News Archive
Sunday, June 21 2009
News
Successful first year for admissions partnerships with Iowa's community colleges
With a full year under its belt, Iowa State's Admissions
Partnership Program with Iowa community colleges is posting
numbers that indicate it is on the right track. The program
makes it easier for community college students to transfer to
Iowa State for their four-year degrees. A year ago, Iowa State
marked the completion of admissions partnership agreements with
all 15 community colleges in Iowa. Now the program boasts
nearly 430 community college students.
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FY10 budget changes may begin; final approval set for Aug. 5
ISU President Gregory Geoffroy told the Board of Regents June 11 that $38.3 million in state appropriation cuts in FY10 will be distributed differentially to university units, with administrative units taking proportionately larger cuts than academic units.
Iowa States Intensive Program in Biorenewables shows students the action
Iowa State University's first Intensive Program in Biorenewables attracted 46 students from across the country and around the world. They're spending two weeks in talks, tours, demonstrations and tests that cover the science, the opportunities and the challenges of developing a bioeconomy.
Iowa State experts can discuss impact of rising gas prices amid economic distress
Iowa State experts can help gauge where rising gas prices are
headed this summer and what impact they'll have in many
related areas.
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Iowa State physicists discuss the science of Angels & Demons
Two Iowa State physicists say there's some science fiction in "Angels & Demons." But they're not quibbling because the movie is introducing millions to particle physics.
Watch it on "Brink"
The Science Channel's "Brink" show is working on a feature about developmental robotics research at Iowa State University. The show's host, Josh Zepps, left, visits the lab to see the robot in action and talk to Alexander Stoytchev. Stoytchev, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his students are trying to figure out how a robot can learn what children learn over the first two years of their lives. The feature is scheduled to air at 9:30 p.m. (Central) July 13 on the Science Channel.
Photo by News Service.
In the news
Iowans may swat many mosquitoes this summer
Associated Press
Hot weather, combined with last year's flooding and this year's rainfall, could produce a bumper crop of mosquitoes this summer, says ISU entomologist Ken Holscher.
Study shows U.S. winds are slowing
The New York Times
ISU Professor Gene Takle is the author of a new study that finds wind speeds across the country are declining -- potentially bad news for wind power developers and farmers. Takle tells The New York Times there may be three possible explanations for the drop in wind speed.