News Archive
Friday, April 7 2006
News
Chomsky, Rapp to speak at Iowa State
Iowa State hosts the final two speakers in its World Affairs lectures series next week with presentations by Noam Chomsky and Stephan Rapp, both authors and experts on international affairs.
Juggling Club shows Saturday
Whirling torches, spinning machetes and heavy bowling pins will be just a few of the items the ISU juggling club will be tossing around at two Dangerous Toys shows Saturday. Shows will begin at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the corner of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue in Ames in the parking lot west of City Hall.
ISU symposium on ag biotech issues April 18
Ag biotech communications, policy and regulations will be discussed by leading national experts at the 3rd annual symposium of ISU's Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products symposium on April 18.
Computer forum features hall-of-fame inventor, student demonstrations
The HCI Forum: Designing Interaction 2006 will be 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, in Iowa State's Howe Hall. The forum will showcase student work in human computer interaction and the thinking of inventor, author and businessman Ray Kurzweil.
ISU student named Truman Scholar
ISU senior Amber Herman has been named a Truman Scholar. The honor includes a $30,000 award for graduate school. Herman is currently in Uganda, studying and researching young farmer networks.
Student group is national chapter of year
A student group -- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences -- is the national chapter of the year.
Institute for Food Safety and Security inaugural symposium April 19
National food security experts from USDA and FDA will be featured at the first annual symposium of ISU's Institute for Food Safety and Security, April 19. They will present strategies for science-based risk analysis, decision making and communication in the areas of food safety and security.
ISU prof saved by fast-acting staff, defibrillator
Fast action by staff and a handy defribrillator saved professor Clyde Walter when he suffered a heart attack during a pickup basketball game on campus.
Stars Over Veishea: 'My Fair Lady'
"My Fair Lady" is this year's Veishea celebration production. ISU Theatre and the music department will partner with Stars Over Veishea on the musical, which will be presented April 21-22.
Archaeology team will excavate, study animal bones found at ISU Memorial Union construction site
Animal bones -- more than a century old -- were discovered March 23 by contractors who were excavating south of the Memorial Union for a planned addition to that building.
U.S. News & and World Report graduate rankings
Magazine rankings place Iowa State engineering, statistics and chemistry programs among the top 25 public universities. Iowa State's doctoral program in analytical chemistry ranked ninth among all American universities.
Sanderson to succeed retiring coach Douglas
The Iowa State athletics department will hold a press conference Friday at 11 a.m. in the Jacobson Building atrium to announce the retirement of Cyclone head wrestling coach Bobby Douglas and the hiring of associate head coach Cael Sanderson as the sixth head wrestling coach in ISU history.
ISU to host supply chain management conference
National leaders in supply chain management are speaking at Iowa State as part of a business conference on April 7.
Visiting scholar to discuss early childhood programs
Helen Raikes, a national expert on early childhood and law, will give a lecture on state standards for school readiness on April 4.
Planners seeks ideas on improving road safety
ISU planners seek input on improving pedestrian-motorist safety and experiences on campus.
Cellular drug delivery from the inside out
Delivering a dose of chemotherapy drugs to specific cancer cells without the risk of side effects to healthy cells may one day be possible, thanks to a nanoscale drug delivery system being explored by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory.
Hydrogen car
Middle school scientists to compete in bowl
Sixteen teams of middle school students from across Iowa will assemble and race miniature hydrogen fuel-cell cars and compete in an academic contest at an Ames Laboratory/ISU science bowl April 7-8.
Spring VISIONS features intriguing campus people
Twenty of the most intriguing people on campus are profiled in the spring edition of VISIONS, the magazine for Alumni Assn. members.