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Thursday, May 20 2010
News
Iowa State students' summer internships come in all shapes and sizes
Senior Hillary Van Ham
will intern in Ghana with Global Mamas, who make clothes for
the fair trade market. Photo by Bob Elbert.
For their summer vacations, Iowa State University students are
fanning out across the globe doing everything from mosquito
netting distribution in Uganda to tropical landscape
maintenance at SeaWorld. They're participating in summer
internships, those valuable resume builders that signify
practical experience.
Financial literacy leader Tahira Hira offers advice on managing debt, credit cards
Iowa State Mini Baja Team hopes for better luck, better performance this year
Iowa State engineers design power structures that help keep the lights on
Iowa State University engineers are developing new and improved poles to carry electricity across the countryside. They say the new structures -- which can bend and deflect an extreme load -- would be cheaper, easier to install, more secure and more resistant to cascading failures. That means better electrical service for everybody.
Meredith business development director Dave Kurns to receive Schwartz Award
Brains master switch is verified by Iowa State University researcher
The protein that has long been suspected by scientists of being the master switch allowing brains to function has now been verified by Iowa State University researcher Yeon-Kyun Shin. The professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology has shown that the protein called synaptotagmin1 (Syt1) is the sole trigger for the release of neurotransmitters in the brain.
Liesl Eathington
ISU economist authors report on Midwest population this decade
In the news
Track legend Danny Harris earns his degree from Iowa State
The Des Moines Register
Former ISU track star and Olympic silver medalist Danny Harris
has beaten cancer and drug addiction to come back and earn a
bachelor's in liberal arts -- 27 years after he started at
Iowa State. "It's amazing what you can accomplish when
you put your mind to it," Harris said.
See story.
Opinion: Treading slick political waters
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Telling the chimps' stories
Glacier studies
