2006 News & Featured Stories Archive
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February 24, 2006AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Turf Bowl Team is number one, again. For the fifth year in a row, Iowa State students won the national Collegiate Turf Bowl Competition trophy.
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February 16, 2006AMES, Iowa — The impacts of nuclear waste from the Cold War will be discussed by an expert in the biogeochemistry of contaminants in soils, sediments and natural water on March 1 at Iowa State University. Samuel Traina, director of Sierra Nevada Res
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February 15, 2006AMES, Iowa — Two Iowa State University researchers are serving on the editorial board that is launching a new scientific publication devoted to molecular biology and crop improvement. Randy Shoemaker is the technical editor for The Plant Genome, a n
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February 9, 2006
AMES, Iowa — The third annual Iowa State University Animal Industry Report is available online and on CD-ROM.
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February 8, 2006AMES, Iowa — Three recent gifts to support seed-science graduate students at Iowa State University have put a fundraising initiative over the top of its $1 million goal. The gifts are part of "Investing in People and the Future of the Seed Industry,
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February 6, 2006AMES, Iowa — A new John Deere tractor will bring the latest equipment technologies into Iowa State University classrooms and laboratories. Dean Wendy Wintersteen accepts the tractor keys from Jim Wienkes, Deere's manager of tractor engineering. The m
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February 3, 2006AMES, Iowa — Two Iowa State University graduate students were recently awarded agronomy fellowships.
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February 3, 2006
AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University student’s crop research may help other scientists get closer to discovering a cures for human and animal viral diseases.
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January 31, 2006AMES, Iowa — The Toro Co. today gave nearly $94,000 in equipment and cash to the Iowa State University Department of Horticulture. The gift was announced in June 2005.
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January 27, 2006AMES, Iowa — The future of agricultural education in Iowa will be discussed beginning at 6:30 p.m. Feb 16.
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January 27, 2006AMES, Iowa — Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University statistics professor, has accepted an invitation to serve as a member of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) group that reviews scientific research. She will serve on the Kidney, Nutrition, Obe
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January 25, 2006AMES, Iowa — The 2006 MWPS (MidWest Plan Service) catalog contains more than 175 low-cost and free agricultural publications and a list of more than 100 free building plans available at the MWPS web site. Experts from several universities have writt
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January 24, 2006AMES, Iowa — This week, Iowa State University faculty will lead a session at a national conference on energy for a sustainable and secure future. More than 800 scientists and decision-makers are expected to participate in the Sixth National Conferen
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January 20, 2006
AMES, Iowa — The NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center (FTCSC) at Iowa State University closed on Dec. 30 with several successes in its six years of work.
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January 19, 2006AMES, Iowa — The College of Agriculture at Iowa State University presented annual awards to faculty and staff at its spring semester convocation on Wednesday.
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January 18, 2006AMES, Iowa — Swine producers interested in evaluating alternatives to control odors, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and dust transmissions from their operations can learn more at two Iowa State University workshops in March. "Air Quality Solutions for Sw
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January 13, 2006AMES, IOWA — Iowa State University is collaborating on a new $10 million international effort to sequence the swine genome. Today the USDA awarded a $10 million National Research Initiative grant for the two-year project to the University of Illinoi
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January 11, 2006AMES, Iowa — A team of Iowa State University animal scientists coordinates a national project that uses computer technology to manage vast amounts of animal genomic information. Rapidly improving technologies have made it possible for researchers to
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January 10, 2006AMES, Iowa — Kendall Lamkey, Iowa State University professor of agronomy, will become interim chair of the Department of Agronomy effective Feb. 1. Lamkey's appointment will be for two years. He will continue to be director of the Raymond F.
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January 10, 2006AMES, Iowa — Are you looking for quality native Iowa seed to plant this year?