Kansas City twins, scholarship winners choose Iowa State
Jonathan and Donathan Morgan, co-valedictorians of Kansas City's Ruskin High School, have received Gates Millennium Scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Morgan brothers will...
View ArticleConfidence gauge spikes on outlook, fueling stock gains
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index jumped to 54.9 in May from 40.8 in April and 26.9 in March. That's the best reading since September. "I don't expect the 'horses to gallop' just yet,...
View ArticleEconomist: recession rebound starts next month
An Iowa State University economist said Wednesday that Iowans will likely start seeing positive economic signs as early as next month. Economist Peter Orazem said that while the recession rebound may...
View ArticlePlaying video games can make you a better person
Two studies showing that video games have a bright side as well as a dark one have been carried out recently. One, to be published in June by the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, was...
View ArticleISU promotes greater financial education through new course offerings, faculty
ISU's Human Development and Family Studies faculty have collaborated with the Government of the Student Body to expand the financial education resources available to students. A new one-credit online...
View ArticleLush rooftop
Numerous plants grow on the roof of the Design Center's new addition. The green roof has many environmental benefits.
View ArticleCyclone Power Pullers build four-engine "Wild CYde" for tractor competition
The students of Iowa State's Cyclone Power Pullers are building a four-engine, 1/4-scale pulling tractor for a competition sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers May...
View ArticleSivils named the second Geoffroy Faculty Fellow at Iowa State
Matthew Sivils, an assistant professor of English, has been named the next recipient of the Gregory L. and Kathleen C. Geoffroy Faculty Fellowship at Iowa State. President and Mrs. Geoffroy...
View ArticleCampaign Iowa State surpasses previous two Iowa State University fundraising...
ISU benefactors have made gifts and future commitments surpassing $673.1 million to the Iowa State University Foundation during Campaign Iowa State: With Pride and Purpose. This milestone eclipses the...
View ArticleIowa State economists assess recession's impact on wages, immigrant workers
Two Iowa State economists have been studying what the country's economic downturn has meant to workers. University Professor of Economics Peter Orazem assesses how the recession has affected employee...
View ArticleISU researcher identifies genetic pathway responsible for much of plant growth
Iowa State University resarchers have discovered a previously unknown pathway in plant cells that regulates plant growth.
View ArticleStange Road work begins May 27
Work to repair and resurface Stange Road in the vicinity of Veenker golf course is set to begin the morning of Wednesday, May 27. As scheduled, the northbound lanes will be closed for two weeks (May 27...
View ArticleIowa State's Mini Baja Team engineers a lighter, simpler off-road racer
Iowa State's Mini Baja Team is working to improve on last year's 16th-place finish in a contest sponsored by SAE, the Society of Automotive Engineers. Team members think a lighter, simpler off-road...
View ArticleCyclers try battery-assisted bikes
A hundred ISU faculty and staff recently tested electric-assisted bikes loaned to the university by X-Treme Scooters. The Newton firm offered the bikes to support the university's Live Green...
View ArticleISU personal finance professor assesses impact of new credit card legislation
Tahira Hira, an ISU professor of personal finance and consumer economics, assesses what impact the new Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act will have on credit card consumers....
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