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Monday, January 24 2011
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ISU researcher to get to root of many aspects of sustainable organic vegetable production
Iowa State University researcher Kathleen Delate is examining which organic vegetable growing practices are best for the soil, water, yields and even nutrition. The professor of horticulture and agronomy is undertaking perhaps the most comprehensive study of organic vegetable-growing practices by looking at the use of cover crops, manure, tillage and mulch.
Black military history author Robert V. Morris will speak at ISU Feb. 2
Robert V. Morris, named one of The Des Moines Register's most influential Iowans in the 21st century, will discuss his new book, "Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. His illustrated history relays personal accounts of several prominent African-American war heroes. Morris founded the Fort Des Moines Memorial Park and the World War II Iowa Tuskegee Airmen Memorial at the Des Moines International Airport. His talk is free and open to the public.
Iowa State University-based research leads to jumbo shrimp agreement
Iowa State University-based shrimp research by Hank Harris, professor in animal science, has led to an international licensing and marketing agreement for two vaccines to be used in shrimp farming around the world.
Douglas Gentile conducting video game research from ISU's Media Research Lab.
ISU's Gentile contributes to study identifying risks, consequences of video game addiction
Comics artist, advocate and "Google Chrome" author Scott McCloud will speak at ISU Jan. 27
Comics artist and author Scott McCloud will discuss the medium
and art of comics during a talk on Thursday, Jan. 27.
"Comics: An Art Form in Transition," will be at 8
p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. Since creating
"Zot!" in the 1980s, McCloud has become well known
for his print and web comics. He is the author of "Google
Chrome," "Understanding Comics,"
"Reinventing Comics" and "Making Comics."
McCloud's theories have been infuential in game, Web and
interface design, and he has been a consultant to The National
Cancer Institute and The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center among
other clients. His presentation is Iowa State's annual
Goldtrap Lecture and is free and open to the public.
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Iowa FIRST LEGO League Championship has kids thinking like biomedical engineers
Hundreds of screaming 9- to 14-year-olds will cheer for their
robots as they compete in the Iowa FIRST LEGO League
Championship on Saturday, Jan. 15. Check out the science and
engineering action from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Howe Hall of Iowa
State's College of Engineering. The event is free and open
to the public.
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Veterinary emergency hospitals to affiliate
Pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents, Iowa State University, through a non-profit business entity, will purchase Iowa Veterinary Specialties, an investor-owned emergency and specialty care hospital located in Des Moines. The affiliation between IVS and the Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center at ISU's College of Veterinary Medicine will bring together unique strengths and resources to provide enhanced veterinary care in central Iowa.
Exhibition commemorates expansion of exchange between ISU Design and Chinese university
"Winter"
by Diansheng Guo.
Textile artworks, watercolors and traditonal Chinese brush
paintings by faculty from Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU)
in Lanzhou, China, will be on display at the College of Design
from Jan. 31 through Feb. 16. The exhibition will open with a
reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, in the
college's Gallery 181 and Lightfoot Forum. The program will
include a ceremonial signing of an expanded agreement between
Iowa State and LZJTU.
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AAAS honors Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers for distinguished science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named nine Iowa State University researchers -- two of them are also affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory -- fellows of the association. The honor recognizes "their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications."
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Product placement will be allowed on British television programs for the first time from the end of next month and some fear our viewing will never be the same. "Done subtly, holding a bottle of branded beer is hardly noticeable," says Professor Jay Newell, an advertising expert at Iowa State University.
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Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State, authors an opinion piece that explores the current state of journalism education in this brave, new media world.
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Why loneliness is hazardous to your health
Everyone knows what it's like to be lonely. And it seems to be that it's the subjective experience of loneliness that's important for people's well-being, rather than any objective measure of social connectivity. It's an important distinction that most previous studies had ignored, says Daniel Russell, a psychologist at Iowa State University in Ames.