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Tuesday, January 12 2010
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Iowa FIRST LEGO League Championship challenges students to think transportation
Team T-shirts, loud cheers, goofy hats, LEGO bricks and fun lessons in science and engineering will be front and center during the Iowa FIRST LEGO League Championship at Iowa State University's College of Engineering. The championship begins at 9 a.m. Jan. 16 in the Howe Hall atrium. The event is free and open to the public.
Iowa State University events will honor Martin Luther King Jr. beginning Jan. 13
A carillon concert, community and campus programs, and three prominent speakers are among Iowa State University's activities to honor the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The events, which begin Jan. 13 and conclude Feb. 8, are free and open to the public. News Release
BodyViz.com technology developed by Iowa State engineers to appear on "The Biggest Loser Couples"
Software technology developed by Iowa State University engineers will give contestants of NBC's "The Biggest Loser Couples" a close look inside their bodies. The episode airs at 7 p.m. (Central) on Tuesday, Jan. 12. A doctor will use the technology to show contestants their MRI scans in 3-D.
H1N1 clinics scheduled on campus this week
Story County Public Health will hold H1N1 flu vaccination clinics on Jan. 11 and 15 from 2 to 6 p.m. in rooms 260-262, Scheman Building, on the Iowa State campus. The Scheman Building is located between Hilton Coliseum and Stephens Auditorium. The free vaccinations are available to everyone over the age of 6 months.
Meet the deans
ISU economics reports analyze state's R&D tax credits, housing and mental health industry
Thirteen towns chosen for 2010 community visioning program
Thirteen Iowa communities have been selected to participate in the Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning Program in 2010.The award-winning program integrates technical landscape planning and design techniques with sustainable community action to assist community leaders and volunteers in making sound and meaningful decisions about the local landscape. It is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in partnership with ISU Landscape Architecture Extension and Trees Forever. News Release.
Iowa State ranked 15th in world ranking of hospitality and tourism scholarly contributions
News release.
Iowa State physicists beginning to see data from the Large Hadron Collider
Iowa State University physicists are starting to see real data from the Large Hadron Collider, the planet's biggest science experiment. But, said Chunhui Chen, an Iowa State assistant professor of physics and astronomy, it will still take years of study before the collider produces new, Nobel-winning physics.
Winter winds will generate electricity for Ames, ISU
The winds of January are a good thing if you're getting electricity from a wind farm, and that's the case for the City of Ames and Iowa State University. The city and university will begin buying wind-generated electricity from a new wind farm north of Zearing soon.
Graham Spanier
Penn State President Spanier to give ISU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 50th anniversary keynote
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Avoiding gamer rage
Men's Fitness
ISU Assistant Professor Doug Gentile is among the psychologists offering advice to gamers to help them limit aggressive behaviors associated with violent video games. For example, Gentile suggests, adding games like Tetris into the mix can help gamers avoid turning into a post-game Hulk.
Economic indicators inch ahead in Iowa
The Des Moines Register
The Iowa economy is moving toward recovery, but it's going to take some time, ISU economist Dave Swenson predicts. "We have to prepare for a multiyear recovery," Swenson said.
Talking about how chimps react to fire
National Geographic Weekend
Iowa State anthropology professor Jill Pruetz was
interviewed by Boyd Matson about her latest study on how
chimpanzees at her Fongoli research site in Senegal understand
and react to wildfires in the region.