News Archive
Friday, December 19 2014
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Iowa State University researchers make fish food from Iowa agricultural commodities
Researchers at Iowa State University are charting new waters by turning the state’s agricultural commodities into fish food, work that could help farmers find new revenue streams and provide a boost to U.S. fish production.
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Glacier beds can get slipperier at higher sliding speeds
Using the Iowa State University Sliding Simulator, Iowa State glaciologists Lucas Zoet and Neal Iverson have found that as a glacier's sliding speed increases, the bed beneath the glacier can grow slipperier. That laboratory finding could help researchers make better predictions of glacier response to climate change and the corresponding sea-level rise. The research results were just published in the Journal of Glaciology.
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Iowa State University commencement is Dec. 20
An estimated 1,792 students are completing their Iowa State degrees this semester. Many of them, as well as some students who finished degree programs last summer, will be recognized during an all-university commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Hilton Coliseum.
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Second chances matter: ISU graduating chemistry senior attains his new dream job
Jesus Zaldarriaga has a checkered past. It's checkered with good deeds and bad behavior. Good grades and bad luck. Tears of grief and tears of joy. Swirling dark clouds and smooth silver linings. If anyone could turn a lemon into lemonade, it's Zaldarriaga. And after a lifetime of downturns and turn arounds, he's graduating from Iowa State not only with a diploma in hand, but also a good job in Iowa.
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No easy ride for Iowa State senior who graduates 10 years after devastating accident
When Keith Allen awoke from a 31-day coma following his catastrophic motorcycle accident, he could not walk, talk, brush his teeth or comb his hair. He was held together by four skin grafts and a girdle. He had a trach tube. When he tried to write a question, he wrote continuous letters in a one-inch circle. Allen was told he'd never have the cognitive abilities he once had. That's when the former Iowa State environmental systems mechanic took the first step in his excruciating journey to prove them wrong. On Saturday, Allen receives his bachelor's degree.
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Change Agent: Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
Whether it's research related to plant growth or heating and cooling systems, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian and his research group have the tools to mathematically and computationally simulate problems, explore variables and find the most promising answers for further study. Says Baskar: "This is better science at a faster rate."
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Iowa State veterinary researchers deliver pain medicine to piglets through sow’s milk
Veterinary researchers at Iowa State University have devised a novel means of delivering pain medication to piglets through the milk of the mother sow as the piglets nurse. The proof-of-concept study could help pork producers reduce the stress and pain experienced by piglets that are castrated or have their tails removed.
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Partnership promotes good health with online lessons on fitness and nutrition
A group of Iowa State University students is using technology to connect with students at United Community School and share lessons on everything from proper hand washing to fire prevention to physical fitness.
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Iowa State physicist helps write the (very big) book on two major physics experiments
Iowa State's Soeren Prell helped write the new and definitive book on the physics of the BaBar and Bell experiments. "The Physics of the B Factories," all 900 pages of it, is a combined biography of the two major, multi-year physics experiments. Prell was one of five co-editors who worked for five years on the epic.
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Iowa State University announces commitment to expand college access at White House event
Iowa State shared goals for expanding access and improving graduation rates at Thursday's (Dec. 4) White House College Opportunity Day of Action in Washington, D.C. Senior Vice President and Provost Jonathan Wickert joined President Barack Obama and hundreds of higher education leaders to announce actions to help America lead the world in college attainment.
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Alumni couple makes gift of more than $22 million to Iowa State
Two alumni who wish to remain anonymous have made a gift of more than $22 million to Iowa State. A portion of the gift will likely support the university's planned Student Innovation Center. Public funding for that project will be considered in the 2015 state legislative session. The balance of the gift will help to create an endowed dean's chair in the College of Human Sciences. Dean Pamela White will be the inaugural holder.
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Iowa State receives Regents approval to build new residence hall
The Iowa Board of Regents today approved Iowa State's plans to build a new residence hall east of Buchanan Hall. Demand for on-campus housing continues to increase at a higher rate than enrollment growth.
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ISU professors weigh effectiveness of tax on soda and other sweetened drinks
Several states and cities have and continue to propose a tax on soft drinks in an effort to curb obesity. In November, voters in Berkeley, California, were the first to approve such a tax. But Iowa State University researchers question whether it will have the desired effect.
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Iowa State, Ames Lab researcher working to save energy with nanotechnology insulation
Mufit Akinc says filling vacuum insulation panels with new, low-cost materials could produce hundreds of millions of dollars in energy savings. And so he's leading an effort to search for insulating materials that could one day make it to the marketplace. The work is supported by research grants from the Iowa Energy Center.
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Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers named 2014 AAAS Fellows for advancing science
Four campus researchers are 2014 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They work in materials science, statistics, animal science and biophysics. The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
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Preventing false confessions: Iowa State professor using science to improve interrogations
An Iowa State University psychology professor is leading an international research team developing new interrogation methods designed to reduce false confessions and more effectively gather intelligence critical to national security.
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Iowa State University researchers hope to make bioplastic adhesives stick in the marketplace
Researchers at Iowa State University are working to prove that adhesives made from a byproduct of biodiesel production can offer consumers a cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternative to the acrylic adhesives currently on the market.
Iowa State again a "best value" in public higher education
Kiplinger's has again included Iowa State University in its annual list of the top 100 best values in public colleges and universities. Competitiveness, graduation rates, academic support, cost and financial aid are all considered.
Olivia Meyer, ISU boxing champion
In the news
Leath is guest on Iowa Press
Iowa State University President Steven Leath joined host Dean Borg, The Des Moines Register's Kathie Obradovich, and James Lynch of the Cedar Rapids Gazette on Iowa Press. Transcript, video.
Cube-shaped ISU room is like nothing you've ever seen
KCCI's Vanessa Peng enters the International Space Station during a visit inside Iowa State's C6, the highest resolution immersive environment of its kind in the world.
ISU partnership to improve dementia services
Iowa State University is partnering with the Iowa Department on Aging and the Iowa Alzheimer’s Association to improve access to dementia-capable services. The goal is to help more Iowans, especially in rural areas, age in place.