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Thursday, January 8 2009

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Ladson-Billings to discuss dilemmas for scholars of color as Hilton Chair on Jan. 15

University of Wisconsin-Madison education professor and author Gloria Ladson-Billings will present the Dean Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair in Human Sciences Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Sun Room/South Ballroom of ISU's Memorial Union.

News release.

Iowa Small Business Development Centers aiding businesses indirectly damaged by disasters

Businesses that were indirectly damaged economically by last summer's weather disasters across the state are encouraged to contact the Iowa Small Business Development Centers to receive free counseling assistance.

News release.

Quisenberry named ISU vice president for research and economic development

Sharron Quisenberry, professor of entomology and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, is Iowa State University's new vice president for research and economic development. Quisenberry will join ISU on April 1, 2009.

News release.

Iowa State University experts highlight Discovery Channel show this Saturday

Iowa State University experts will be on the Discovery Channel show "How Stuff Works: Corn" noon Saturday on Mediacom channel 39 in Ames and Des Moines.

News release.

Iowa State astrophysicist helps map the Milky Way's four spiral arms

Martin Pohl, an Iowa State University associate professor of physics and astronomy, is part of a research team that developed the first complete map of the Milky Way galaxy's spiral arms. The map shows two prominent, symmetric spiral arms in the inner part of the galaxy. The arms extend into the outer galaxy where they branch into four spiral arms.

News release.

Geoffroy provides plan for handling budget cuts

In a Dec. 31 letter, ISU President Gregory Geoffroy updated faculty and staff on plans for handling the latest mid-year reversion in state funds to the university.

Geoffroy's letter.

National association honors ISU architecture professor for creative achievement

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture awarded a 2008-09 Creative Achievement Award to Mitchell Squire, associate professor of architecture. He was honored for his "positive and stimulating influence" upon students at Iowa State through the semester-long course he created, Craft and Crafty Action: On the Relationship between Creativity and Mischief.

News release.