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AEP 0200. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, Iowa. 35 pages. Miller, Gerald A. 2013. Soil Judging in Iowa. PM 1106. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Ames, Iowa. 24 pages Soil judging consists of evaluating certain properties of a soil and translating these evaluations into recommendations for land use. This booklet ...
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States.Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the nation's first designated land-grant institutions when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September ...
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
The University was founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm. [1] On July 4, 1959, the school was renamed "Iowa State University of Science and Technology" and the College of Agriculture became one of five colleges (i.e., College of Agriculture, College of Engineering, College of Home Economics, College of Sciences and ...
Officially formed in 1959, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences got its current name in 1990. It can trace its history back to 1898, when liberal arts and sciences were a part of the school's Division of Science and Philosophy. [1] Since the school's beginning, Iowa State's founders had intended to produce well-rounded students.
Richard O. Marshall was an American inventor and scientist. He is best known for being the first person to create High Fructose Corn Syrup along with his partner Earl R. Kooi in 1957.
Wendy Wintersteen was named president of Iowa State University on October 23, 2017, and assumed the position on November 20, 2017. Wintersteen earned a bachelor of science in crop protection (1978) from Kansas State University and her doctorate in entomology (1988) from Iowa State.
The Iowa State men's cross country team made their first appearance as a team at the National Cross country meet in 1952. Between 1952 and 1987, Iowa State produced ten different individual All-Americans, many of them receiving the honors more than once. In both 1987 and 1988, the men's team won the Big Eight Conference titles.