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Wednesday, April 13 2011
News
Big 12 signs 13-year cable rights deal with Fox Sports
The Big 12 Conference has reached a landmark 13-year cable rights agreement with Fox Sports Media Group to televise a minimum of 40 football games annually beginning in 2012. "Today's announcement is the culmination of last summer's talks in which I joined with my fellow presidents and chancellors to chart a strong future for the Big 12 Conference," said Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy. "All 10 schools will benefit significantly from this contract, which further strengthens the long-term commitment that our member institutions made to one another last summer."
ISU researchers collaborate on report showing Pell Grant impact on community college expansion
Experts will discuss affordable housing for flood-prone areas April 21-22 at ISU
Experts in affordable housing, disaster resilience and
sustainable design will join local housing and planning
officials and nonprofit and for-profit housing developers for
"The Symposium on Affordable Housing and Disaster
Resilience," April 21-22, at the Environmental Health and
Safety Services Building Learning Center, on the north side of
campus. Two sessions are free and open to the public on
Thursday.
News
release.
Undergraduates showcase their research and creative expression at ISU April 19
Does the arena decibel-level during Hilton Magic really impact
basketball player performance? What happens in cyberspace
during virtual mourning? And what do China's cities look
like in the midst of epic change? These are just three of the
87 research projects Iowa State University students will share
during the university's fifth annual "Symposium on
Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression," Tuesday,
April 19, in the Memorial Union. The event is free and open to
the public.
News release.
ISU, UI partner to feature student innovation at Invention Convention April 16
Almost 400 students from across the state will showcase
inventions ranging from "The Rocker Stopper" to
"The Eye Drop Assistant" at the 24th annual Invent
Iowa State Scholarship Event. The event, which alternates
between the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, will
be held Saturday, April 16, in Ames this year.
News
release.
Disney game designer will speak, judge student game design competition April 20 at ISU
Nathan Sumsion, senior game designer at Avalanche-Disney Interactive Studios, will be at Iowa State to speak about video game designing and to judge the ISU Game Development Competition. His talk, "Spelling it Out: The Communication Roles of a Game Designer," will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. His presentation is free and open to the public. The winners of the game development competition will be announced immediately following Sumsion's presentation.
Creative, on-line learning tool helps students tackle real-world problems
A new computer interface developed at ISU called ThinkSpace is helping students use what they've learned in the horticulture classroom and apply it to problems they'll face when they are on the job site. The project, is led by a group of ISU faculty including Ann Marie VanDerZanden, professor of horticulture and associate director of ISU's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
Student named Udall Scholar and Goldwater Scholar
It's one for the record books. An Iowa State University student has been awarded two of the nation's most distinguished scholarships. Nathaniel Looker, a third-year student majoring in global resource systems and agronomy from Des Moines, has been named a 2011 Udall Scholar and a 2011 Goldwater Scholar.
Two students are 2011 Goldwater Scholars
Two ISU students have been named Goldwater Scholars and a third student received an honorable mention in the nation's premier undergraduate scholarship award in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. They are Chloe Dedic, a mechanical engineering major from Mason City, and Nathaniel Looker, a global resource systems and agronomy major from Des Moines. Mischa
Olson, biology major from Iowa City, received an honorable mention. The scholarships were announced at Iowa State today by the University Honors Program, which coordinates nominations and applications.
Alumni, friends, association honored during ISU's Distinguished Awards Celebration
The Iowa State University Alumni Association and the Iowa State University Foundation will recognize alumni, friends and a corporation with ISU's most prestigious honors during the annual Distinguished Awards Celebration Friday, April 15.
The awards ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the MU Sun Room and is open to the public. A reception will be held following the ceremony.
NASAs Kepler helps Iowa States Kawaler, astronomers update census of sun-like stars
NASA's Kepler spacecraft is allowing Steve Kawaler and an international team of astronomers to study changes in the brightness of 500 stars like our sun. The data will give astronomers a much better understanding of the stars, their properties and their evolution. The findings are published in the April 8 issue of the journal Science.
Veishea is April 11-17
Iowa State University's annual student-run Veishea celebration is ready to kick off 89 years of tradition with Cyclone family favorites and an extensive entertainment lineup.
NWRC May symposium to address origins of obesity
Welcome to the real world
In the latest issue, VISIONS magazine peeks in on the fascinating lives of nine young alumni as they launch careers, find love, start families, and figure out who they are and what they're doing.
In the news
A tree and a marriage grow together
The Des Moines Register
Little did Max and Lorene Mugge know, the paper-cup seedling they received at Veishea 60 years ago would grow and thrive and weather life's storms, just like their marriage. The 50-foot white pine is now their "anniversary tree." All but one of the Mugges' children, and then their grandchildren, attended Iowa State.
He's back! Arnold Schwarzenegger to voice animated superhero, 'The Governator'
Greg Geoffroy will be tough to duplicate
Des Moines Register editorial
A Des Moines Register editorial calls Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy "a great leader of a great institution for more than a decade." Now, the Iowa Board of Regents must focus on finding his successor.