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Wednesday, November 3 2010
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Iowa State will honor fallen soldiers in Gold Star Hall ceremony Nov. 11
The walls of the Gold Star Hall -- the "memorial" in Iowa State University's Memorial Union -- are engraved with the names of former students who died while on active duty in the U.S. Armed Services. Four former Iowa State students will be honored during the annual Veterans Day Gold Star Hall ceremony at 3:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. It is free and open to the public. The four being honored are from each major conflict of the 20th century, their deaths spanning 48 years, from 1918 to 1966. They come from Ames, Sioux City, Manson and Hamburg.
Iowa State researchers team up with NFL PLAY 60 campaign to provide tools, analysis
Iowa Hall of Pride exhibit memorializes Jack Shelley
The Iowa Hall of Pride has created an exhibit dedicated to Iowa broadcasting icon and ISU Professor Emeritus Jack Shelley, who died Sept. 14 at age 98. The exhibit, which features highlights of Shelley's career and a video produced by the Archives of Iowa Broadcasting, will remain on display through 2010. The Hall of Pride is located in HyVee Hall at the Iowa Events Center, 330 Park St., Des Moines. All Iowa K-12 students are admitted free; adults pay $5. The Iowa Hall of Pride is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ISU Hilton Chair Steven Blair to discuss whether weight or activity is more important to health
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NASAs Kepler Mission changing how astronomers study distant stars
NASA's Kepler Mission is changing how Iowa State
University's Steve Kawaler and his fellow astronomers study
stars. Kepler, launched in March 2009, is returning data the
astronomers say is amazing for its quantity and quality.
Kepler, Kawaler said, is "a discovery machine."
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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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