Friday, 24 Apr 2015
Planetarium Show
Are you curious about space? Do you wonder about what you can see in the night sky? If so, bring your questions and come to the ISU Planetarium to learn more. The first show, starting at 6:30 p.m. will be 20 minutes and for kids. Shows at 7 and 7:30 p.m. and are suitable for all ages. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:15 p.m. Seating is limited. Weather permitting there will be an outdoor observing session after the last show.
Sunday, 26 Apr 2015
CEAH Fellowship: Imagining the Prairie, Then and Now
CEAH fellow Matthew Sivils will discuss how the prairie landscape functioned as a challenge to European-American conceptions of the land, while becoming a defining emblem of the American experience. Following the presentation, University Museums assistant curator Adrienne Gennett will provide a tour of Iowa artist Ellen Wagener's landscapes exhibit.
Monday, 27 Apr 2015
P&S Council Seminar
"Supervisory Survey Assessment Results," Don Broshar, University Human Resources.
Statistics Seminar
"Small Area Quantile Estimation*", Jiahua Chen, Canada Research Chair, Tier 1, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Thursday, 30 Apr 2015
Lecture: Intersections of Journalism with Computer Science & Data
Brant Houston, professor and Knight Chair of Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Signature Research Initiative
Friday, 01 May 2015
Fassel Lecture in Analytical Chemistry
"Nanotextured Surfaces and On-Chip Biosynthesis: Smart Materials and Smart Chemistries for Optical Biosensors and Biomimetic Devices," Robert M. Corn, University of California, Irvine.
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