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Fighting a Virus with a Virus in Soybeans
July 14th, 2002 AMES, 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. That's why researchers at Iowa State University decided to try a unique strategy...
New Book and Web Site Focuses on Renewing Rural Iowa
July 11th, 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. The web site...
ISU Receives $21 million Grant to Help Youth Avoid Problems
July 10th, 2002 AMES, 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 Abuse...
Details about the PROSPER Program
July 10th, 2002 PROSPER
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...
Information about the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research
July 10th, 2002 Institute for Social and Behavioral Research information
The Institute for Social and Behavior Research was formed in response to health problems that evolved from the farm crisis in the 1980s. Its original name was the Social and Behavioral...
Media Advisory: Iowa State Research Holds Promise for an Alternative to Hormone Replacement Therapy
July 10th, 2002 A National Institutes of Health research study about to get under way at Iowa State University could offer a partial alternative to hormone replacement therapy for women who want to prevent bone loss after menopause.
D. Lee Alekel, associate...
USDA Honors Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
July 8th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), a center jointly administered by Iowa State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia, received a Secretary's Honor Award from U.S. Secretary of...
Plant Science Institute Awards Start-up Funds
July 2nd, 2002 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University's Plant Sciences Institute has awarded start-up funding to six Iowa State research projects.
Each project received approximately $25,000 for one or two years.
"Identifying promising research...
ISU Study Questions the Effectiveness of Special Tax District
July 2nd, 2002 AMES, Iowa - In an effort to spur economic development, Iowa cities have steadily increased their use of a special type of tax district. Yet an analysis by researchers in the Iowa State University economics department questions whether the...
ISU Studies Continue to Address Livestock Air-quality Issues
June 30th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — Air-quality research at Iowa State University continues to address questions about the impact of livestock confinement facilities on the environment and people who live and work nearby.
Dwaine Bundy and Steven Hoff, researchers in...
Iowa Cider Producers Make the Grade
June 25th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - Apple cider producers in Iowa have taken precautions to make their processing methods safe and sanitary. That's the finding of a recent survey conducted by Iowa State University researchers.
During the past two growing...
Agriculture Dean Woteki Outlines Endowment and Farm Review
June 24th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — Catherine Woteki, dean of agriculture at Iowa State University, has released a letter to alumni and friends that outlines endowment and farm reviews in the College of Agriculture.
"Accountability for all our resources and...
'Bud' Ewing, Former ISU Animal Science Leader, Dies June 19
June 19th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - Solon A. (Bud) Ewing, a longtime leader in animal science at Iowa State University, died of septicemia on June 19 in Ames. He was 71.
Ewing joined the ISU faculty in 1958, and remained at ISU with the exception of four years, 1964...
It's Time to Look for Soybean Cyst Nematode on Soybean Roots
June 10th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is a widespread and serious pest in Iowa soybean fields. An infestation can reduce yields by 50 percent or more. But surprisingly, fields can be infested with the nematode for years without noticeable...
Lamkey Named Pioneer Maize Breeding Chair at Iowa State
June 9th, 2002 Ames, Iowa — Kendall Lamkey has been named Pioneer Hi-Bred International Endowed Chair in Maize Breeding and director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding at Iowa State University. The appointment is effective July 1.
Lamkey is a...
First CPRES Distinguished Lecture is May 31
May 14th, 2002 Jian-Kang Zhu, plant sciences department, University of Arizona, will present the first Distinguished Lecturer Seminar on Plant Response to Environmental Stress, Friday, May 31, at 2 p.m. in 1414 Molecular Biology Building. Zhu will talk on...
ISU Hosts Nation's Only Swine Ultrasound Training, May 20-21
May 14th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — Ultrasonic scanning is widely used by swine producers, breeders, veterinarians and others to measure fat and muscle area in live swine. The nation's only training and certification for swine ultrasound technicians will be at...
Warm Winter Increases Risk of Stewart's Disease
May 14th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University plant pathologists predict a high risk of Stewart's disease in this year's corn crop due to last winter's warmer-than-usual weather.
"Based on 30 years of historical disease and weather...
ISU Student Teams Win Sustainable Futures Planning Contest
May 6th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - Students from Iowa State University have been selected to present their ideas on sustainability at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in August. The summit is a follow-up to the Earth Summit held in Rio de...
ISU Study First to Show How Endrocrine Cells Release Hormones
May 6th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University study is the first to show how endocrine cells release hormones in the body.
"It's a new finding on how the cell operates," said Lloyd Anderson, a distinguished professor of animal science...
ISU Names Department Leader in Sociology
May 5th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University has named Paul Lasley the new chair of the Department of Sociology.
Lasley will begin his new duties on July 1. The professor of rural sociology has been an ISU faculty member since 1981. He succeeds Robert...
Iowa State Crops Team Member Wins National Competition—Team Places Third
May 5th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — A member of Iowa State University's student crops team won the National Association of College and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) crops contest in Pomona, Calif.
Bart Boehm, a senior in agronomy from Greenfield, Iowa, won...
2002 Water Awards Presented to Iowans for Their Contributions
May 5th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State Water Resources Research Institute (ISWRRI) presented awards to four Iowans and one organization for their contributions in understanding and conserving water resources during 2001. The second annual awards were...
ISU Students Take Second Place in Soil Judging Contest
May 5th, 2002 AMES, Iowa - An Iowa State University senior took top individual honors and her team placed second in the American Society of Agronomy national soil judging contest April 20-26.
Meghan Buckley, Greenwich, N.Y., is majoring in agronomy. She won...
Plant Scientists to Discuss Epigenetics at Iowa State, May 16-17
April 28th, 2002 AMES, Iowa — Six leading scientists in the area of epigenetic mechanisms in plants will present their research during the annual Plant Science Lecture Series at Iowa State University. The presentations will be May 16-17 in the Sun Room of the...