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Environmental Sustainability

By Steve Jones The key is looking underground Scientists worldwide are concerned with the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Unprecedented high levels of human-made and naturally occurring carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane are, says the science community, increasing global temperatures. Iowa State biologist Kirsten Hofmockel believes the way to help our atmosphere … Continue reading Environmental Sustainability

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Economic Sustainability

By Steve Jones A turtle-friendly permit system In 1975 John Miranowski joined the Iowa State economics faculty with a keen interest in what is now commonly called "sustainable" and "environmentally friendly" practices. Today he still is involved with policy issues that relate to "green" initiatives, particularly biofuels. His economics research looks at topics such as … Continue reading Economic Sustainability

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Coach Rhoads tells Liberal Arts and Sciences leadership class the story behind ‘I’m so proud’

When Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads told his jubilant team after upsetting Nebraska in 2009 that he was "so proud to be your football coach," he was not just caught up in the moment. Rhoads recently told students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Leadership Class that the phrase was part … Continue reading Coach Rhoads tells Liberal Arts and Sciences leadership class the story behind ‘I’m so proud’

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First ROTC tri-service parade, change of command ceremony on central campus Thursday afternoon, April 18

Members of each of the three ROTC branches at Iowa State University (Army, Air Force and Navy-Marines) will be performing their semester change of command ceremony on ISU’s central campus Thursday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. This is ISU’s first joint ceremony in which the leadership of each corps, detachment and battalion is transferred to … Continue reading First ROTC tri-service parade, change of command ceremony on central campus Thursday afternoon, April 18

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An Iowan and a Poet

by Laura Wille Fueled by a passion for her native state, Iowa Poet Laureate and ISU Distinguished Professor Mary Swander strives to bring out the poetry in all of us. A fourth-generation Iowan, Mary Swander’s two-year reappointment by Gov. Terry Branstad as Iowa Poet Laureate is very fitting. Swander has written poems, books and a musical about Iowa, directed an Iowa-based reader’s theatre … Continue reading An Iowan and a Poet

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Iowa State, Iowa School for the Deaf collaborate for ‘Poetry in Motion’

Poetry has linked Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with the Iowa School for the Deaf through a video project. A group of Iowa State students, along with high school students from the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs, have collaborated to create "Poetry in Motion," a video project that … Continue reading Iowa State, Iowa School for the Deaf collaborate for ‘Poetry in Motion’