News Archive
Tuesday, August 30 2005
News
Mural celebration
Some of the student artists who worked on the "Unity" mural outside the college of Design were on hand for the Aug. 30 mural celebration. The mural celebrates Iowa State and Ames' new "one community" theme.
Beam signing to launch work on success center
The public is invited to a ceremonial beam signing of the Hixson-Lied Student Success Center, Thursday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. The ceremony will take place on the building site, south of Fisher-Nickell Hall.
Panel features ISU alumni
Iowa State alums return to Ames to discuss the future of business and technology
Book looks at Kahn architecture
In his new book, ISU's Thomas Leslie takes a fresh look at one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century.
Winning technology for noise reduction
An Iowa State spin-off company has won a $440,000 grant from the NSF to develop its unique noise-reduction technologies.
ISU establishes center for computational intelligence
A new Iowa State center will study how massive data sets can be integrated, analyzed and interpreted to advance collaborative science and research.
Private support for ISU grows 30 percent
For the second consecutive year, a record number of donors have committed more than $82 million in private support for Iowa State. For FY05, the ISU Foundation reported a 30 percent increase in new gifts and future commitments over the previous year.
ISU receives $3 million for bioinformatics
The National Science Foundation has awarded Iowa State a $3 million grant for graduate studies in computational molecular biology.
Folklorist seeks "taste of place" recipes
An Iowa folklorist is gathering recipes for Iowa foods that evoke a "taste of place."
$10 million to ISU-based concrete center
A $10 million federal appropriation to an Iowa State University-based concrete technology center will help engineers from coast to coast develop pavements that last longer and need less maintenance.
Play equipment innovators honored
Steven and Barbara King, who turned the concept of continuous play into a successful children's play equipment company, are the recipients of the 2005 Christian Petersen Design Award from the College of Design.
Engineering College names diversity director
The College of Engineering has named Nancy Knight its first director of diversity and graduate student affairs.
New analytical tool helps detect cancer
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a tool that can identify the smallest traces of substances, including the biomarkers that could indicate breast and prostate cancers. The discovery and related research could lead to earlier detection of cancer.
Proving Da Vinci right
Researchers from Ames Laboratory and Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory have used quasicrystals to prove a Leonardo Da Vinci theory about friction holds even at the atomic level.
In the news
Ag school confidential
U.S. News: America's Best Colleges
"At premier ag schools like Iowa State, old stereotypes about colleges of agriculture have little in common with the broad-based, interdisciplinary education [Betsy] Hertz and her fellow students encounter."
High service ranking for Iowa State
Iowa State ranks 34th nationally in The Washington Monthly's community and national service-based ratings of colleges and universities.