PASADENA, California, Dec. 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: "My first exposure to suborbital rockets was during my second undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa--my first degree there was actually in business, and then I went back to school later for an astronomy and physics degree after taking some science classes on the side. I never really thought about doing experimental astronomy, and I didn't know what the career path looked like. But I reall  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Gov. Reynolds met today with Secretary of State Paul Pate and Iowa's six presidential electors who officially cast their votes for President and Vice President of the United States. The meeting of electors marks the state's final step in closing a secure, accurate, and fair general election. These six electors today unanimously cast their votes for Donald J. Trump and JD Vance for Presid  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 17 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its federal partners have been monitoring for the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Iowa's wild birds since early 2022. After nearly a year without detections in sick or dead birds, Iowa has seen a sharp jump in affected waterfowl across the state mostly, north of Interstate 80 since early December, spurred on by the st  more

AMES, Iowa, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following Year in Review: As 2024 comes to an end, the Iowa State University News Service team is looking back and sharing some of its favorite and more popular stories of the year. Click on each headline to read the full story. * * * Students crisscross 'Tornado Alley,' chasing storms, learning lessons (https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2024/06/11/stormobservation) A new course took 13 Iowa State students and their three instr  more

ALLIANCE, Ohio, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Mount Union issued the following news: Kate Kueter '25, a national security and intelligence analysis and French double major of Iowa City, Iowa, earned the opportunity to present research at the 2024 Northeastern Political Science Association's (NPSA) 56th Annual Conference in Boston in November. Kueter presented her research on European female spies during the World Wars, shedding light on the overlooked and misrepresented role of women   more