Thursday, 16 Apr 2015
Finding a Way: Making and Meaning - Jeremy Rudd
Artist, educator and Iowa State alumnus Jeremy Rudd will discuss finding his way as a professional visual artist while navigating the demands of career, family and ambition. He will share his experience as a liturgical artist on commission and present his recent work that focuses on metaphors of environment and sustainability. He is the guest juror for the 2015 Senior BFA Exhibition in the College of Design's Gallery 181.
Lecture: Immigration and Mental Health
Melba Vasquez is a past president of the American Psychological Association and led the organization's national taskforce on how immigration affects the mental heath status of immigrants and their children.
Sunday, 19 Apr 2015
Lecture: Reflections on the Asian American Experience
"Karate Chops, Geishas & Nerds," John Palmer, Colgate University. He discusses the complex nature of race and how we can begin to address race and racism from a fresh perspective. Asian Heritage Week Performance Night Keynote Speaker
Monday, 20 Apr 2015
Meet John Pappajohn
Pappajohn, namesake of ISU's Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, will speak about the importance of entrepreneurship and his personal journey. The 2015 Pappajohn Student Scholars will be recognized, followed by a brief reception in the Gerdin Commons.
Statistics Seminar
"Quantile Regression in the Secondary Analysis of Case-Control Data", Ying Wei, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
Lecture: The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Gene Policinski is senior vice president of the First Amendment Center and a founding editor at USA Today. First Amendment Day Series Keynote.
Tuesday, 21 Apr 2015
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer: Connecting Global Change to Local Impacts" Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University.
Caucus Cup Debate
The ISU College Democrats will debate the College Republicans on an issue of the day. First Amendment Day Celebration
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015
Lecture: Climate Urgency
"Climate Urgency & How Iowa Farmers and Businesses Can Take the Lead" - Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist who directs the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University.
Thursday, 23 Apr 2015
Film: Farmland
An intimate look at the lives of farmers and ranchers in their twenties, hosted by the Iowa State University Corn Growers Association. A panel of farmers will join the audience for a discussion immediately following the 77-minute film.
Panel Discussion: Creating Healthy Relationships
Find out the lessons ten Iowa State students learned as they experienced 30 days in a relationship with a complete stranger.
Panel Discussion: Clean Energy, A New Age of Abundance
Speakers include Jim Kennedy, CEO of Th-REE Consulting, and John Kutsch, executive director of the Thorium Energy Alliance.
Lecture: What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
Timothy Rowe is a paleontologist and a leader in developing digital technologies to analyze and visualize fossil remains. Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Lecture: The Global Fight to Stop Human Trafficking
Father Shay Cullen is a priest from Ireland who has worked protecting women and children and their human rights in the Philippines since 1969. World Affairs Series