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Sunday, August 14 2011
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Fred Kirschenmann
Iowa State fellow receives food leadership honor along with Michelle Obama, others
The James Beard Foundation announced its leadership awards in New York City this week and among the honorees is Fred Kirschenmann, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious studies and a distinguished fellow at Iowa State University's Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Kirschenmann served as director of the Leopold Center from 2000 to 2005.
Opening day at the Iowa State Fair
President Gregory Geoffroy chats with Iowa State Fair visitor Roger Olhausen of Jefferson and University Marketing Director Carole Custer in ISU's "From Biorenewables to Main Street" exhibit in the Varied Industries Building.
Cornings ISU student-designed house demonstrates energy efficiency can be affordable
A new house has just gone on the market in Corning, a fact that normally is not big news. But this house holds special meaning for rural Iowa. It effectively joins affordability and energy efficiency, a combination not readily found in the housing of smaller communities around the state. Iowa State University students designed the "Iowa House" in the College of Design's spring 2010 "Bridge Studio" as part of a collaboration between federal, state and local agencies and organizations.
Brian Wilsey
Most plant species important in various and varying ecosystems: ISU research
According to a new analysis of plants in grasslands around the world, 84 percent of plant species are important to their ecosystem. Brian Wilsey and Stanley Harpole, both in Iowa State University's Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, are authors of a study on plant diversity published in the journal Nature. The study's lead author, Forest Isbell, is a former graduate student of Wilsey who now works at McGill University, Canada.
MEDIA ADVISORY: ISU experts assess impact of U.S. credit rating downgrade
ISU state fair exhibit hits home
Visitors to Iowa State University's state fair exhibit are invited to take a walk down an air-conditioned "Main Street" in the Varied Industries Building. This year's exhibit theme is "From biorenewables to Main Street, Iowa State is making your life better." Fairgoers can experience a streetscape that sequences from rural to urban Iowa, and focuses on Iowa State's contributions to the bioeconomy and Iowa communities.
Iowa State sociologist expects renewed 9/11 remembrance on its 10th anniversary
President Gregory and Kathy Geoffroy were surprised to find a shop named just for them in Iowa State's "From Biorenewables to Main Street" exhibit at the state fair.
In the news
Researching Biorenewable Plastics and Self-Healing Composites
LiveScience
What are the societal benefits of your
research?
"The benefits of our research include safer and more
damage-tolerant polymer structures in aerospace, medical and
general consumer products; wider use of polymers derived from
renewable biological feedstock rather than petroleum ...; and
the development of new polymeric materials with added value and
properties not presently available in commercial plastics and
composites."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution