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Wednesday, November 9 2011
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Iowa State study finds health value to children of National School Lunch Program
A recent study by current and former Iowa State researchers -- including economics professor Brent Kreider (at left) -- confirmed that the National School Lunch Program improves the health outcomes of children who reside in low-income households. The study of nearly 2,700 NSLP children (ages 6-17) found that the NSLP reduces the prevalence of food insecurity by 3.8 percent, poor general health by 29 percent, and the rate of obesity by at least 17 percent in its participants.
Veterans are focus of ISUs Beginning Farmer Centers new partnership
The Beginning Farmer Center, part of Iowa State University's Extension and Outreach program, is beginning to work with the new, national California-based Farmer Veteran Coalition that works with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who want a career in agriculture. The coalition then matches them with farmers who are transitioning out of the field.
Political analyst Charlie Cook to headline inaugural Harkin Institute events on Nov. 29
Endurance frigid-water swimmer will speak Thursday
Brrrr! Ever wonder what it takes to swim the Bering Strait or the waters of Antarctica? The woman best known for performing open water swims in frigid waters and her physician will share their stories in a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Lynne Cox, athlete and author of "Swimming to Antarctica" and other books, has used her amazing endurance swims as diplomatic tools to promote peace. Dr. Gabriella Miotto, Cox's physician for many of her record-breaking swims, is an activist and humanitarian. Her photos of Cox's icy-water swims appeared in The New Yorker. Their lecture, "From Athlete to Adventure Writer," is free and open to the public. It is part of the Women and Gender Studies 35th Anniversary Celebration.
Iowa State University will honor fallen soldiers in Gold Star Hall ceremony Nov. 10
The Iowa State University Memorial Union was created in 1928 as a memorial to Iowa Staters who died in World War I. Their names are engraved in the walls of the union's Gold Star Hall. Decades after the building opened, more fallen, former Iowa State students became known, and their memorial tribute continues this year. The names of four former Iowa State students who died while on active duty in the U.S. Armed Services are being added to the wall. And their lives will be honored during the annual Gold Star Hall observance. The ceremony will be at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. It is free and open to the public.
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
ISU Vice President for Research and Economic Development Sharron Quisenberry has 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.
Architecture and landscape architecture ranked in top 10 nationally
Iowa State's undergraduate programs in architecture and landscape architecture are ranked among the nation's top 10, 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." It is the only national college ranking survey that focuses exclusively on design.
In the news
'Kardashian marriages' are rare, but aren't unheard of in Iowa
The Des Moines Register
People don't like to talk about divorces, but with nearly one in four U.S. marriages ending in the first five years, it's sport to pick apart others, says Susan Stewart, associate professor of sociology at Iowa State. "We are fascinated when people crash and burn," Stewart said. "It's a way to work through it: 'They are worse off than I am.'"
Mitt Romney hits campaign trail in Iowa
USA TODAY (via Radio Iowa)
David Peterson, associate professor of political science at Iowa State, says GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign "has been smart to watch all of these candidates get their moment in the sun." Peterson said Romney needs to outlast the bursts of momentum other candidates have been getting in Iowa. "If Romney doesn't try very hard and somehow ends up winning Iowa, the race is pretty much over."