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1997 News Releases

12-30-97 . . . "Unlimited Possibilitites" mural to be installed at ISU Library
12-29-97 . . . ISU ranks in national merit scholar top 15
12-15-97 . . . ISU alum Hoffman receives national medal of science Dec. 16
12-15-97 . . . Iowa State announces fall commencement schedule
12-12-97 . . . Cornelious, other farmers to meet with Clinton
12-11-97 . . . Iowa State names new Women's Center Director
12-09-97 . . . Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Natural Resources News from ISU
12-09-97 . . . Bald eagle recovering Tuesday morning after surgery
12-08-97 . . . Iowa State designates stress-free zones
12-08-97 . . . Iowa State physicists to collaborate on next generation particle collider
12-04-97 . . . ISU workshop seeks to strengthen international initiatives
12-03-97 . . . Planet alignment brings astronomy to everyone
12-03-97 . . . Jischke elected to National Merit Scholarship Board
12-03-97 . . . Scientists study how light activates St. John's Wort chemical
12-01-97 . . . ISU offers on-campus accelerated night courses
12-01-97 . . . ISU to host grand opening of new 3M corporate business laboratory
11-26-97 . . . Low-saturated-fat soybean oil hits the shelves
11-24-97 . . . ISU professor receives funding for colon cancer study
11-24-97 . . . Corn toxin researched by ISU faculty
11-21-97 . . . Rippke appointed director of internal audit at ISU
11-21-97 . . . Education dean finalists announced at Iowa State
11-20-97 . . . ISU environmental software enters market
11-20-97 . . . Groundbreaking for livestock facility set for Saturday
11-20-97 . . . ISU web sites talk turkey
11-18-97 . . . Farm House Museum conservation project reaches half-mark in fundraising drive
11-17-97 . . . Jischke elected chair of nation's oldest higher education association
11-13-97 . . . Iowa State Science and Technology Fair entry forms available
11-12-97 . . . ISU graduate receives Cottrell Award
11-10-97 . . . ISU theatre to offer international storytelling course
11-07-97 . . . Candidates for director of ISU Women's Center announced
11-07-97 . . . Minorities in Agriculture national conference hosted by ISU organization in Des Moines, April 1-4
11-06-97 . . . Agriculture, veterinary medicine and natural resources news from Iowa State University
11-05-97 . . . ISU observes 'International Week,' Nov. 7-14
11-05-97 . . . ISU sponsors conference on women in academia
11-04-97 . . . Rothschild awarded rank of fellow in AAAS
11-03-97 . . . Proposed EU policies may mean more competition for U.S. farmers
11-01-97 . . . Fire forces evacuation of Larch Hall
10-31-97 . . . 'Oh my gourd! Those students are smashing pumpkins again! And on election day, too!'
10-30-97 . . . ISU researchers receive grants for food safety research
10-30-97 . . . Speakers will discuss science and religion
10-28-97 . . . Iowa State names more Carver Visiting Scholars
10-22-97 . . . Iowa State establishes Bergles professorship in mechanical engineering
10-22-97 . . . University will be alcohol-free during 1998: Jischke
10-20-97 . . . ISU researcher: Ghosts and goblins confusing for young children
10-20-97 . . . Hartwig to chair new department in Veterinary Medicine
10-17-97 . . . Media Advisory: ISU's Jischke to announce Veishea's future at Oct. 22 press conference
10-16-97 . . . Regents approve plans for ISU College of Design addition
10-16-97 . . . Iowa State University establishes Henry A. Wallace endowed chair for sustainable agriculture
10-14-97 . . . ISU, Russian ag academy to develop extension projects
10-14-97 . . . Fire forces evacuation of Schilletter Village unit
10-09-97 . . . ISU launches search for new LAS Dean
10-08-97 . . . Agriculture, veterinary medicine and natural resources news from ISU
10-08-97 . . . Iowa State unveils and operates computer replica to honor the genius of John Atanasoff
10-06-97 . . . Reiman kicks off entrepreneurial lecture series Oct. 24
10-03-97 . . . ISU prof, Iowans to reap rewards of capital gains tax change
10-02-97 . . . New program to help couples make marriage work, last
09-30-97 . . . Music, dance celebrate India independence at ISU
09-30-97 . . . Grammy winning Henry Rollins brings speaking tour to ISU
09-26-97 . . . ISU professors awarded grant to study nutrition of older adults
09-26-97 . . . Boeing sponsors IITAP visiting physicists program
09-26-97 . . . New diversity requirement impacing ISU faculty, curriculum
09-25-97 . . . Mandel, ISU's Mary Louise Smith chair holder, at ISU Oct. 6-7
09-25-97 . . . Women's Week celebrated at ISU Oct. 5-10
09-24-97 . . . ISU FCS to kick-off career week Sept. 29
09-23-97 . . . ISU plays key role in new FAA center
09-19-97 . . . ISU web-based food safety curriculum targets young people
09-18-97 . . . ISU holds forum on future of Veishea on Sept. 26
09-17-97 . . . ISU opens new education technology center
09-17-97 . . . WOI AM/FM listeners to hear some changes
09-16-97 . . . ISU professor selected for engineering frontiers symposium
09-16-97 . . . Groundbreaking officially begins ETRC construction
09-16-97 . . . ISU fall enrollment up by nearly 500 students
09-12-97 . . . ISU, Pioneer, Hy-Vee collaboration brings new product to market
09-10-97 . . . Biomass Energy Facility gets ok from Regents
09-10-97 . . . ISU, Corones reach settlement on grant dispute
09-09-97 . . . Agriculture, veterinary medicine and natural resources news from ISU
09-08-97 . . . News about science, technology and engineering at ISU
09-05-97 . . . Reiman Gardens autumn festival
08-29-97 . . . Blake named director of African American Studies at ISU
08-27-97 . . . Jischke: Veishea must be safe, alcohol-free to continue
08-27-97 . . . Jack Trice Stadium dedication ceremony Saturday, 4 p.m.
08-26-97 . . . ISU holds reception for national merit and achievement scholars
08-25-97 . . . ISU ranks 29th in Peace Corps volunteers
08-22-97 . . . WOI FM to broadcast Des Moines Symphony concert on ISU's central campus
08-22-97 . . . Program to aid recruitment, retention of minority student-athletes
08-21-97 . . . ISU announces new residence hall door policy
08-21-97 . . . ISU residence hall faces major renovation needs
08-18-97 . . . John Parks named ISU Research Park president, CEO
08-18-97 . . . Richard Hoffmann named interim LAS dean at Iowa State
08-18-97 . . . College Creek restoration project resumes at ISU
08-14-97 . . . ISU to continue study of gambling's impact on Iowans
08-14-97 . . . Male artists' visions of women on exhibit at Brunnier Museum
08-14-97 . . . Blaedel named interim director of ISU Student Health Center
08-11-97 . . . John Atanasoff II visits replica of first computer
08-07-97 . . . WOI Radio launches 'Iowa Week II'
08-07-97 . . . ISU's Hoffman named provost at UIC
08-07-97 . . . ISU and DMACC launch cross enrollment program
08-05-97 . . . Des Moines Symphony kicks off new year at ISU
07-30-97 . . . ISU student receives Goldwater Scholarship award
07-29-97 . . . ISU employee injured in tractor accident Tuesday
07-29-97 . . . E-mail, solar car and tattoos - ISU at the Iowa State Fair
07-28-97 . . . Enloe named interim director of ISU Women's Center
07-28-97 . . . Madison named interim dean of Library Services at ISU
07-28-97 . . . ISU dedicates George C. Christensen Drive on July 31
07-25-97 . . . ISU's attracted nearly $290 million in external funding in 1997; also has record-breaking year for private fundraising
07-23-97 . . . ISU professors receive regents faculty excellence awards
07-23-97 . . . Regents approve new budget for ISU
07-18-97 . . . Advisory: Bissell Road to be closed Saturday, July 19
07-17-97 . . . ISU student-athlete graduation rates leads Big 12
07-17-97 . . . ISU ranks ninth in gender equity efforts
07-17-97 . . . Iowa State rates favorably in Houston Chronicle big 12 conference comparison
07-16-97 . . . Meeks named dean of ISU Family and Consumer Sciences College
07-16-97 . . . Three finalists chosen for Research Park post
07-15-97 . . . Political scientist named to ISU's smith chair in women and politics
07-14-97 . . . Iowa State wins three national awards for new technologies
07-08-97 . . . ISU seeks interim director of Sloss Women's Center
07-08-97 . . . New ISU child care center to open in early August
07-03-97 . . . ISU names interim dean of family and consumer sciences college
06-30-97 . . . NASA officials tour ISU July 1
06-29-97 . . . Earhart drives excytor across finish line
06-27-97 . . . Excytor burns pure solar energy at sunrayce
06-26-97 . . . Team Prisum finds uphill struggles in Kansas
06-25-97 . . . Team Prisum cruises comfortably on day 6 of sunrayce
06-24-97 . . . Difficulties keep team Prisum from finish line
06-24-97 . . . ISU issues correction regarding phone solicitations
06-23-97 . . . Team Prisum gears up for second part of sunrayce
06-22-97 . . . Hilly terrain keeps team Prisum from finish line
06-21-97 . . . Day of strategy pays off for team Prisum
06-20-97 . . . Solar car update: Clouds slow ISU car
06-20-97 . . . Hill named vice president for student affairs at ISU
06-19-97 . . . Solar car update: ISU's solar car ranked 31st
06-19-97 . . . Fact sheet: ISU's international agreements
06-19-97 . . . College of veterinary medicine restructuring results in new departments
06-18-97 . . . Team Prisum qualifies for sunrayce 97
06-17-97 . . . The students behind the excytor solarcar
06-17-97 . . . Sunrayce '97 fact sheet
06-16-97 . . . Jischke, ISU delegation to China for talks with agricultural officials
06-16-97 . . . News about science, technology and engineering at Iowa State University
06-16-97 . . . Takano gives $100,000 for ISU fellowship
06-10-97 . . . Agriculture, veterinary medicine and natural resources news from Iowa State University
06-06-97 . . . Jischke praises new budget's impact on education's future
06-06-97 . . . Lied Center user fees to see first increase
06-04-97 . . . Solar car breakfast to thank sponsors, preview exCYtor
06-04-97 . . . Space station exhibit comes to Iowa
05-27-97 . . . New vaccine could be solution to salmonella-tainted eggs
05-21-97 . . . ISU graduate students reap big rewards in entrepreneurial contest
05-21-97 . . . ISU family & consumer sciences college names next Hilton chair
05-20-97 . . . McGinley named WOI manager
05-14-97 . . . ISU students gear up for Sunrayce
05-13-97 . . . ISU to host public forum on global food security, May 21
05-09-97 . . . Section of Osborne Drive to close for three days
05-06-97 . . . Eaton to take position at Penn State
05-06-97 . . . Fred Hoiberg named 1997 Iowa games torch bearer
05-06-97 . . . ISU wins safety award
05-05-97 . . . ISU grad student wins $10,000 award
05-02-97 . . . Update: one student remains hospitalized; ISU solar car arrives home Friday night
05-01-97 . . . Solar car and students will return to Iowa State Friday
05-01-97 . . . Finalists for WOI manager to visit campus
04-30-97 . . . Update on Iowa State solar car students
04-30-97 . . . New finalist for ISU student affairs v.p. announced
04-29-97 . . . Three ISU students admitted to Topeka Hospital
04-29-97 . . . Statement on this morning's accident
04-28-97 . . . U.S. congressman to address Iowa transportation issues May 2
04-25-97 . . . Reiman gardens cohorts plan bus tour
04-24-97 . . . Finalists for ISU African American studies announced
04-24-97 . . . Anderson receives ISU's Dwight Ink public service award
04-23-97 . . . Stieglitz named ISU art and design chair
04-22-97 . . . Reiman Gardens designer returns
04-21-97 . . . Statement from ISU President Martin Jischke
04-21-97 . . . ISU solar car team heads to Arizona for qualifiers
04-20-97 . . . Statement from ISU President Martin Jischke
04-18-97 . . . Extremely high-energy gamma ray galaxy challenges astronomical theories
04-17-97 . . . Transportation and logistics expert to present ISU Voorhees, Miller lectures
04-17-97 . . . ISU to host reception for Crabtree May 1
04-16-97 . . . Special collections at ISU library to close for 15 weeks
04-16-97 . . . ISU's Jischke to visit Shenandoah on April 22
04-16-97 . . . National merit scholars meet alumni mentors
04-10-97 . . . Gartner to address library supporters
04-09-97 . . . ISU student affairs V.P. finalists announced
04-08-97 . . . 75th Veishea to celebrate tradition of student leadership at ISU
04-04-97 . . . National expert on economic behavior, poverty to speak at ISU
04-04-97 . . . Norwest officer to speak on Iowa's economic future April 9
04-04-97 . . . Lord is new IPRT associate director
04-03-97 . . . Young entrepreneurs getting down to business at summer camp
04-03-97 . . . Renovated BCC to be rededicated April 10
04-01-97 . . . ISU to break ground on Palmer Building
04-01-97 . . . Three are finalists for ISU family and consumer sciences dean
03-31-97 . . . ISU gambling conference research results published
03-28-97 . . . Locke named first Pease family scholar
03-28-97 . . . Top NASA official and Boswell to visit ISU
03-28-97 . . . ISU solar car team announces Adopt-A-Solar-Cell campaign
03-26-97 . . . ISU Pappajohn Center awarded grant
03-25-97 . . . International manufacturing executive to speak April 1
03-25-97 . . . Egg Web pages on line
03-24-97 . . . Improvements to weather modelling is focus of grant
03-21-97 . . . Fick open house will train telescopes on Comet Hale-Bopp
03-21-97 . . . Extension personnel take Road Scholar tour to ISU
03-21-96 . . . Kassebaum Baker returns to ISU
03-20-97 . . . U.S. Air Force Secretary visits Iowa State
03-20-97 . . . Academic expos offered in ISU Residence Halls
03-20-97 . . . NASA nutritionist will speak at Iowa State
03-20-97 . . . Iowa best science projects on display at Iowa State
03-17-97 . . . McCarroll named director of University Relations at ISU
03-07-97 . . . ISU business college to host conference for young women
03-07-97 . . . ISU hosts molecular biology summer program for youth
03-04-97 . . . More ISU students studying abroad
03-04-97 . . . Des Moines reception for Iowa State inventors
03-04-97 . . . Sanctions reduced for five students
02-26-97 . . . ISU Spirit Rally set for Big 12 Women's Tournament
02-26-97 . . . ISU Spirit Rally planned for Big 12 Men's Tournament
02-21-97 . . . Maytag gift serves three-fold purpose
02-21-97 . . . ISU Clinics to host open house
02-21-97 . . . Regents approve new center for family policy
02-21-97 . . . Wilsons endow faculty chair in engineering
02-21-97 . . . Committee begins search for Research Park director
02-20-97 . . . Dougharty named associate dean of students at ISU
02-19-97 . . . Nondestructive evaluation pioneer Thompson to retire
02-19-97 . . . ISU professors to visit Iowa's Malaysian sister state
02-18-97 . . . ISU's Thielen keynote speaker at Student Affairs Institute
02-18-97 . . . Native Iowan returns to discuss technology diffusion and the ICN
02-14-97 . . . Minnesota company signs $1 million contract with ISU for advanced computer chip
02-13-97 . . . ISU establishes Multicultural Task Force
02-12-97 . . . Science-bound students to participate in mini solar car race
02-12-97 . . . Chisholm, CNN's Crowley to speak at Catt Center conference
02-11-97 . . . Agriculture, veterinary medicine and natural resources news from ISU
02-11-97 . . . ISU offers study program in London
02-10-97 . . . GTE officials at ISU Feb. 13 for grant presentation
02-10-97 . . . Christopher Ahoy is new ISU facilities director
02-07-97 . . . ISU to host Big Eight Black Student Government conference
02-07-97 . . . ISU grad named interim director of African American studies
02-07-97 . . . ISU's Avalos heads scientific examination of religion group
02-07-97 . . . Honorary professorship to ISU's Johnson
02-06-97 . . . WOI manager search under way
02-03-97 . . . Jischke recommends naming ISU football stadium for Jack Trice
01-31-97 . . . Russia's top agricultural official visiting ISU Monday
01-31-97 . . . Task force will study ways to make Ames community more inviting to minorities
01-31-97 . . . ISU seminar planned on Horticulture Therapy: Nurturing With Plants
01-29-97 . . . Small Business Development Center a bargain for Iowa businesses
01-28-97 . . . Gifts will fund improvements in vet med college, library
01-27-97 . . . Ernst & Young vice chairman to serve as ISU executive-in-residence
01-27-97 . . . Committee recommends naming ISU football stadium for Jack Trice
01-21-97 . . . Clinton appoints ISU professor to nuclear waste board
01-17-97 . . . Power cut to Kildee Hall
01-16-97 . . . Iowa State press box project begins
01-16-97 . . . Jack Trice statue to be moved to site near stadium
01-09-97 . . . Help Center for students opened Jan. 11-12
01-08-97 . . . Fourth Carver Scholar visits ISU Jan. 15-17
01-08-97 . . . ISU honors Martin Luther King with series of events
01-07-97 . . . Shapiro named assistant dean of ISU Engineering
01-07-97 . . . Lab will allow students to learn about the latest engines
01-03-97 . . . Six are finalists for ISU's university relations director
01-02-97 . . . Search opens for VP for student affairs at ISU



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