Monday, May 20, 2013
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Iowa State University Monday afternoon.
Gov. Terry Branstad proclaimed 2013 as the year of the veterinarian while touring Iowa State University's year-old Hixson-Lied Small Animal Hospital at Iowa State University Monday. Monday was the 150th anniversary of the American Veterinary Medical Association and organized veterinary medicine in the United States. “I encourage Iowans to support contributions that the veterinary profession and American Veterinary Medical Association have made and continue to make to animal health, public health, animal welfare and food safety in Iowa,” Branstad read from a proclamation. Iowa State University President Steven Leath said Iowa State's veterinary medicine school was the first state supported veterinary school in the country. “Today the State …
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Plus, an Ames professor says stores will soon scan your face, a Waukee road project is held up by an endangered bat species, a Johnston dad is in court after his son reportedly took a gun to school, and a West Des Moines math whiz with a perfect score.
Weird howling noises have been heard in Marion for several months. That roaring noise around town is nothing to be alarmed about, says Todd Stiegerwaldt, general manager of the Marion Water Department. The “loud, howling, roaring” noise is pressurized air being released as sand in removed from a new well on Echo Hill Road. The process began in January and should be completed by the end of May. Will Iowa City see parking spaces all over town filled with patios in a few years? Micky's Irish Pub in Iowa City is about to embark on an experiment in drive-up dining: A dining patio built on a parking space in front of its restaurant. The patio is raised up on a platform so it's not literally in the street. Interesting, in a weird way. Weird in a …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Translation – get your tickets while you still can.
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Wednesday, May 15
From an ISU Athletic Dept. media release: Iowa State University announced Wednesday that it fully anticipates exceeding last year’s record setting season football ticket sales of 40,547 and also expects to continue to have more than 50,000 fans attend home games which currently stands at 13 straight games. “As of this morning we have sold-out of season tickets in the end-zone and only have a few scattered single tickets left in the non-donor cardinal ($225) and gold ($175) sections," said Justin Thompson, Director of Ticket Sales. “At this point we only have a limited supply of full-price donor tickets ($375) and hillside ($125) tickets available”. A limited supply of season tickets located in the donor reserved ($375) or hillside ($125) …
Brian Mennecke said advertisers and marketers will soon be using facial recognition software to bombard us with better targeted advertising.
Advertisers and retailers already know their customers' ages, genders, what they buy and perhaps how much money they earn and whether they have children, but what if they could add shoppers' faces to those data profiles and use it to display advertisements meant just for them. Facial recognition software would make it possible. Brian Mennecke, an associate professor of information systems at Iowa State University, said most of us aren't ready for that type of privacy invasion, but the day that shoppers will walk past a digital sign with a display that changes to an advertisement meant just for them isn't so far away. Facebook can already scan photos while users upload new ones and suggest the proper tag and Google image search makes …
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Iowa State University coach recently sat down with the Des Moines Register, during which he said he's hoping to lead the Cyclones to a winning season next year – the first time in 13 years.
In a recent interview with the Des Moines Register, Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads said next season, he hopes to accomplish something that hasn't been done in over 10 years. What exactly? It's time for the Cyclones to reach the positive side of the Big 12 Conference standings, Rhoads told the newspaper. That is the message he is spreading during the Cyclone Tailgate Tour, a six-day, 12-city tour that kicked off in Pella yesterday: “I’m happy with getting to three bowl games in four years; I’m not satisfied,” Rhoads said. “I’m not satisfied with only one bowl victory. I’m not satisfied for (not) getting past seven overall victories — or three league victories. “We want to get into the top half of the league. Those expectations are …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Iowa State professor said targeting advertising with facial recognition software is coming to a sign near you.
Advertisers and retailers already know their customers' ages, genders, what they buy and perhaps how much money they earn and whether they have children, but what if they could add shoppers' faces to those data profiles and use it to display advertisements meant just for them. Facial recognition software would make it possible. Brian Mennecke, an associate professor of information systems at Iowa State University, said most of us aren't ready for that type of privacy invasion, but the day that shoppers will walk past a digital sign with a display that changes to an advertisement meant just for them isn't so far away. Facebook can already scan photos while users upload new ones and suggest the proper tag and Google image search makes …
Friday, May 10, 2013
While job prospects have improved in some professions since previous years, this spring’s Iowa college graduates with the best chances to land jobs will be those demonstrating professional experience they gained while in college from more than place.
This project was produced by Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org, a non-profit, online news Website dedicated to collaborating with Iowa news organizations to produce explanatory and investigative work. Here is a link to the original story, which includes interactive graphics and audio of interviews with Iowa students. By: Emily Drees, Sarah Hadley, Lauren Horsch, Taylor Grangaard, Melanie Mackey and Nora Heaton | April 27, 2013 A few weeks shy of graduating in May, Brandt Heitman is ready to take a mechanical engineering degree from Iowa State University to a job at AllSteel in Muscatine, debt free. “Engineering is a tech field and everyone needs engineers,” a confident Heitman, 23, said about working at the office …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Iowa weighs in with the sixth highest student debt rates in the nation. Last year, graduates from Iowa’s three Board of Regents universities faced debts averaging $27,000. Their private-college counterparts averaged $30,000.
This project was produced by Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org, a non-profit, online news Website dedicated to collaborating with Iowa news organizations to produce explanatory and investigative work. Here is a link to the original story, which includes interactive graphics and audio of interviews with Iowa students graduating with debt. By Lauren Mills College diplomas are throwing more than three-fourths of Iowa graduates into debt. Students continue to graduate with debt that will follow them long after they leave the classroom despite growing numbers of state and federal programs aimed at improving their financial literacy and years of talk about curbing high student debt. Seniors at public and private colleges …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Any Division I school that wanted to take Basketball Coach Fred Hoiberg from Ames would have to pay Iowa State University $2 Million, Associated Press says.
Iowa State University Basketball Coach Fred Hoiberg would have to pay the university $2 million if he left to coach at another Division I school or $500,000 if he took a job with the NBA before 2023, according to a report by the Associated Press on Sports Illustrated. The $20 million deal was announced on March 29 shortly after the Cyclones participated in the NCAA Basketball tournament for the second year in a row. Iowa State University released more details about Hoiberg's 10-year contract on Tuesday. Under the contract, Hoiberg receives about $2 million a year and bonuses of $250,000 when the Cyclones make the Final Four and $100,000 for wining the Big 12 Tournament title. ESPN said Hoiberg was one of the “most coveted coaches on the …
The Ankeny resident will speak at Friday's College of Human Sciences celebration.
Media release: Linda Fullmer of Ankeny will deliver the keynote address at the Iowa State University College of Human Sciences graduation celebration at 3 p.m. Friday, May 10 at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in Ames. Fullmer, a 2000 graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in food science and human nutrition, has over 20 years of experience in the vitamin and dietary supplement and food industries. Shortly after graduation, Fullmer began her employment with Kemin Industries, where she quickly rose through the ranks from project manager and food application specialist to senior vice president of the human nutrition and health division. Fullmer oversees the division’s North American sales team, as well as the global technical …
cwinslow
3:39 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Iowa State College of Vet Med's careless spending of taxpayer dollars clearly shows that they have more than enough money to throw around. They bought a vet clinic in Des Moines that was assessed at 2.3 million and decided to overpay to the tune of 4.6 million... then proceeded to lose an additional 1.3 million in just the first 18 months after they took it over (total: 5.9 million). Maybe they … more ›