DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 -- Drake University issued the following news release: Drake University is excited to announce the expansion of the Martin Bucksbaum Lectureship Series. Under the expansion, the University will now have two lectureship tracks--the original Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship and a newly launched Bucksbaum Lectureship in Business, which is made possible by an additional gift from Melva Bucksbaum and Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan. Managed through Drake's Zimpleman College of B  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 -- Drake University issued the following news release: The Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will award its highest honor, the Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor to Drake pharmacy alumna, Patty Kumbera, PH'89. Kumbera will deliver the Weaver Medal Lecture on Friday, November 10, at 2:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. The lecture will also be livestreamed and recorded for later viewing. The Weaver Medal of Honor recognizes an individua  more

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Oct. 11 -- Emerson Electric, a technology and engineering company that provides solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential markets, issued the following news: Emerson has announced the Fisher(TM) FIELDVUE(TM) DVC7K Digital Valve Controller, a new design improving upon 30 years of field-proven innovation. The DVC7K features Advice at the Device(TM) technology with embedded computing and analytics that convert raw data into actionable information locally  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Grand View University issued the following news: Dr. Aaron Puhrmann, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Grand View, and Dr. Christian Schlaerth of Waldorf University were recently published in the journal Deviant Behavior. Their research explores the process of how men come to identify with the incel (involuntary celibate) subculture. They propose examining incel membership through the lens of perceived social death, a process in whi  more

GRINNELL, Iowa, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Grinnell College issued the following news: Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Oct. 24, as we continue our Faculty/Staff Research Series with Karla Erickson, professor of sociology, for her Research in Progress talk, "Tethers and Tight Spaces." Professor Erickson has been using qualitative methods to "harvest the pandemic" -- to capture the ways we navigated "tight spaces" (Kesho Scott) during the pandemic. What sustained and tethered us  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading a 13 state coalition fighting for pork producers. Together, with 12 other states, Iowa is opposing a new Massachusetts law that bans states from selling or shipping pork through Massachusetts if they do not meet strict hog-housing requirements. Massachusetts's pork ban, Question 3, goes even further than California's similar Proposition 12 by prohibiting  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2023: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Harvest is in full swing. Warmer tem  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 10 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2023: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has formed a partnership with Calhoun County and the Calhoun County Soil and Water Conservation District to launch the first phase of the North Raccoon Edge-of-Field Project. The goal of the first phase of this water quality project is to install more than 25 edge-of-f  more

ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa, Oct. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: Today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $2,753,115 for seven State Recreational Trails Program projects. The State Recreational Trails Program was created in 1988 with the purpose of developing and maintaining recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both motorized and non-motorized trail users. This funding is available to cities, counties, state agenc  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Hunter Thorpe as a district associate judge in Judicial Election District 2B. Thorpe, of Ankeny, Iowa, is an assistant county attorney at the Boone County Attorney's Office. He received an undergraduate degree from Central College and his law degree from Drake Law School. Thorpe fills a vacancy created following the retirement of t  more

CROOKSTON, Minnesota, Oct. 11 -- The University of Minnesota's Crookston Campus issued the following news release: The University of Minnesota Crookston is proud to announce Julie Hinders, Ph.D. has been hired as the program director of health management and tenure track associate professor. Hinders started in October 2023 and previously served as the master of healthcare administration program director and department chair of business and health services at Upper Iowa University (UIU) in Fayet  more