................................................... COLLEGE NEWS ................................................... TOLLEFSON RESIGNS AS ENTOMOLOGY CHAIR Jon Tollefson resigned as department chair of entomology May 31. He will undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Mayo Clinic for a brain tumor, which was removed in a May 10 operation. Joel Coats became interim chair of entomology effective June 1. TORNADO MISSES MUSCATINE ISLAND RESEARCH FARM Friday's tornado in eastern Iowa spared the Muscatine Island Research Farm near Fruitland. The tornado hit downtown Fruitland, which is just three blocks east of the farm. Vince Lawson, farm superintendent, reported no damage to the farm's facilities and machinery, and only minor crop damage. TURKEY AIR FACILITY EMISSIONS MONITORING UNDERWAY IN IOWA The first extensively monitored turkey house air emissions project in the nation got underway in Iowa in early May. The project, led by Iowa State researchers, will gather baseline data on ammonia and particulate matter emissions for one year. Details: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news_detail.php?var1=330 DEMONSTRATION GARDENS KICKOFF IOWA STATE FIELD DAYS This year's field day season at Iowa State Research and Demonstration Farms begins with garden field days June 12. The demonstration garden field days theme is cool season gardens. Learn more: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news_detail.php?var1=329 IOWA STATE PROFESSOR HONORED FOR CORN GENOME WORK The Computerworld Honors Program is honoring Srinivas Aluru, Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Iowa State, as a Laureate for developing software technology that's helping researchers assemble and analyze the corn genome. Details: http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/may/computerworld.shtml PROBEEF 07 TO BE HELD AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY The ProBeef 07 Conference will bring agricultural scientists from around the world to discuss the global influence the ethanol industry has on agriculture today and in the future. The conference will be held at the Scheman Building Sept. 5-7. Learn more: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2007/may/072502.htm DEADLINES & REMINDERS June 7: "An Australian perspective on the multiple dimensions of managing biodiversity in production landscapes," 1:30 p.m., Room 233, Science II, more: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/newsreleases/2007/williams_052507.htm June 24-28: Ninth International Pollination Symposium, Scheman Building, more: http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/plantbee/home.html June 30-July 1: Webcast conference on horse-human relationships, more: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2007/may/112302.htm July 10-11: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 20th Anniversary Celebration, more: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/newsreleases/2007/anniversary_052307... ................................................... COMMUNICATIONS KIOSK ................................................... FINDING LOST WORDS You probably won't use words from Stehen Chrisomalis's Compendium of Lost Words or his International House of Logorrhea, but his site http://phrontistery.info/index.html gives word lovers much to think about. The web URL inclusion of phrontistery, which means a thinking place, is fitting. The Logorrhea contains 15,550 words that range from uncommon to rare or nearly obsolete to nutty. The site also offers other resources, including two- and three-letter Scrabble words, language links, 40 glossaries and linguistic discussions. (Writing That Works, May 2007) ................................................... EXTERNAL VOICES ................................................... LEARNING TAKES DILIGENCE "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence." --Abigail Adams (1744-1818) ................................................... MARGINALIA ................................................... HORT STATION PLANTS ISU-DEVELOPED APPLE TREES The Horticulture Station planted 125 Chieftain apple trees this spring. The new orchard will replace the Station's primary Chieftain orchard that was planted 40 years ago. The Chieftain apple is a cross of Jonathan (tart) and Delicious (sweet) apples developed by Iowa State horticulturists and released in 1968. The original cross was made in 1917 at Iowa State by Professor S.A. Beach. Chieftains survived the infamous 1940 Armistice Day freeze. The new orchard will be used for research and teaching activities. ........................................................ AG ONLINE ........................................................ EDITOR Ed Adcock, edadcock@iastate.edu Phone: (515) 294-5616 Web site: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/ SUBSCRIBE Ag Online, the newsletter for faculty and staff in Iowa State University's College of Agriculture, is e-mailed every Monday. To subscribe, send your name, e-mail address and the message "Ag Online subscribe" to edadcock@iastate.edu. To unsubscribe, send "Ag Online unsubscribe." Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran. Inquiries can be directed to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 3210 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.