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Tuesday, September 29 2009
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ISU fall blood drive under way
There's still time to donate blood to the student-run blood drive, which runs through Friday, Oct. 2. Donors should drop by the Memorial Union Great Hall between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. now through Wednesday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, or 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.
Des Moines Public Schools, ISU receive $1.5 million grant to strengthen history education
The 2009 World Food Prize winner to present Borlaug Lecture Oct. 12
James Bushnell named Iowa States first Cargill Endowed Chair in Energy Economics
James Bushnell, formerly of the University of California Energy Institute, has been named Iowa State University's first Cargill Endowed Chair in Energy Economics. He'll also lead Iowa State's Biobased Industry Center. He hopes to make the center a place for formal and informal discussions.
ISU to host annual meeting of Central States Chapter of Society of Toxicology
Iowa State University will host the annual meeting of the Central States Chapter of the Society of Toxicology at the Iowa State University Alumni Center, 420 Beach Drive, Ames, Iowa, Oct. 1-2.
Iowa State to train the next set of cyber warriors for the government
Iowa State's Information Assurance Center receive funding from the National Science Foundation that provides 24 full-ride scholarships for students to receive a master's degree in information assurance.
Vanity Fair writer and co-author of "The Smartest Guys in the Room" will speak
Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean, who co-wrote "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron," will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 in the Memorial Union Sun Room. McLean, who was with Fortune from 1995 to 2008, wrote the first article to raise questions about the immense profitability of Enron, then a darling of the stock market. Her talk, "Following the Money: From Enron to Hedge Funds," is free and open to the public.
ISU study finds intervention program helps kids eat healthier, reduce screen time
Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Hill tries biofeedback. Photo by Bob Elbert
Biofeedback Center newest stress-buster for Iowa State University students
Stressed-out college students are nothing new. But at Iowa State University, they have a new option for dealing with stress: Biofeedback. This fall, the university opened a Biofeedback Center that is free and open to all students. Biofeedback uses technologies like video games and guided meditations to teach relaxation techniques, concentration skills and healthy coping responses. Iowa State is the first of the three Regents' universities to offer a biofeedback service to address students' emotional needs.
MFA in creative writing is nation's first with its own nature preserve
A donation by 1946 ISU graduate Everett Casey of a 76-acre plot of largely underdeveloped land outside of Boone near Don Williams Park has made Iowa State's Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and environment program the nation's first to now have its own nature preserve.
Engineering without stereotypes
Diane Rover, associate dean for academic and student affairs in
Iowa State University's College of Engineering, says a
record enrollment in the college speaks to diversity.
"Engineering is not an exclusive field that is best suited
for one gender or one race," Rover wrote in an opinion
piece published by The Des Moines Register. "It is not
solely the domain of a particular kind of student with a
particular set of skills. Engineering is for everyone who loves
to solve problems."
Are you an entrepreneur?
Find out what it takes to be an entrepreneur, learn about resources for students and small business owners, and meet nine successful alumni who know the difference between being hired and being inspired.
See story on student entrepreneurs.
In the news
'Flocking' behavior lands on social networking sites
USA Today
Michael Bugeja, director of ISU's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, is among those concerned about the Internet's effect on relationships. He is author of the 2005 book "Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age."