU Extension specialist and assistant professor, says the bigger concern \ is improper food handling and potential contamination of surfaces with turkey and ot\ her raw meats. "Ensuring the safety of the food that you serve and consume is impor\ tant in having a healthy holiday season," Beattie says. See story. McClatchy Newspapers University Professor and "Dr. Politics" Steffen Schmidt calls Sen. Chri\ s Dodd's decades of Washington experience "an enormous burden." See story. Iowa State classes are in recess Monday-Friday, Nov. 19-23, for the Thanksgiving break. University offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22-23. Tue, Nov 20 2007 15:00:00 CST ISU Associate Professor of Kinesiology Tim Derrick has tested athletic shoes for Consumer Reports and Runner's World, and combat boots for the U.S. Army. He has a grant proposal in to test the stress forces on the bones in reduced gravity environments for NASA. News release. Thu, Nov 15 2007 15:15:00 CST Iowa State University faculty member Amy Kaleita has been awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. News release. Thu, Nov 15 2007 13:45:00 CST Iowa State University horticulture Professor Gail Nonnecke has been selected Iowa Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice,News release. Thu, Nov 15 2007 13:45:00 CST ISU's Department of Residence will open a floor in Wallace Hall Jan. 2 through 4 for residents to participate in the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucus. News release. Wed, Nov 14 2007 17:00:00 CST The New York Times There are worse things than staffers planting a question, but University Professor (Dr. Politics) Steffen Schmidt says what happened to Hillary isn't helping her campaign. See story. Thu, Nov 15 2007 11:30:00 CST The Des Moines Register Jerry Prosper Clark is honored at Iowa State, 42 years after he disappeared in Vietnam. The names of Clark and four other veterans who died in the nation's wars were added to the Memorial Union's Gold Star Hall and unveiled on Nov. 12. See story. Thu, Nov 15 2007 11:30:00 CST Thanks to high scores in everything from academic grades and leadership development to marksmanship and land navigation, the Cyclone ROTC Battalion at Iowa State University is ranked among the nation's elite. News release. Tue, Nov 13 2007 16:50:00 CST A first-of-its-kind endowed deanship at Iowa State University has been established in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences thanks to a $3 million gift from an anonymous donor. News release. Mon, Nov 12 2007 11:50:00 CST ISU ROTC students present the colors Nov. 12 at a ceremony honoring five former ISU students who died in the Iraq or Vietnam wars. The students' names, newly engraved in Gold Star Hall, later were unveiled in a private ceremony. See story. Mon, Nov 12 2007 16:45:00 CST The National Institute on Drug Abuse has added $11.6 million to an earlier $21.1 million award to the Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute at Iowa State to continue its Promoting School-Community-University Partnerships to Enhance Resilience project. News release. Thu, Nov 08 2007 11:15:00 CST The New York Times See story. Thu, Nov 08 2007 11:45:00 CST The History Channel program "Modern Marvels" is exploring the topic of corn and will feature several Iowa State University experts Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. News release. Wed, Nov 07 2007 13:10:00 CST ISU's Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will host an educational workshop on the Iowa caucuses from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Memorial Union's Sun Room. News release. Wed, Nov 07 2007 14:50:00 CST Coverage of ISU's Nov. 5 presidential candidate forum at the Biobased Industry Outlook conference: Tue, Nov 06 2007 16:50:00 CST Radio Iowa See story. Tue, Nov 06 2007 16:50:00 CST Boston Globe See story. Tue, Nov 06 2007 16:50:00 CST The Des Moines Register See story. Tue, Nov 06 2007 16:50R:00 CST The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed $4.5 million toward construction of Iowa State University's new chemistry building. Groundbreaking is scheduled for May 2008. News release. Tue, Nov 06 2007 11:45:00 CST ISU Assistant Professor of Psychology Douglas Gentile and his father, J. Ronald Gentile -- a distinguished teaching professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York -- collaborated on a study of nearly 2,500 youths that found that violent video games are effective teachers of aggression. News release. Mon, Nov 5 2007 14:15:00 CST Iowa State University has created a CyberInnovation Institute to advance the university's science and engineering research through linkages with information technology. The institute is designed to help Iowa State compete for larger and broader research projects. And it's designed to help Iowa State do a better job leveraging its research strengths to benefit the state's economic development. News release. Mon, Nov 05 2007 11:00:00 CST Iowa State researcher Ravindra Singh received the 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at a special ceremony at the White House. News release. Fri, Nov 02 2007 16:15:00 CST When a September inspection outside Iowa State University's Child Development Lab School found evidence of lead paint chips on the northwest perimeter of the playground, experts with ISU's Environmental Health and Safety Department immediately sent soil samples to be tested. The test results, shared Nov. 1 with parents of daycare children in the school, found no lead hazard in the soil, according to Environmental Protection Agency standards. News release. Fri, Nov 02 2007 11:57:00 CST Five members of the Iowa State University faculty have been awarded the distinction of being named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This award recognizes scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. News release. Thu, Nov 01 2007 15:50:00 CST Michael Thompson, ISU agronomy, has been awarded the Pioneer Hi-Bred Agronomy Professorship. The intent of the professorship is to support research, teaching and extension at the ISU agronomy department. News release. Thu, Nov 01 2007 11:30:00 CST Iowa State's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is exploring the new virtual world of Second Life in an upcoming symposium, "A Second Look at Second Life," which will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union. News release. Wed, Oct 31 2007 16:20:00 CST Iowa State University is establishing a Bioeconomy Institute to help the university and state maintain their leadership in biorenewable fuels, chemicals and technologies.The initial work of the institute will focus on six program areas: corn to biofuels; biorenewable chemicals; thermochemical technologies such as gasification and fast pyrolysis; harvest, storage and transportation of biomass; feedstock production; and biorenewables education. News release. Wed, Oct 31 2007 16:10:00 CST A new campus security policy approved by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, mandates that certified police officers at the three regent universities carry guns. News article. Wed, Oct 31 2007 11:55:00 CST Iowa State will honor five former students who died in the Iraq or Vietnam wars during a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, Nov. 12. The Gold Star Hall ceremony will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Great Hall, Memorial Union. The ceremony is free and open to the public. News release. Mon, Oct 29 2007 16:45:00 CST Susan Faludi, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women," will present the women's studies program 30th anniversary keynote address on Monday, Nov. 12. Her talk, "Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America," at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun Room, is free and open to the public. News release. Tue, Nov 06 2007 16:25:00 CST Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. House, wears 3-D glasses to get the most out of a recent tour of Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center. Eliot Winer, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is showing Gingrich the latest in human computer interaction. Mon, Oct 29 2007 13:15:00 CST See Iowa State's first astronaut Clayton Anderson at the International Space Station. Anderson earned his master's degree in aerospace engineering at Iowa State in 1983. Latest updates. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:05:00 CST Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani will hold a town hall meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. The event is part of the Lecture Program's Presidential Caucus Series, which provides the university community with opportunities to question candidates before the precinct caucuses. It is free and open to the public. More. Fri, Nov 02 2007 9:15:00 CST Allison Rosenberg, ISU federal relations, will join President Gregory Geoffroy on WOI Radio's "Talk of Iowa" Nov. 8. The call-in show airs 11 a.m. to noon on AM 640. Questions can be e-mailed in advance to talk@iastate.edu. Tue, Nov 06 2007 11:05:00 CST Iowa State University alumna Christine Romans, host of CNN's weekend business roundtable, "Your $$$$$," will speak at Iowa State on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Her talk, "Globalization Backlash: How Politics, Culture and Sovereignty Complicate Real Globalization," is free and open to the public. News release. Wed, Oct 31 2007 14:05:00 CST ISU senior Grant Thompson won the Communications Honor Award in the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Competition for his Digital Art on Campus Project. Thompson's innovative project blends Web-based streaming video and downloadable audio files into a digital tour of 17 pieces in Iowa State's celebrated collection of campus artwork. It can be used for a wireless walking tour on campus or a virtual visit from anywhere in the world. News release. Wed, Oct 31 2007 10:15:00 CST ISU's College of Business is committing resources to some new and revised business ethics programs in an effort to better prepare its students to be more responsible business leaders. News release. Tue, Oct 30 2007 15:35:00 CST Iowa State University researchers have developed a technology that can detect a single molecule of the human papillomavirus within a cell. The discovery by Edward Yeung and two of his doctoral students builds on about 10 years of work trying to detect single molecules. News release. Mon, Oct 29 2007 15:15:00 CST