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Wednesday, July 28 2010
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ISU student's study finds high heels may lead to joint degeneration and knee osteoarthritis
ISU student will represent Iowa in Ms. Wheelchair America, Aug. 9-15
Samantha Edwards has finalized her platform and composed her
competitive speech. Although nervous, she's excited about
sharing her message at the Ms. Wheelchair America 2011
competition. Edwards, a junior in journalism and mass
communication from Marshalltown, will be one of 28 contestants
who vie for the national title, Aug. 9-15.
News
release.
Gold brings a smile to the face of Rachel Derscheid
ISU-based team wins Ultimate world championship in Czech Republic
A mostly Iowa State University team won the World Ultimate Club
Championships for the sport of Ultimate in Prague, Czech
Republic.
The team is called "The Chad Larson Experience" for a
friend of the team, and beat a Canadian team in the finals,
17-10.
Ultimate is a field game in which teams score by throwing a
flying disc to other players to advance down the field and
score. It was formerly known as Ultimate Frisbee.
Design students create ISU Farm Program Show display
Students in a College of Design studio took their ideas from
concept to reality, creating a new, interactive display for the
ISU Extension exhibit at the 2010 Farm Progress Show. They
developed a logo, signage and four main display components that
focus on soil. The exhibit, "Working together to care for
our land," will fill ISU's 120-by-50-foot building
during the annual event held this year in Boone, Aug. 31-Sept.
3.
ISU
Extension news release.
An 'elemental' piece of chemistry
University Museums is installing a new public work of art by Seattle-based artist Norie Sato in Hach Hall, ISU's new chemistry building. Sato's piece is a large-scale environmental sculpture, titled "elemental." It's made from glass, aluminum and LED lights in multiple panels. You can view the sculpture from inside or outside the northwest area of Hach Hall, or get a preview here.
Iowa State's external funding hits record $388.2 million in FY 2010
Iowa State attracted a record $388.2 million in grants, contracts, gifts and cooperative agreements during fiscal year 2010, an increase of $83 million and 27 percent over last year's record.
Clearing the hurdles
Discover how ISU Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Hill earned a place in history at the 1972 Olympics, and how that experience has brought him success beyond athletics.
In the news
Education groups call for deepening U.S. academic ties to Indonesia
A Public Voice newsletter
Chronicle of Higher Education
This year "offers the best chance there will ever be for a major United States-Indonesia bilateral initiative on education," says a report by four non-governmental organizations. The United States-Indonesia Society, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the Institute of International Education and the East-West Center have issued a call to action in the document, "Report of the U.S. Higher Education Leaders Mission to Indonesia: Recommendations on U.S.-Indonesia Enhanced Cooperation in Higher Education Under the Planned Comprehensive Partnership." The Higher Education Leaders Mission was led by four co-chairs, including ISU President Gregory Geoffroy.
ISU class brings projects to Burning Man festival
Reno Gazette-Journal
Samantha Krukowski's Iowa State University class, "Shifting Sands: Transient Architectures in the Desert," is working on projects they will bring to the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nev., at the end of August. It's the first time college students have been given such an assignment.