News Archive
Sunday, October 22 2023
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ISU professor celebrated for efforts to boost Ethiopian milk production
A research facility in Ethiopia now bears the name of Curtis Youngs, recognizing the Iowa State University animal science professor’s pivotal contributions to ongoing programs to enhance dairy cattle genetics in the region. The overarching aim is to increase food security in Africa’s top livestock-producing nation by boosting milk production.
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2023 Norman Borlaug Lecture features humanitarian leader who replaces landmines with farmland
The 2023 World Food Prize Laureate, Heidi Kühn, will discuss her humanitarian efforts to turn land haunted by the specter of war and violence into productive agricultural land during a lecture at Iowa State University.
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Combining math and entomology to predict, mitigate soybean aphid outbreaks
Iowa State researchers are developing mathematical models to simulate soybean aphid population dynamics over a growing season with a wide array of stressors, including droughts and floods. The project received a USDA grant earlier this year and is in collaboration with entomologists at Ohio State University.
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Researchers developing ‘revolutionary’ multi-material for light-based 3D printing
Researchers from Iowa State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara will work together to fundamentally change the capabilities of light-based 3D printing. They'll identify and study single resins that can create different materials and properties -- such as stiffness -- when exposed to different light wavelengths and exposures.
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Alleviating food insecurity at the SHOP Food Pantry
The student-led SHOP food pantry provides a critical service on the Iowa State University campus, and demand is growing for its services. University support for the pantry has expanded along with the demand, and SHOP volunteers are battling the stigma often associated with food insecurity.
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Desantis and Haley gain inches but Trump maintains strong lead in ISU/Civiqs poll
Among likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers, Donald Trump maintains a strong lead over other presidential nominees. This is one of the main takeaways from the Iowa State University/Civiqs poll’s second wave of results. The five-part, monthly poll is unique because some participants are interviewed for multiple polls to track shifting voter perspectives.
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Iowa Nitrogen Initiative to bring more precision to fertilizer rates
Despite incentives to use just the right amount of nitrogen fertilizer on corn fields, official recommendations are broad and ideal rates vary widely. A state-funded Iowa State University research project is collecting data from trials across Iowa – mostly from fields of participating volunteer farmers – to build models that offer far more granular guidance.
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Looking back on the 100th anniversary of ISU athlete Jack Trice's death
Charity Nebbe, host of the "Talk of Iowa" show, talks with Jonathan Gelber, author of "The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Battle for a Forgotten Football Legacy" and ISU graduate George Trice about his cousin Jack and how his legacy as a student, athlete and person.
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Lecture to explore how gardens inspire murder mystery writers
With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for a murder mystery. Author and gardener Marta McDowell will deliver a lecture at Iowa State University exploring how gardening has influenced the murder mystery literary genre.
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Researchers design a national testing facility to simulate tornadoes, downbursts and gusts; Experiments will help them engineer buildings that can stand up to extreme winds
A research team led by Iowa State's Partha Sarkar has won a four-year, $14 million grant to design a national testing facility that will simulate tornadoes and other windstorms. Experiments will measure the loads that windstorms exert on structures and help researchers engineer building improvements that can reduce damage and save lives.
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Iowa State writing class equips students for a world with AI
Iowa State students are exploring generative Artificial Intelligence tools and techniques in a new, experimental class this fall. The researchers who developed the curriculum say it’s part of a larger effort at the university to equip students with competitive skills and talents as they enter the workforce.
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Researchers blow whistle on forensic science method
If forensic experts have access to a suspect’s gun, they can compare the microscopic markings from discarded shell casings with those found at a crime scene. Finding and reporting a mismatch can help free the innocent, just as a match can incriminate the guilty. But new research reveals mismatches are more likely than matches to be reported as “inconclusive” in cartridge-case comparisons.
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Finding art in the biological rhythms of trees
An Iowa State University professor is creating art out of data produced by tree saplings and the environment using sound, light and artificial intelligence. It’s an experimental approach to science and technology that inspires an alternate awareness of the environment in its audience.
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College of Veterinary Medicine honors pioneering graduate with building name
The newly named home of Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine commemorates one of its most accomplished graduates, a tenacious trailblazer whose leadership diversified the veterinary profession and made higher education possible for countless Black students.
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Show, don’t tell: Attracting a diverse workforce
Over the last decade, a growing number of companies and organizations have included messages about diversity and inclusion as part of their employee recruitment efforts. New research explores how “pointing” and “activating” signals affect a job seeker’s initial attraction to and perceived fit with a company.
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Lecture at Iowa State will tell the stories of Jack Trice and other Black college football players who sustained gridiron injuries
Jaime Schultz, an author and professor of kinesiology at Penn State, will examine the legacy of Jack Trice and two other Black football players at Iowa institutions who sustained serious injuries on the gridiron during an upcoming lecture at Iowa State.
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