Pontasch--Kurt W. (Biology Faculty)
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1 | UNI announces outstanding graduate student awards Public Relations News Release 2007:100, p.1 |
Graduate students received awards at the spring graduate faculty meeting. | |
2 | Plenty of dead fish in the sea Public Relations News Release 2001:266, p.1 |
Kurt Pontasch will talk about the recent chemical spills that killed thousands of fish in northwestern and central Iowa. | |
3 | Your choices are unlimited with capstone Northern Iowan 93:47, p.10 |
Although all students must take Environment Technology and Society course, each section is different. | |
4 | IWRC Campus News Network 6:13, p.2 |
Overview of Iowa Waste Reduction Center activities. | |
5 | Regents approve faculty promotions, tenure Campus News Network 4:17, p.1 |
Faculty members receiving promotions and tenure. | |
6 | Carver grants: the germination of applied scientific research Campus News Network 3:21, p.1 |
Seven faculty members have been conducting research under Carver grants. | |
7 | The long-term impact. Public Relations News Release 1992:276, p.1 |
Kurt Pontasch states the effects of the oil spill near the Shetland Islands could last for years to come. | |
8 | Summer fellowships announced Campus News Network 2:11, p.1 |
Roster of those who won awards and their topics of research. | |
9 | Soviet environmental educators visit UNI Campus News Network 2:1, p.2 |
Six visit with Professor McCalley; photo. | |
10 | Soviet environmental educators visit Northern Iowa Northern Iowa Today 19:2, p.6 |
Six visitors work on environmental education curriculum; photo. | |
11 | $50,000 awarded for scientific research Campus News Network 1:13, p.1 |
Five projects win awards from Carver Foundation. | |
12 | Carver research grants awarded to five Northern Iowa faculty Northern Iowa Today 19:1, p.7 |
Awards go to Professors Curtiss D. Hanson, Kurt Pontasch, Jingyu Lin, and Mohammed Jibaly | |
13 | Carver scientific research initiative grants awarded to University of Northern Iowa Faculty Public Relations News Release 1990:370, p.1 |
UNI faculty receive development grants. | |
14 | Seventeen years of silence has now been broken- the cicada speaks! Public Relations News Release 1989:652, p.1 |
Kurt Pontasch says while many people refer to them as locusts, that's not accurate. He says the noisy bugs are declining since they require tree sap over a long period of time. | |
15 | Bugs who eat other bugs: replacement for chemical insecticides? University of Northern Iowa Professor studies predatory insects. Public Relations News Release 1989:111, p.1 |
"The estimated benefits from biological control research in California alone was reported at $200 million in 1974," Kurt Pontasch says. "The savings resulted from both reduced pesticide application and reduced crop damage." | |
16 | It's a bug eat bug world -- a smorgasbord in your own backyard. Public Relations News Release 1989:91, p.1 |
Kurt Pontasch, says beneficial insects such as the preying mantis, ladybird beetle, and a number of wasps and parasitic insects are being studied to see how they might be used to control insects on a large scale. |