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Monday, December 19 2011
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ISU accounting team finishes second in American Institute of Certified Public Accountants competition
Iowa State University named a military-friendly school
The journal Military Advanced Education has named Iowa State University a military-friendly university. Iowa State is one of 293 institutions nationwide and four in Iowa that are included in the publication's "Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities," published today Monday, Dec. 19.
Once mute student delivers College of Business commencement address
Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers honored for distinguished efforts to advance science
Five researchers from Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory are new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They're being honored for their "scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications."
President Geoffroy will be honored with CASE Chief Executive Leadership Award
Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy will receive the 2012 Chief Executive Leadership Award from CASE (the Council for Advancement and Support of Education) District VI at its annual conference Jan. 9 in Denver.
Science meets art on the river in Iowa State University learning community
When the Skunk River Navy students slogged down river on their annual cleanup patrol this fall, they weren't looking for trash. They were looking for art. The Skunk River Navy is a service project in Iowa State's freshman biology learning community. And this semester they added new dimensions to the annual trash patrol: Design freshmen, student artwork and a commissioned sculpture all created from the collected trash.
Iowa State researcher among the first class of women rising stars of chemistry
Malika Jeffries EL, an Iowa State assistant professor of chemistry, is part of the first class of chemists to receive the WCC Rising Star Award from the Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society. The committee said the award recognizes exceptional mid-career chemists and is designed to promote the retention of women in scientific careers.
ISU business professor sees 'mavatars' becoming wave of the future
Brian Mennecke, an ISU associate professor of management information systems, has been studying trends in advertising and social media and the use of facial and body recognition technologies in digital signage displays and product marketing. He foresees facial recognition technology creating new "marketing avatars" -- which he calls "mavatars" -- to be used by savvy business marketers in the not-too-distant future.
In the news
Why a smart tax on soda would work
TIME
Iowa State University economists say a tax on sweetener may be more effective imposed on the manufacturer vs. the consumer. Applying a tax that encourages manufacturers to choose more healthful recipes or formulas can have a powerful downstream effect.
Charlie Cook's inaugural Harkin Institute lecture
Jobless in Iowa
Although low by national standards, Iowa's official unemployment rate has spiked to 6 percent -- around 99,000 people -- from 3.7 percent in 2007, before the economic downturn began. But Iowa's long-term unemployment rate -- the share of the 99,000 unemployed who have been out of work for 6 months or more -- is 34 percent, nearly twice what it was before the downturn began. And that gives economists, like Iowa State's Dave Swenson, reason for concern.