Jan. 21, 2010
They'll be back
Remember when a patch of shade was what you craved to escape the heat, and the sun was so bright it hurt your eyes? Take heart; those days will return ... probably just not this month. Archive photo by Bob Elbert.
Announcements
- Proposals sought for University Honors Program fall seminars
- Search open for next professor in charge of ISU Carver Academy
- Funeral mass for former Ag dean Lee Kolmer is Jan. 22
- Donate new or used clothing to Haiti earthquake victims through Jan. 29
- $500 reward for information about vandalism to campus art sculpture
- Women in Motion dance workshop
- Egg experts featured on the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" Jan. 21
- Feed your brain nutritiously
- "Swim and Gym" for elementary children begins Feb. 2
Receptions & open houses
Retirements
- Marcia Clendenen, Jan. 21
- Myrt Hanson, Jan. 22
- Alice Fellingham and Pat Helms, Jan. 25
- Betty Davis, Jan. 27
- Carol Lindgren, Jan. 27
- Sue Griffin, Gayle Huey and Carolyn Klaus, Jan. 28
- John Kingland, Jan. 28
- Gary Russell, Jan. 28
- Bill Britton, Dick Egger, Karen Lind and Beverly Nutt, Jan. 29
- Jeff Berger, Jan. 29
- Larry Dau, Jan. 29
- Mary Ingersoll, Jan. 29 (no event)
- Carolyn Mabee, Jan. 29
- Dave Volkers, Jan. 29
- Bill Williams, Jan. 29 (no event)
- Chloris Williams, Jan. 29
Arts & events
Craig Brackins
Home again
Leave the cardinal gear in the closet, it's "Gold Rules" when the Cyclone men face No. 3 Kansas Jan. 23 in Hilton.
Around campus
Finding animal feed uses for ethanol co-product
ISU researchers hope to safely increase the use of an ethanol byproduct as feed for cattle, poultry.
Teams to develop better biofuels
Two ISU research teams will receive $8 million to research and develop advanced biofuels. Their efforts are part of a $78 million program in the U.S. Department of Energy.
Iowa Staters part of team that sequences soybean genome
Two collaborating faculty members in agronomy are part of the national team that has sequenced the soybean genome.
