STORIES in Agriculture and Life Sciences

STORIES online Extra: CALS Student captures Freshman Year in Photographs – View Jennifer Cunningham’s “Fresh Fotos”

STORIES online Extra: View a video of Gene Takle talking about Climate Change in Iowa

STORIES online Extras:

• Read Rich 's work on food miles and the importance of local food systems on the Leopold Center's Food Facts Web Site.

• Learn more about the Center's efforts to build local food systems throough Value Chain Partnerships
• Read about the Leopold Center's research and support for Iowa grape growers

STORIES online Extras:

• Send Norma Hensley a message by e-mailing stories@iastate.edu
• Learn more about donating to the Norma Hensley scholarship by e-mailing Ryan Harms at rharms@iastate.edu or calling (515) 294-1118

STORIES online Extras:

• View a complete list of faculty and staff who joined the college in 2008 (pdf)
• Read a profile on the late Dr. Louis Thompson

STORIES online Extra:Learn Schnabel’s tips for poinsettia care

STORIES online Extra:Check out a day in the life of student ultrasound technician Kyle Schulte

STORIES online Extra:Cortney Schmidt Student Profile

STORIES online Extras:

• Student Participates in U.N. Commission
• “Dear CALS” – Commencement address by Cliff Dolbeare

STORIES online Extras:

• ISU’s graduate program in Biorenewable Resources and Technology
• ISU Extension’s efforts with animal agriculture and the environment
  • Iowa Beef Center
  • Iowa Pork Industry Center
  • Egg Industry Center
  • Iowa State Extension Dairy Team
  • Iowa's Agriculture: A Sustainable System (pdf)
• ISU Chieftain apple
• Spencer Beach

STORIES online Extras:

• ISU’s first green roof on the Design Center
• CSU’s green roof project

STORIES online Extras:

• Read Dosmann’s essay about his career and time at ISU
• View a video of Dosmann talking about careers in public gardens

STORIES online Extras:

• Read more about ISU Alumni Association award recipients
  • Anwar M. Battikhi
    • Read Dr. Battikhi’s award acceptance remarks
  • Murray R. Wise
• VEISHEA Slideshow of Alumni Memories
• Alumni Days 2009 Photo Album

STORIES online Extras:

• Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute
• Tassel Ridge Winery

STORIES online Extra: Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic

STORIES online Extras:

• Neil Harl’s gift Remarks
• Harl Commons Illustrations
• Agriculture Pavilion Illustrations

STORIES online Extras:

• CALS Honors Norman Borlaug
• Swans Next on ISU Farm Wetland
• Follow CALS on Twitter

Letter from the Editor

Message from Dean Wendy Wintersteen

College Annual Facts and Figures (Budget, Extension Service, Enrollment)

STORIES online Extra: CALS Student captures Freshman Year in Photographs – View Jennifer Cunningham’s “Fresh Fotos”

Predicting the Region’s Climate - Gene Takle

Prof Fights Nasty Microbes with Handwashing, Vaccines - Joan Cunnick

Going the Distance for Local Food, Farmers - Rich Pirog

Repellants with the Right Stuff - Joel Coats

Perennial Favorite: Hensley’s Maternal Presence Warmed Lives of Students – Norma Hensley

Faculty and Staff News in Brief

Poinsettias Help Hort Club Bloom - Evan Schnabel

Student’s Spirit of Service Fueled by Science - Samantha McConaughy

Student Technicians Lead Ultrsound Road Show - Kyle Schulte

Positive Attitude Overcomes Bell’s Palsy - Cortney Schmidt

Student Achievements

Alum Embodies Living Green on Campus – Merry Rankin

Green is the Color of New ISU Facilities

New Composting Facility Turns Waste into Want

Comfort for Animals, Energy Savings for Farms ISU leads in undergraduate biorenewable education

ISU Extension aids livestock producers Iowa State produce served to students

Students answer – what green means to me

• Emily Eggleston
• Nate Looker
• Richard Kann
• Danika Schaaf

A Mile-high View of Green Roof Technology - Jennifer Bousselot

Entrepreneurial Success in Soy-foam - Joe Steffes

Alum Promotes Ag in Phoenix Ag Club - Ted Axland

Collecting Plants and Stories for Harvard’s Arboretum - Michael Dosmann

Alumni News in Brief

ISU Raises a Glass to a Growing Iowa Industry - Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute

Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic

Harl gift ensures space for student success

Walter gift paves the way for ag pavilion

Campaign Update