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Saturday, April 14 2012
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Bring on Veishea
Iowa State's beautiful spring campus backdrop is ready. Student organizers of the university's annual festival are ready. And April 16-22, the Iowa State community will be ready to celebrate the 90-year tradition that is Veishea.
Undergraduates showcase their research and creative expression at ISU April 17
What's the best light setting for public spaces? Can resistant starches help prevent colorectal cancer? How does foot rotation during stair navigation affect knee motion and injury? These are just a few of more than 100 research projects Iowa State students will share during the university's sixth annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression. The symposium will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public.
April 18 forum to focus on biotechnology, regulation, trade and coexistence
Iowa State University's Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products (BIGMAP) will welcome experts to discuss the role of regulation in biotechnology and genetically modified agriculture production at an April 18 symposium, "Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation, Trade and Coexistence." BIGMAP's ninth annual conference runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames. Register now; ISU faculty and staff may attend free of charge, but must respond by 5 p.m. April 12.
Iowa State researchers find, test winds extending far away from Alabama tornados path
Christopher Karstens, an Iowa State University doctoral student from Atlantic, was studying a deadly Alabama tornado when he noticed high winds from the storm travelled along valleys and knocked down trees. He built a 3-D model of that Alabama terrain and is using Iowa State's Tornado/Microburst Simulator to confirm rough, complex terrain can channel tornado winds.
Iverson to receive 2012 Greenlee School James W. Schwartz Award
Barbara Riedesel Iverson, president of Weber Shandwick's financial services industry practice and 1976 Iowa State journalism graduate, has been chosen as this year's recipient of the James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication. Iverson will be presented the award on Friday, Oct. 26, in Hamilton Hall as part of ISU's homecoming activities.
Iowa State kinesiology professor Rick Sharp called upon Cyclone swimmers (L to R) Amanda Paulson, Bri Carlberg and Imelda Wistey to test out Speedo's new Fastskin®3 Racing System.
ISU's Sharp continues to assist Speedo in design of Fastskin³® Racing System
Iowa State will be on display at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this summer
Iowa State will be center stage in Washington, D.C., this summer when the nation celebrates the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Morrill Act and creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Iowa State is one of 17 universities selected to participate in the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival (June 27-July 1 and July 4-8) on the National Mall. Iowa State's exhibit, "Transforming Communities: Design in Action," will highlight the university's unique partnership between the College of Design and Extension and Outreach. It is the only exhibit that will focus on design.
Get to know Steven Leath
Iowa State's 15th president is a real land-grant guy.Get to know him in the spring issue of VISIONS magazine - and learn more about his wife, Janet, and their golden retriever, Dixie. Also in this issue: VISIONS Across America goes to Austin, Texas; the Cyclones take New York by storm; and ISU Alumni Center gardens are formally dedicated. VISIONS is published quarterly for members of the ISU Alumni Association.
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Police photo lineups challenged after series of wrongful convictions
NBC News' Rock Center with Brian Williams
Nationwide, 75 percent of prisoners exonerated by DNA evidence were convicted on the basis of faulty eyewitness identification. Now, some states and law enforcement agencies are beginning to change their procedures. Many researchers -- such as Iowa State University's Gary Wells, the Wendy and Mark Stavish Chair in Social Science -- agree that the most important part of the process is who conducts the lineup and how the photos are presented.
What is lean finely textured beef?
KCCI-TV
Iowa State University faculty members Scott Hurd (veterinary medicine) and Jim Dickson (animal science) explain this lower-cost beef product, which is mixed with some ground beef, to KCCI-TV's Angie Hunt. Learn about the process used to make lean finely textured beef.