Tuesday, 07 Apr 2015
Lecture: Children, Technology and the Changing Definition of Play
Doris Bergen is a Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology Emerita at Miami University in Ohio. Her work focuses on learning and human development, with a special focus on how technology-enhanced toys affect play, adult memories of childhood play, and the development of humor, especially in gifted children.
Lecture: Gay Conversion Therapy
Samuel (Sam) Brinton will speak about his first-hand experiences with conversion therapy and championing for state legislation to prohibit treatments of this kind. A bill of this sort has passed in the Iowa Senate but has yet to become law. Conversion therapy is a range of treatments attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation. It can include electroshock therapy along with other forms of physical and mental abuse.
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2015
Beyond Farm-to-Table: The Future of Food
Dan Barber is the author of "The Third Plate" and an award-winning chef. Shivvers Memorial Lecture.
Lecture: Ali Rahimi for Mon Atelier, Master of Couture
Creative designer Ali Rahimi and business partner John Barle discuss the how their career in the apparel industry took them from the Virginia Marti College of Art and Design in Lakewood, Ohio, to running and operating a niche boutique for Hollywood celebrities.
Lecture: Prison Chronicles
Rachel Williams, associate professor in Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa, discusses her work with incarcerated women.
Thursday, 09 Apr 2015
Nanovaccine Initiative Seminar: Vlasta Klima Balloun Lecture
"Engineering Immune Responses in Vaccination and Tolerance Induction," Jeffrey Hubbell, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago. Hubbell will discuss his research in immunological tolerance technology for preventing immunity to protein drugs that would otherwise elicit an immune response. A reception will precede the lecture (10:30 a.m., 2061 Sweeney Hall). Cosponsored with the chemical and biological engineering department.
Panel: Standing Out on Social Media
The Greenlee School Futures Forum will focus on the role of social media in the professional workplace. All members of the Iowa State community and general public will benefit from these professionals' insight on best social media practices. The forum will open with the presentation of the AEJMC's Equity and Diversity Award to the Greenlee School.
Lecture: Marshall Saunders, founder of Citizens' Climate Lobby
"Citizenship: The Solution to Global Warming" - Saunders is founder and president of the Citizens' Climate Lobby, a nonpartisan organization that educates and supports citizens to lobby their members of Congress, the media and their fellow citizens to address climate change.
Drawing Lessons: The Comics of Everyday Life
Alison Bechdel has a thirty-year career writing, drawing, and self-syndicating the comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For."
Friday, 10 Apr 2015
From Cuba to Iowa: One Man's Fight for Freedom - Rafael Cruz
Rafael Cruz is the father of US Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Cuban born, he has been active in conservative politics for many years. He is also a pastor in North Texas, a professor of Bible and Theology, and the president of Kingdom Translation Services. Part of the Presidential Caucus Series which provides the university community with opportunities to question presidential candidates or their...
Monday, 13 Apr 2015
Carillon Superhighway I-35: Performing Arts Productions over Advanced Network
Three speakers will talk about an upcoming collaborative performance between ISU's Stanton Memorial Carillon and performing arts groups outside the state of Iowa. Like a 2002 "Star Bells" performance, this project will take place simultaneously in two venues with two live audiences. Speakers include Chad Jacobson, recording engineer and systems analyst; Jeffrey Preter, Professor Emeritus of music; and Tin-Shi Tam, Cownie Professor of Music.
Statistics Seminar
"Tensor regression with applications in neuroimaging data analysis," Hua Zhou, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Understanding the Religious and Spiritual Lives of College-Age Americans
"Souls in Transition," Christian Smith, professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Supple Lecture Series
Tuesday, 14 Apr 2015
P&S Council Seminar
"Collaborative Technology and Application Development: One View of Our Future," Jim Kurtenbach, interim vice president and chief information officer in information technology services.
Lecture: The Politics of Global Food Security
Philip McMichael is Professor and Chair of Development Sociology at Cornell University.