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NewsISU business professors study impact of bankruptcy laws on entrepreneurial decisionsThree ISU management professors conducted a study of 90 Iowa small business owners and found they had very little awareness of bankruptcy protection available to them. They authored a paper on their study which will be published in the October issue of the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Krishna Rajan named new director of the Institute for Combinatorial DiscoveryKrishna Rajan, a leader in the application of powerful computing techniques to discover new materials, will direct Iowa State University's Institute for Combinatorial Discovery. Research center changes name to reflect expanding research scopeThe newly named Center for Metabolic Biology has increased its scope of research to include metabolism in microbial systems. Iowa State engineer develops technology to quickly find leaks in spacecraftA research team led by Dale Chimenti, an Iowa State University professor of aerospace engineering, has developed a low-cost sensor that can help astronauts detect leaks on spacecraft such as the International Space Station. Well-known economist, network analyst to give ISU's Stafford Lecture Oct. 16Chris Low, chief economist for FTN Financial and a frequent TV network commentator, is the fall 2007 speaker for the Robert Stafford Lecture Series on Banking in ISU's College of Business. He will give his economic outlook during an 11 a.m. presentation on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the South Prairie Room at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. ISU Plant Sciences Institute's aphid researchers on way to developing biopesticideISU researchers are working toward creating a biopesticide to control Iowa's soybean aphid population. Presence of soybean rust in Iowa fieldISU has confirmed the presence of soybean rust infection from plant samples taken this week from a field in Dallas County. NEWS TIPS: ISU experts can respond to Oct. 26 closing of former Maytag plant in NewtonIowa State experts have been working with Newton officials since in was announced the former Maytag plant would be closing on Oct. 26. They can provide insight into the community's economic future after the closing. Reiman Gardens announces winter plansReiman Gardens will begin winter hours on Nov. 1. The Gardens will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and closed weekends. The Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing will be closed for the winter. Facilities will continue to be available seven days a week for private rental. Seasonal, daily operations resume April 1, 2008. Gift launches specialized engineering instituteA $500,000 gift from James and Julie Balloun, an ISU engineering graduate and his wife, will establish the Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute at Iowa State. The goal for the institute is to help engineering students and faculty learn more about current legislative policies and understand how their expertise can help inform and shape public opinion. Schmidt to discuss Iowa caucuses 'fear and loathing' at Oct. 8 ISU Presidential LectureSteffen Schmidt, University Professor of political science at Iowa State, will present "More Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail: The Iowa Caucuses and American Presidential Candidate Selection" as this fall's Presidential University Lecture on Monday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Iowa State University conference examines developing bioeconomyThe 2007 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference, "Growing the Bioeconomy," will be Nov. 5 and 6 at the Iowa State Center on the Iowa State University campus. The conference will include speakers such as venture capitalist and ethanol supporter Vinod Khosla and genomics researcher J. Craig Venter. |
Coach Chizik Ground controlNew head football coach Gene Chizik talks about his philosophy on the field and at home in the latest issue of VISIONS, the magazine for Alumni Association members. 
Clayton Anderson ISU astronaut in spaceSee 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. 
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