2002 News & Featured Stories Archive
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September 4, 2002AMES, Iowa — On-farm research trials being led by Iowa State University will be discussed at a field day near Jefferson Sept. 11.
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September 3, 2002
AMES, Iowa — In honor of its centennial, the Iowa State University Department of Agronomy is presenting "American Dreamer," a play based on the life of the famous agronomist, statesman and Iowa State alum Henry A. Wallace.
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September 2, 2002AMES, Iowa — As part of a national fellowship, an Iowa State University agronomist will work with consumers and decision makers to better understand the issues and challenges of sustaining family farms and food production in the United States.
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August 29, 2002AMES, Iowa — Paul Flakoll, a leading clinical nutrition biochemist at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, has been named director of Iowa State University's Center for Designing Foods to Improve Nutrition (CDFIN).
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August 25, 2002AMES, Iowa — A simple laboratory test developed at Iowa State University that results in leaner pork for consumers, higher profits for producers and a positive impact on the environment has been named one of the year's best new technologies. T
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August 21, 2002AMES, Iowa — A $1 million federal grant to Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine has established a center to increase national preparedness for accidental or intentional introductions of disease agents that threaten public heal
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August 20, 2002AMES, Iowa — An internationally renowned soil scientist will visit Iowa State University to talk about the water needs of production agriculture. The 2002 Pierre Lecture in Soil Science will be given by William Jury on Sept.
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August 12, 2002AMES, Iowa — The Home Demonstration Garden Field Day at the Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm has been cancelled. The field day was set for Aug. 21.
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August 12, 2002AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University Extension training session Aug. 20 will feature organic crop production and marketing information. The daylong session is called Toolbox Training for Organic and Reduced-input Farming.
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July 30, 2002AMES, Iowa — The newly created Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Iowa State University will provide students with "a more comprehensive program in natural resources stewardship." "The department, while maintaining our st
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July 23, 2002
AMES, Iowa — Two of the nation's top-selling herbal dietary supplement ingredients will undergo scientific scrutiny in a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) research program on dietary botanical supplements at Iowa State University.
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July 23, 2002AMES, Iowa — Joel Coats, professor of entomology at Iowa State University, and a team of graduate students are developing safer, cheaper ways to find and clean-up agricultural chemical spills. Researchers are looking at the use of "biological
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July 23, 2002AMES, Iowa - The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture will present the one of state's largest awards in sustainable agriculture to an Iowa dairy farmer during the 2002 Iowa State Fair. David Petersen of Blue Grass will be the first recip
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July 23, 2002AMES, Iowa - Progress on water quality linked to agricultural drainage will be reported at an August forum of Iowa and Minnesota researchers. The third annual Minnesota-Iowa Drainage Research Forum, to be held Aug.
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July 16, 2002AMES, Iowa — A former dean of the Iowa State University College of Agriculture is the 2002 recipient of an award that recognizes distinguished service to animal agriculture in developing areas of the world. David Topel will receive the Bouffau
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July 15, 2002AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University received more than $225.3 million in sponsored funding during fiscal year 2002, a record high.
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July 14, 2002AMES, Iowa — Fighting a virus in plants and animals is like hitting a moving target. As soon as researchers find a solution to control a virus — it mutates.
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July 11, 2002
AMES, Iowa - Iowans are invited to submit their ideas showing creative ways that landowners, businesses and others have combined rural job development, income enhancement and community development with environmental stewardship.
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July 10, 2002AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University has received a $21 million federal grant to develop community partnerships that strengthen families and help young people avoid substance abuse and behavioral problems. The National Institute on Drug
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July 10, 2002PROSPER PROmoting School/community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience What is the purpose of the PROSPER project? The PROSPER project will promote the development of sustainable partnerships among schools, communities and u