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Friday, September 30 2011
News
ISU's Pease Family Scholar to address physical fitness and mental health on Oct. 13
Iowa State researchers produce cheap sugars for sustainable biofuel production
Iowa State researchers have developed technologies to
efficiently produce, recover and separate sugars from the fast
pyrolysis of biomass. That's a big deal because those
sugars can be further processed into biofuels. Robert C. Brown
and other Iowa State researchers will present their findings to
the International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion
Science in Chicago Sept. 28-30.
News
release.
ISU-led group awarded $25 million grant for land use, biofuel production study
Ken Moore,
Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in the Department of
Agronomy
The USDA awarded an Iowa State University-led group a $25 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop the blueprint for using marginal farmlands to grow perennial grasses that will, in turn, provide a biomass source for a drop-in biofuel-based fuel over the next five years. The multi-state, interdisciplinary team is lead by Ken Moore, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agronomy.
Steven Leath named Iowa State's next president
The Iowa Board of Regents has named Steven Leath the 15th
president of Iowa State University. Leath's appointment is
effective Feb. 1, 2012. Leath will be paid an annual salary of
$440,000. Leath has been vice president for research and
sponsored programs for the University of North Carolina system
since 2007.
Announcement.