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Integrating more cattle production into Iowa’s agricultural portfolio may cut the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and lead to other environmental benefits, according to a new study co-authored by an Iowa State University researcher.

Iowa State's Bong Wie came to campus nine years ago hoping to pursue a new and big idea in aerospace engineering. He picked asteroid defense -- aka saving the planet -- and founded the Asteroid Deflection Research Center. Now, the concepts developed by Wie and the center are being evaluated by a group of researchers from NASA and three national laboratories.

Angelica Ross, a leader in the movement for transgender and racial equality, will present "We are Worthy: Empowering Transgender Lives" at 8 p.m. Monday, April 11, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. She also will discuss "Trans Entrepreneurship and Creating Trans–Inclusive Workplaces" at 2:15 p.m. in 2019 Morrill Hall. Both presentations are free and open to the public. 

Dean Borg, senior correspondent and producer for Iowa Public Radio, will receive the 2016 James W. Schwartz Award. The award is selected by faculty of Iowa State's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, and is the highest honor conferred by the school. Schwartz was ISU's longtime journalism department chair.

Iowa State University is part of a new $317 million public-private partnership working to improve the design and function of protective clothing for military, emergency responders and other professionals. 

Syndicated Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr. will peel away the sundry layers of the 2016 presidential campaign when he presents the 2015-2016 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Sciences at Iowa State University on April 13. Dionne will provide analysis of the 2016 presidential candidates, the political parties and the road to the White House in a presentation titled “Our Divided Political Heart: Campaign 2016.”