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Monday, October 25 2010
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Author of new biography on Grant Wood will speak at Iowa State Nov. 7
The author of the first new biography of artist Grant Wood in
nearly 70 years will speak about his book, "Grant Wood: A
Life," at Iowa State. R. Tripp Evans will discuss and read
from his groundbreaking book at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the
Morrill Hall Auditorium, Room 2019. Published this month by
Alfred A. Knopf, Evans' book uncovers the Iowa-born
artist's personal life and the many ways it contradicted
his public image.
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ISU students design community center from shipping containers for La Croix, Haiti
Photo by Tom Fraser.
Some Iowa State architecture students are creating a community
center out of recycled shipping containers in a Haitian
village. This fall, they will test their design ideas and
construction techniques on a shipping container in their own
neighborhood. Last summer, the eight students spent a week in
La Croix, an agricultural community of about 15,000 people.
Now, they're taking an independent study with Assistant
Professor Nadia Anderson to develop the details of their
design. A "practice" container has been delivered and
set up for them to work on in Ames.
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Grape acres in Iowa grow to more than 1,200 with help of Iowa State University
With more than 85 state-licensed wineries and 413 vineyards covering more than 1,200 acres, the wine industry is growing in Iowa, due, in part, to the help of Iowa State University.
It's majorly important
20 percent of Iowa State students enter the university before
choosing a major. If you're an open-option or undecided
student, go one-stop shopping at ISU's Major Fair. Find
your major or shop for a double major or minor. All colleges
will be there on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Memorial Union Great Hall.
ISU political experts differ on outlook for gubernatorial race as election day nears
Iowa State, Ames Lab chemists discover proton mechanism used by flu virus to infect cells
Chemists led by Mei Hong of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have discovered the shuttle mechanism that relays protons from a healthy cell into a flu virus. The proton movement is an important part of the flu virus life cycle. The findings are published in the Oct. 22 issue of the journal Science.
Iowa State's student meteorology club named nation's top chapter
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) named Iowa
State's student group Outstanding Student Chapter of the
Year for 2009-10. The award recognizes community service and
outreach, professional development pursuits and AMS
involvement. It will be presented at the AMS national
conference in Seattle in January. Iowa State's chapter has
70 members and is one of 61 student groups in the
country.
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MIT blackjack team player who inspired a book and movie will speak Nov. 3
Jeffrey Ma, strategy expert and subject of the best seller "Bringing Down The House" and "21," the movie about the MIT Blackjack Team, will speak at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. Ma is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Citizen Sports, the sports media company that is changing how businesses use numbers and metrics to build their brand and retain customers. His talk, "The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big in Business," is free and open to the public.
Japanese diplomat Kazuhide Ishikawa to give Manatt-Phelps Lecture Oct. 26
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Panel of national experts will discuss repairing financial markets Oct. 28
Three experts with distinguished careers in the financial sector will discuss the future of the mortgage market and financial regulation in a panel discussion, "Fixing Financial Markets: Views from Freddie, Finance and the Fed," at 8 p.m Thursday, Oct. 28, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. The panelists are Donald Bisenius, executive vice president of the single family credit guarantee business at Freddie Mac; author Dan Laufenberg, former chief economist and vice president of Ameriprise Financial; and Kevin Moore, senior vice president in charge of the supervision and risk management division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The presentation is part of Iowa State's National Affairs Series. It is free and open to the public.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Co-President Heiden to present Nov. 2 Stafford Lecture
Dianne Bystrom
Women's election hopes better than forecast, says Catt Center director
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US elections 2010: Why Congress will have fewer women
The top 100 people in bioenergy
Biofuels Digest
Biofuels Digest included Iowa State University's Robert C. Brown - an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering, the Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering and the Iowa Farm Bureau director of Iowa State's Bioeconomy Institute - on its list of "The Top 100 People in Bioenergy." Brown is No. 61.
Pediatricians group wants sexy TV spots pushed back until after 10 p.m.
And you thought gambling pigeons were bad: 4 other animal sins
Gamers fight for first amendment rights
The Schwarzenegger v. EMA case could cost the video game industry its First Amendment rights by criminalizing violent game sales to minors, but how valid is the argument that a violent video game will spur violent behavior in real life? Iowa State University Associate Professor Douglas Gentile offers up a third-party opinion on the validity of the arguments.