News Archive
Sunday, February 16 2020
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Pursuing Ph.D., Ecuadorian immigrant works to improve lives of immigrants through policy
Twenty years after leaving Ecuador during its economic crisis, Maria B. Alcívar-Zúñiga learned she had received a prestigious national award recognizing her leadership, academic accomplishments and community work empowering Latinx youth and families in Iowa. Next stop: finishing her dissertation at Iowa State University.
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Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier
Satellite data of 85 U.S. cities shows plants begin turning green earlier in the spring in urban areas than in surrounding rural areas. It’s a symptom of the way cities trap heat, a phenomenon known as the “heat-island effect,” according to a recently published study.
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Risk expert to discuss risk-managing principles in Iowa State lecture
Allison Schrager has spent her career studying risk. Schrager, an economist, award-winning journalist at Quartz and author of “An Economist Walks into a Brothel,” will present a lecture at Iowa State University on Feb. 17.
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77-year-old amateur astronomer helps reveal rare galaxy double nucleus
Iowa State astronomers have revealed that a well-known, nearby galaxy has a rare double-nucleus structure. Their paper reporting the discovery is now online and has been accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal. First author of the paper is Allen Lawrence, a 77 -year-old who went back to school to study astronomy after retiring from a long career as an electrical engineer.
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Celebrate Black History Month at Iowa State
A variety of events are planned to celebrate Black History Month throughout February at Iowa State University and in Ames.
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Major NSF-sponsored grant will help researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability
A new $2.5 million grant will help an interdisciplinary team of researchers analyze innovative approaches to improving urban sustainability. The team will study various approaches to bolstering local food production in Des Moines and the surrounding area and how those approaches could affect nutrition, waste and environmental impacts.
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Students, Iowa State police join forces to design new police gear
Iowa State University industrial design students are collaborating with the ISU Police Department to examine the issues police officers face with their uniforms, gear and vehicles – and what designers can do to help solve those problems.
Change Agent: Paul Plummer
Paul Plummer started taking on scientific challenges as a kid on his family farm. Today, he’s working on one of the most pressing concerns faced by modern science: antibiotic resistance.