ISU ADVANCE

ISU ADVANCE

About Who We Are Initiatives ISU ADVANCE Scholar Program Events News Resources and Reports Links Contact Us About Iowa State Office of the Provost Colleges/Departments Diversity Institutional Research	News April 17, 2008 - Sharon Bird, ADVANCE Co-PI and Director of Research, was given the Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award More Info Feb 11, 2008 - ISU Professors Eve Wurtele and Steve Herrnstadt along with Associate Professors Julie Dickerson and Diane Bassham have produced a video game for the life sciences More Info Feb 7, 2008 - ISU Associate Professor of Anthropology Jill Pruetz has been selected as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer for 2008 More Info Feb 1, 2008 - Mei Hong and Sarah Cady, two Iowa State University chemists, have discovered an anti-virus drug attacks influenza A by changing the motion and structure of a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells More Info Nov 30, 2007 - Kristen Johansen's work on the cell spindle matrix is highlighted in Science, Nov 30, 2007. Johansen is a faculty member in Genetics, Development & Cell Biology. More Info Click here for a link to the article in Science Fall 2007 - University and College awards to STEM women faculty and ADVANCE participants More Info Sep 19, 2007: Article in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences newsletter on ADVANCE More Info Summer 2007: 2 articles in the GDCB Alumni Newsletter: NSF program enhances opportunities for women (pg1) and A breath of fresh air (article on Jo Anne Powell-Coffman's research) (pg 7) (PDF- 13MB) Aug 21, 2007- Iowa State and DMACC work together to increase engineering graduates More Info Aug 8, 2007- Diane Debinski interviewed by NPR on climate change casualties More Info July 2007- Annual report for year one is available (PDF- 633KB) (Requires Adobe Acrobat 5 or later) June 4, 2007- Ames Laboratory researcher, Emily Smith, is using Raman imaging to probe plant cell structure More info April 30, 2007- Ryan awarded environmental fellowship from AT&T Foundation More Info March 26, 2007- MSE's Constant named ADVANCE professor More Info Feb 23, 2007- Creating change with ADVANCE More Info Sept 27, 2006- $3.3 million NSF grant will help advance women faculty in STEM careers More Info 2006- ISU Receives Sloan Foundation Award for Innovative Practices in Career Flexibility More Info