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Wednesday, February 2 2011
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Weather-related announcements
- The Brunnier Art Museum program "Picture Books -- For Children of All Ages" by Chuck Richards and Amy Popillion, scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 1, has been rescheduled to Feb. 8.
- The Horse Owners Seminar Series, "High-Risk Pregnancy," scheduled for Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. has been canceled.
- ISU's spring Ag Career Day, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 2, has been rescheduled to Thursday, Feb. 3, due to the expected winter storm. The time and location remain the same: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Memorial Union. The job fair is open to Iowa State students, alumni and the general public.
- The lecture by Robert V. Morris, "Black Faces of War," scheduled for Feb. 2 at 7 p.m., has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. Morris will speak next Monday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union South Ballroom.
Designer of NASA's Mars mission cameras will speak at Iowa State on Feb. 10
Optical scientist Peter Smith, creator of the Mars Pathfinder Imager -- the first camera to return photos of Mars' surface -- will speak at Iowa State University on Thursday, Feb. 10. "The Next Phase of Martian Exploration: The Search for Life" will be at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. Smith is a professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He has been a scientist for NASA missions to Venus, Saturn, Titan and Mars since 1978. His presentation is part of Iowa State's National Affairs Series on Innovation and is the Phi Beta Kappa Lecture. It is free and open to the public.
U.S. Census Bureau director to give first Wayne A. Fuller Lecture Feb. 3
Learning communities transform student peer mentors into leaders at Iowa State
When Iowa State initiated learning communities in 1995, all eyes were focused on the intended benefits for first-year students -- to improve retention, graduation rates and overall satisfaction and engagement. And, while statistics bear out significant gains in those areas, a completely unexpected benefit emerged: learning communities also transform peer mentors into leaders. More than 300 students mentor their peers in Iowa State's 84 learning communities.
Creator of Avatar's Na'vi language will speak at Iowa State Feb. 3
Linguist Paul Frommer, who developed the Na'vi language for
James Cameron's movie, "Avatar," will speak at 8
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in the Memorial Union Great Hall.
Frommer developed more than 1,000 words for the fictional
language, a mixture of Polynesian and African dialects, as well
as the rules and structure of the language. His talk,
"Giving Avatar its Voice: Creating the Na'vi
Language," opens Iowa State's National Affairs Series
on Innovation. It is free and open to the public.
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New exhibit explores 'Weddings in the Heartland: Apparel, traditions, memories'
ISU researcher to get to root of many aspects of sustainable organic vegetable production
Iowa State University researcher Kathleen Delate is examining which organic vegetable growing practices are best for the soil, water, yields and even nutrition. The professor of horticulture and agronomy is undertaking perhaps the most comprehensive study of organic vegetable-growing practices by looking at the use of cover crops, manure, tillage and mulch.