2009 news releases
May 27
ISU
personal finance professor assesses impact of new credit card
legislation
Iowa
State's Mini Baja Team engineers a lighter, simpler off-road racer
May 20
ISU
promotes greater financial education through new course offerings,
faculty
May 18
Iowa
State economists assess recession's impact on wages, immigrant
workers
May 14
Cyclone
Power Pullers build four-engine "Wild CYde" for tractor competition
May 11
Iowa
State University researcher is part of cattle-genome mapping team
May 7
ISU
alum Christine Romans of CNN to receive 2009 Greenlee School Schwartz
Award
Students
create furniture, lamps and ceramics for solar decathlon house
Iowa
State solar car team tours the state to promote solar energy
May 6
ISU
promotes sustainability via an all-university compost facility
Iowa
State University researcher is ready to produce vaccine for H1N1 flu virus in swine
College
of Human Sciences researchers address needs of underserved
populations
May 5
Interior design students take top honors at national competition
ISU student from Marshalltown has probable case of H1N1 virus
May 4
ISU student from Marshalltown is diagnosed with Type A flu; testing
under way
May 1
NFL's
Hobbs: Still 'proud to be a Cyclone' -- soon, with the degree to prove it
Iowa
State Formula SAE racer takes shape, expected to be a fast
competitor
ISU
researcher identifies key function in protein, cell transcription
April 30
Nutrition
and Wellness Research Center symposium to address vaccines, immunity
Graduation story ideas from Iowa State University
Pigs, people may soon eat their way to flu resistance, say ISU researchers
April 27
ISU
study finds link between individual stress and teens being overweight or
obese
April 24
'Dinosaurs and other Common Garden Pests' opens at Reiman Gardens May 1; special preview April 30
ISU's solar decathlon team partners with DMACC program
April 23
Agriculture,
statistics, chemistry and engineering grad programs rank high
April 21
Iowa
State class creates a memory care garden for Alzheimer's patients in
Ackley
April 20
ISU
leading the way in sustainability in College of Design building
addition
ISU
professors, CHS entrepreneurship classes making over four Elkader
businesses
Iowa State student receives Goldwater Scholarship
ISU's
Gentile authors study finding nearly 1 in 10 youth gamers addicted to video
games
April 17
Iowa State University architecture class wins national prize
April 16
Iowa
State students engineer a lighter, smaller human-powered vehicle
April 15
Famed
baseball, political forecaster Nate Silver to present April 20 lecture at
ISU
April 14
ISU's
Plant Sciences Institute awards funding to seven research projects that
address new challenges to Iowa's agriculture and industry
Non-farm ag students get on-farm experience
April 13
High
schoolers learn IT by defending networks, fighting robots, designing
games
Asian American students will honor former Gov. Robert Ray on April 23
ISU
study: husbands have low physiological reaction to problem-solving with
wives
April 10
ISU
team to compete in IBM-sponsored 'Battle of the Brains' world
competition
April 9
ISU
symposium to address food and fuel crops at Iowa State April 21-22
April 8
ISU
researcher identifies protein that concentrates carbon dioxide in algae
April 7
Iowa State University selects three new deans
Jeffrey Zaslow will discuss his new book, The Girls from Ames, at ISU on April 23
Iowa's
state and local tax burden is below national average, says ISU
researcher
April 6
ISU
business experts address layoffs, virtual appeal, customer relationship
management
April 3
'Science
Cafe' addresses lessons to be learned from disasters
April 1
Iowa
State study finds video games can teach helpful behavior, too
Researchers
examine bacterial rice diseases, search for genetic solutions
Iowa
State chemist synthesizes carbohydrates, launches startup company
March 31
Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings will speak on success from adversity April 13 at ISU
March 26
ISU
engineering students lead a symposium to educate others on water
conservation
Emerging
Technologies Conference shows off latest in human computer
interaction
March 25
Reecy named director of the Office of Biotechnology at Iowa State University
Iowa
State to host statewide rural aging conference on April 3
March 24
ISU
study finds college students are online regularly and reading more
overall
Spring fashions, local Marc Jacobs designer featured in April
25 ISU Fashion Show
March 23
Iowa
State's learning communities program earns national honor
March 19
17th
Annual Voorhees Business Conference on supply chain management set for April
3
March 18
Nobel laureate in chemistry to speak at Iowa State March 31
March 16
ISU Catt Center sponsoring Ready to Run: Campaign Training for
Women on April 3
March 13
ISU
qualifies two teams to Human Computer Interaction sustainability
competition
March 12
State
Science + Technology Fair of Iowa attracts 545 young researchers
March 11
ISU
teams take two top prizes in Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan
competition
March 6
Iowa
Power Fund advances Iowa State development of clean energy
technologies
Wells to appear in "60 Minutes" story on eyewitness misidentification Sunday
March 5
Student is passionate about dancing with bulls
March 4
ISU human sciences dean search narrowed to one
ReCAP
report finds state per capita retail sales are down 4.0 percent since
2000
March 3
ISU research examines how plants produce high-energy storage organs
March 2
Avoid
self-handicapping at work, advises an Iowa State management
professor
Iowa State researchers receive awards for Parkinson's Disease study
Undergraduates will present their research projects at annual Capitol event
Feb. 25
Veishea announces 2009 Battle of the Bands and Live @ Veishea lineup
Barista
Café turns two; provides learning community entrepreneurial
experience
Four finalists named in ISU engineering dean search
Two state universities collaborate to improve human and animal eyesight
Feb. 24
Psychologists'
study finds TV ratings for kids' shows don't reflect aggressive
content
Feb. 23
Cholesterol-reducing
drugs may lessen brain function, says ISU researcher
Iowa
out-migration stalls while income numbers drop, says ISU researcher
Feb. 20
NPR's
Michele Norris to present ISCORE, Mary Louise Smith Chair lecture March
6
Civil
rights activist and scholar Mary Frances Berry to speak at ISU March
3
Feb. 18
Iowa
State career experts say jobs are still there for spring grads, provide
helpful tips
Iowa
State, Iowa professors awarded $4.8 million grant to improve science
literacy
Feb 17
Pruetz
Presidential Lecture explores human evolution through savanna chimps
Iowa
Power Fund advances researcher's long quest for efficient solar
power
ISU
researcher: Iowa has lower-quality topsoil than 50 years ago
Feb. 16
Iowa
State storm researcher featured on the Science Channel
Iowa State researchers talk chemistry education at major
science meeting
Feb. 13
ISU's 'Be Comfortable in Your Genes, Rock Your Body' spotlights eating disorders
Feb. 12
Fish health, boaters, anglers are focus of new Web site
Four finalists named in search for ISU design dean
Feb. 6
Iowa
State astronomer to study stars with data from NASA's Kepler mission
Feb. 2
Kevin
Nordmeyer to direct the Iowa Energy Center
ISU researchers develop technique for quick detection of salmonella
Jan. 30
Students begin building Iowa State's solar house for 2009 Solar Decathlon competition
Jan. 28
Iowa
State hosts Black History Month events through March 3
Jan. 27
As
the country braces for new poverty, ISU sociologist charts 20-year poverty
trends
Jan. 26
Iowa
State economists assess the state of the Iowa economy and its 2009
future
Jan. 23
Iowa
State student receives $25,000 Geoffrey Beene fashion scholarship
Jan. 21
Greenlee
School professor sees consumer drawbacks to digital TV conversion
Manning Marable to speak on diversity and democracy on Jan. 27
Jan. 20
ISU
report to United Nations conference says drug prevention programs help the
economy
Jan. 15
Iowa State University researcher works to modify, increase corn starch
Jan. 14
Iowa
State professors studying more effective method to monitor physical
activity
Ethanol profitability calculator developed by Iowa State University researcher
Jan. 13
'Science
Café' to explore the human nature of chimps with Jill Pruetz on Jan.
21
Jan. 12
Iowa
State earns National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program Award
Iowa State students called to duty for Obama inauguration
Iowa State University to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events
Iowa State University researchers discover structure of key Ebola protein
Jan. 8
Ladson-Billings
to discuss dilemmas for scholars of color as Hilton Chair on Jan. 15
Jan. 7
Iowa
Small Business Development Centers aiding businesses indirectly damaged by
disasters
Students
explore climate science in state FIRST LEGO League championship
Jan. 5
Iowa State University experts highlight Discovery Channel show this Saturday
Iowa State astrophysicist helps map the Milky Way's four
spiral arms
