2011 News & Featured Stories Archive
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Faculty member elected AAAS Fellow
December 16, 2011Steven Rodermel, professor of genetics, development and cell biology, is one of five at Iowa State to be honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 18.Read More about Faculty member elected AAAS Fellow -
December 15, 2011AMES, Iowa — Joe Morris, professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University, has been named director of the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC). Morris has been associate director of the Center since 2000.
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December 15, 2011
Dean Wendy Wintersteen offers her holiday wishes in this video.
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December 7, 2011AMES, Iowa — Soil scientists believe one of the reasons that former prairie soils are so productive is because of the fires that raged through the grasslands over many millennia. "It's a legacy of perhaps 10,000 years of prairie fires.
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December 6, 2011eCarly@CALS: Learn about the fall 2011 Agricultural Weekend Experience.
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Smart phone app grows into flower resource
December 2, 2011A smart phone application that started as a classroom tool has blossomed into a resource for master gardeners and home garden enthusiasts.Read More about Smart phone app grows into flower resource -
November 30, 2011eCarly@CALS: View video of the virtual welder at the Ag 450 Farm and see how it is helping students improve welding skills.
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November 21, 2011
AMES, Iowa — New welding equipment at Iowa State University, including a computer-assisted virtual welder, is allowing the Department of Agricultural Education and Studies to offer classes that haven't been available for several years.
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"Essence of my work: Facilitate students' growth"
November 21, 2011Read More about "Essence of my work: Facilitate students' growth"Lee Burras of the Department of Agronomy was awarded a national excellence in teaching award on Nov. 13.
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Soybean breeding chair to be established in agronomy
November 21, 2011A five-year commitment by Monsanto will create the position to advance science to benefit soybean growers.Read More about Soybean breeding chair to be established in agronomy -
November 18, 2011AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University professor of agronomy has been awarded the annual USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.
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November 16, 2011
The 11th annual Iowa Organic Conference will be Monday, Nov. 21, in the Scheman Building at Iowa State University. Farmers and professors will present the latest organic research.
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November 15, 2011AMES, Iowa — Three candidates will be interviewed for the director's position of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. The candidates are Abdullah Jaradat of the U.S.
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Veterans focus of Beginning Farmer Center partnership
November 9, 2011The center is working with the new, national Farmer Veteran Coalition that works with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who want a career in agriculture.Read More about Veterans focus of Beginning Farmer Center partnership -
November 4, 2011AMES, Iowa — Catherine Kling, professor of economics at Iowa State University, has been named interim director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD). Kling served as the division head of CARD's Resource and Environmental Policy
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Extension food safety specialist joins Iowa State
November 1, 2011Read More about Extension food safety specialist joins Iowa StateAngela Laury, an alumna of the College, will work with Iowa producers and manufacturers to promote food safety.
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October 31, 2011
AMES, Iowa — Angela Laury will work with Iowa producers and manufacturers to promote food safety as the new food safety specialist for Iowa State University Extension.
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Soybean systems agronomist joins Iowa State
October 28, 2011Andrew Lenssen has joined Iowa State as a soybean systems agronomist. He previously worked in Montana as a research ecologist and lead scientist for USDA dryland research.Read More about Soybean systems agronomist joins Iowa State -
October 27, 2011AMES, Iowa — The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to Iowa State University to develop a program to train inspectors for the new Food Safety Modernization Act. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will administer the $1.5 million g
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October 26, 2011Kemin Industries of Des Moines has been running radio ads featuring the College during ISU Cyclone football games this fall, which the company began in 2010.