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Wednesday, March 14 2012
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Filmmaker and investment banker Valerie Red-Horse to speak March 22
Entrepreneur, investment banker and filmmaker Valerie Red-Horse will present "Challenging the Status Quo for Native American Women: Stories from a Career in Film, Finance and Philanthropy" at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Red-Horse produced the PBS documentary, "True Whispers: The Story of Navajo Code Talkers." Her talk, which is part of Iowa State's Women's Leadership Series, is free and open to the public.
Iowa State graduate programs ranked among nation's best by U.S. News and World Report
Iowa State University's graduate program in
biological/agricultural engineering remains among the
country's top five programs, and ISU's College of
Engineering is among the country's top 25 public programs,
according to the latest rankings by U.S. News and World Report.
Iowa
State's rankings are listed in the magazine's
annual "America's Best Graduate Schools" edition,
published March 13.
Lee Hamilton to discuss U.S. foreign policy in March 27 Manatt-Phelps Lecture at ISU
Former Indiana congressman and U.S. foreign policy leader Lee Hamilton will present the 10th annual Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science at Iowa State on Tuesday, March 27. The vice chairman of the nation's 9/11 Commission and co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, Hamilton will discuss "American Foreign Policy after Iraq and Afghanistan" at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union's Great Hall.
Michael Crum named interim dean of Iowa State's College of Business
The search for the next dean in the Iowa State University College of Business will be temporarily halted until the university's next provost has been selected. Michael Crum (right), associate dean of graduate programs in the college and inaugural holder of the Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management, will serve as interim dean and recipient of the Raisbeck Endowed Dean position, effective July 1.
Iowa State engineer discovers spider silk conducts heat as well as metals
Xinwei Wang, an Iowa State associate professor of mechanical engineering, is leading a study that found spider silk is very good at transferring heat. Spider silk, in fact, conducts heat as well or better than most metals. The findings were recently published in the journal Advanced Materials. Now that Wang knows a lot about spiders and their webs, one colleague calls him Iowa State's Spiderman.
ISU professor studying how to make new teachers most effective in the classroom
EunJin Bang (center), an ISU assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, has been part of a team conducting a five-state study of nearly 100 new secondary education science teachers. They've been determining what type of mentoring support programs make the new teachers most effective in the classroom and more engaged in a teaching career. Their study will be honored this month by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching as the most influential paper of the year published in its official journal.
Soy you think you can cook?
Teams of cooks from Iowa State University competed in the second Soy You Think You Can Cook contest using recipes they developed using edamame, silken tofu and/or water pack tofu. The event, sponsored by The Soyfoods Council, was a chance for the students to use what they are learning in class. Who won? Find out for yourself and end the SOY-spense.
ISU's Gentile collaborates on study showing mean screens prime the brain for aggression
A new study co-authored by Douglas Gentile, an associate professor of psychology at Iowa State, and published in the journal Aggressive Behavior has found that onscreen relational aggression -- including social exclusion, gossip and emotional bullying -- may prime the brain for aggression.
In the news
Motor Makeover
The Discovery Files podcast
Video: Discovery Canada covers mechanical engineer's studies of spider silk
Discovery Canada's "Daily Planet" reports on Xinwei Wang's finding that spider silk conducts heat as well as metals. See the "Discoveries" segment, 1:50 to 2:15.
President Leath on IPTV's Iowa Press
Iowa Public Television
Watch Iowa State University President Steven Leath's conversation with journalists Dean Borg, O.Kay Henderson and Mike Glover on this edition of Iowa Press.
Video game addiction: How to help your child
New Iowa-designed swimsuits headed to Olympics
When the U.S. Olympic swim team hits the pool in London this summer, they'll be wearing suits designed by an Iowa State University kinesiology professor. Rick Sharp helped design a swimsuit for the 2012 Olympics and the women's swim team is testing it.