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Financial literacy leader Tahira Hira offers advice on managing debt, credit cards
Tahira Hira, a professor of personal finance and consumer
economics in Iowa State's Department of Human Development
and Family Studies and chair of the NYSE Euronext Financial
Literacy Advisory committee, provides her golden rule on
dealing with debt, as well as other tips on breaking credit
addiction.
Iowa State Mini Baja Team hopes for better luck, better performance this year
The student engineers of Iowa State's Mini Baja Team will
test the off-road racer they designed and built during a May
19-22 competition in Bellingham, Wash. The students are hoping
a lighter car featuring an electronic clutch, custom shocks, a
two-speed gearbox and a reconfigured rear suspension can move
them up the leaderboard.
Iowa State engineers design power structures that help keep the lights on
Iowa State University engineers are developing new and improved
poles to carry electricity across the countryside. They say the
new structures -- which can bend and deflect an extreme load --
would be cheaper, easier to install, more secure and more
resistant to cascading failures. That means better electrical
service for everybody.
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Meredith business development director Dave Kurns to receive Schwartz Award
Dave Kurns, a 1982 ISU journalism graduate and director of
business development for Meredith Corp., Des Moines, will
receive the James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service
to Journalism and Communication from ISU's Greenlee School
of Journalism and Communication during a homecoming ceremony
Oct. 29.
Brain’s master switch is verified by Iowa State University researcher
The protein that has long been suspected by scientists of being
the master switch allowing brains to function has now been
verified by Iowa State University researcher Yeon-Kyun Shin.
The professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology
has shown that the protein called synaptotagmin1 (Syt1) is the
sole trigger for the release of neurotransmitters in the brain.
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Iowa State researcher uses Wii Remotes™ to teach lessons in computer engineering
Tom Daniels, an Iowa State University assistant professor of
electrical and computer engineering, has figured out how to use
Wii Remotes as a teaching tool in introductory computer
engineering courses. He said the game controllers are a great
way to teach students to collect and process data.
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