GRINNELL, Iowa, Sept. 27 -- Grinnell College issued the following news: On Tuesday, Sept. 26, President Biden announced the inaugural members of the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States, which aims to enhance dialogue between U.S. officials and the African diaspora. Grinnell College Trustee Ham Serunjogi '16 will serve as one of the 12 members of the advisory council for the 2023-2025 term. Serunjogi is the co-founder and CEO of African financial tec  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 27 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on Sept. 26, 2023: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig congratulated the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's Mines and Minerals Bureau for receiving the Interior States Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Award this week from the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) within the United States Department of the Interior. The Department's Mines and Minera  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the Boards and Commissions Review Committee submitting their final recommendation: "I appreciate the committee's in-depth analysis and examination of Iowa's Boards and Commissions, along with the thousands of Iowans who submitted feedback to the committee. The final report gives insight into how to ensure th  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 27 -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release: Sorghum is a productive and versatile annual crop used worldwide for livestock feed. Until now, the plant, which originated in the tropics, has done best in warmer regions with longer growing seasons than the Upper Midwest. A new USDA-supported project will test and release several new sorghum cultivars that promise high-yielding, nutritious forage for beef and dairy cat  more

GRINNELL, Iowa, Sept. 27 -- Grinnell College issued the following news: Grinnell College is excited to welcome Dr. Aomawa Shields, an astronomer and astrobiologist at the University of California, Irvine, to give two talks on campus. Shields will host a physics seminar in which she will discuss her research on planet habitability, and a lecture in which she will share excerpts from "Life on Other Planets," her memoir published this summer. Dr. Aomawa Shields is an astronomer, astrobiologist, c  more