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Wednesday, November 2 2011
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It was a high-energy summer for Iowa State undergraduates at European physics lab
A team of 10 Iowa State University undergraduates spent part of their summer at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research and home of the Large Hadron Collider. They worked to develop and build nearly a half ton of neutron-counting equipment for an international project. John Hauptman, a professor of physics and astronomy, said the students' equipment took measurements never before collected by any physics team.
ISUs Veterinary Medicine and Human Sciences animal programs receive full accreditation
The Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Iowa State University announced that the university's College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Human Sciences received full accreditation of their animal programs and facilities from the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International.
Getting wine from grape to glass faster, easier is focus of grant to wine producing group
ISU economics study finds Vision Iowa provided healthy return on investment
Wind Energy Manufacturing Lab helps Iowa State engineers improve wind power
Iowa State University's Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory is helping engineers study and develop new, low-cost manufacturing systems that could improve the productivity of turbine blade factories. The ultimate goal of the lab research is to make wind energy a more cost competitive energy option.
"Diet for a Small Planet" author Frances Moore Lappé to speak Nov. 3
Frances Moore Lappé, who authored the 1971 classic, "Diet for a Small Planet," -- the first best-selling book to brand grain-fed meat production as detrimental -- will speak next week at Iowa State. She will talk about her new book, "EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want," at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. Lappé is the author of 18 books and the co-founder of Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and the Small Planet Institute. Her lecture is part of the university's World Affairs Series, and is free and open to the public.
Iowa State researchers studying impact of exercise on flu vaccine resistance in adults
Architecture and landscape architecture ranked in top 10 nationally
Iowa State's undergraduate programs in architecture and landscape architecture are ranked in the top 10 in the nation, according to a new survey of practitioners by DesignIntelligence. The survey places Iowa State's undergraduate architecture program 9th and landscape architecture program 10th in the DesignIntelligence magazine's, "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools," is the only national college ranking survey that focuses exclusively on design.
$2 million NIH grant allows ISU researchers to extend family programs to other states
Five finalists named in Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search
A search committee has identified five finalists for the next dean of ISU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The finalists will interview on campus through Nov. 7.
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