2013 News & Featured Stories Archive
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July 18, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms will host a series of Demonstration Garden Field Days beginning July 22.
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July 16, 2013
AMES, Iowa— An Iowa State University student is one of 50 nationwide to be selected for Oxfam America’s CHANGE Initiative to provide relief against hunger and poverty.
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July 16, 2013
DES MOINES – Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been positively identified in a residential tree in the city of Burlington in Des Moines County, making this the second location where the invasive beetle has been found in Iowa.
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July 11, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University has begun an environmental assessment to determine the amount of carbon in the soil of the land that it and its affiliated organizations own and manage.
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July 11, 2013
GWC interns Morgan Garvey and Micah Rollie are studying feed efficiency in dairy cows.
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July 10, 2013
DES MOINES – Iowa farmers are reminded to properly handle treated seeds that were unable to be planted this year due to the historically wet spring weather. Seeds treated with a pesticide to protect them from pests or disease cannot enter the gra
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July 9, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University animal scientist Max Rothschild hopes a recent American Kennel Club podcast helps raise interest in his research for the organization.
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July 8, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University and Heifer International, an international development nonprofit organization, have agreed to explore new opportunities and projects to use science to address world hunger and poverty.
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July 2, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Cathy Kling has been named the new director of Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD).
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July 1, 2013
AMES, Iowa — This summer students from throughout the United States are learning about scientific research through the Iowa State University George Washington Carver Internship program.
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June 12, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Crop production concerns arising from the cold and wet conditions this spring will be among the topics covered during late-June field days at Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms.
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June 11, 2013Iowa State University has five green roofs on top of campus buildings — more than any other state university in Iowa.
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June 5, 2013Lisa Schulte Moore embarks on a fellowship with the Leopold Leadership Program
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June 5, 2013
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a grant for $100,000 from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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June 4, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms will host field days June 18 and 19 focusing on field and horticultural crops and maintaining timbered areas.
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June 4, 2013
AMES, Iowa – On June 7, eight Iowa State University undergraduate students will be departing for a six-week program to work with Ugandan university students to create a bi-national team which assists children and communities in rural Uganda.
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May 29, 2013It is an honor to be able to work on innovative approaches to teaching students as the recipient of a Miller Faculty Fellowship award.
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May 23, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Advances in soil science have necessitated an update in the Corn Suitability Rating (CSR), a system for rating the crop-growing productivity of Iowa soil, according to Iowa State University agronomist Lee Burras.
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May 21, 2013
AMES, Iowa — Milk, cheese, ice cream and yogurt – these foods may not be found on a stick at the Iowa State Fair, but the Iowa State University Dairy Farm will be providing free samples at its annual June Dairy Month open house.
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Research farm unveils algae production facility
May 17, 2013The BioCentury Research Farm on May 16 featured its Algal Production Facility, Iowa State's first facility equipped to grow large amounts of algae biomass.Read More about Research farm unveils algae production facility