Des Moines artists lineup includes Iowa Staters A College of Design grad student and three recent graduates are among the 12 "emerging artists" selected to exhibit their work at the annual Des Moines Arts Festival June 26-28. Two other Design alumni are among the professional artists chosen to participate at the festival. Turf research plot added at hort farm A four-acre parcel at the ISU Horticulture Research Station north of Ames being planted this summer will allow researchers to experiment with soil content and management practices to improve sports turf across the Midwest. Library colleagues learn from each other University Library employees recently completed a "SpeedShare" event (a professional networking version of speed dating) to learn more about various positions around the library and gain an understanding of how all the pieces fit to make the library run.
Discovery Channel to air chimpanzee footage Two episodes of the BBC's Life Story series, featuring chimpanzees at anthropology professor Jill Pruetz's Senegal research site, will air Saturday, June 13 (8 p.m. CST) on the Discovery Channel. | 
