Sunday, 07 Apr 2013
Changing Course in Global Agriculture
Hans Herren is president of the Millennium Institute, an international NGO that facilitates sustainable development. The 2013 Shivvers Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
Monday, 08 Apr 2013
Kinship of Rivers: Readings by Wang Ping & Rick Bass
Writer and poet Wang Ping grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. Her Kinship of Rivers project focuses on the destructive effects of China's globalization and modernization on natural and cultural landscapes. Rick Bass is the author of more than twenty books, including the autobiographical Why I Came West. Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series
Osborn Club Lecture
"Messages from the History of Science," David Wilson, professor of history and mechanical engineering. The lecture is open to the public following the club member dinner.
Rhetoric and Science: Two Cultures or One?
David Zarefsky is a scholar of rhetoric. He will discuss how debates over policy can in fact resemble the scientific method. Rhetoric is often thought of as manipulative, partisan and self-interested, while scientific discourse is rational, dispassionate and fact-based. But are they truly opposites?
Caucus Cup Debate: ISU College Democrats v. College Republicans
The ISU College Democrats will debate the College Republicans on an issue of the day for the chance at the Caucus Cup. The winner claims the trophy for a year and will defend the Cup at the 2014 First Amendment Day celebration. Part of the First Amendment Day Celebration.
DUI: A Powerful Lesson
Mark Sterner helps students realize the choice they make to drink and drive can have a lasting impact on their friends, families and themselves. After a night of partying during spring break, he and his four best friends decided the least drunk would drive home. The next morning, three of the men were dead, and Mark lay in the hospital critically injured and facing three felony counts of DUI manslaughter.
Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013
The Frog and the Snake: Buddhism and Violence
Michael Jerryson is the author of Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand. He looks at the intersections between identity and violence and the ways in which we associate religious identities with peace and violence.
Zoobiquity: Connecting Health in Animals and Humans
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers coauthored Zoobiquity, a book that explores how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. Part of the College of Veterinary Medicine's One Health Lecture Series.
Dalit Art: Visual Imagery and Caste Identity in India
Iowa State emeritus professor Gary Tartakov taught art history in the Department of Art and Design for twenty-two years. He will discuss his new book, Dalit Art and Visual Imagery, a study of contemporary Indian culture as it has been expressed through the images of the people the caste system has long labeled Untouchables. The group is now referred to more broadly as Dalits, or "oppressed."
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013
All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq
Miyoko Hikiji is the author of All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq.. It's an account of her 400 days deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom during the onset of the Global War on Terrorism and exposes the comradeship, intimacy, cowardice and humor of soldiers living in physical and emotional grit. It also pays tribute to the two soldiers in her unit that lost their lives.
Plant Breeding Seminar
Chantal Liepold, Identifying New Sources of Resistance to Brown Stem Rot in Soybean
9th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Research Symposium
Program begins with research poster session in South Ballroom at 2:10 PM. Keynote speaker follows.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
GPSA Research Symposium, details TBA
Aging, Physical Activity, and Well-Being - Edward McAuley
Edward McAuley is the Khan Professor in Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. He will present an overview of findings from a systematic series of physical activity interventions designed to enhance multiple aspects of well-being in older adults, including physical function, quality of life, and cognitive function.
Soil Seminar
Matthew Streeter, "Assessment of Multiââ'¬ÂYear Variation of Corn Yields and Causes On the Des Moines Lobe of Iowa"
The Freedom of Art - A Discussion with Brian Duffy & Heidi Wastweet
Two artists will discuss their experiences and challenges with the First Amendment within the art world. Participants include former Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy and American medallist and sculptor Heidi Wastweet. 2013 First Amendment Day Celebration
Social Media and the First Amendment
Frank LoMonte is the executive director of the Student Press Law Center, an experienced commercial litigation attorney, and a former investigative journalist and political columnist. The 2013 First Amendment Day Celebration Keynote Address.
Thursday, 11 Apr 2013
Brown Bag Lecture
"Brunnier in Bloom" presented by Nancy Girard, Educator of Visual Literacy and Learning, University Museums and Brunnier in Bloom Guest Speaker.
Bioeconomy seminar
"What is driving Renewable Identification Number (RIN) price volatility? Insights from a Medium-run RIN Pricing Model," Rob Johansson, USDA-ARS.
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"What is Driving Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Price Volatility? Insights from a Medium-run RIN Pricing Model," Rob Johansson, USDA office of the chief economist.
The Lolita Effect: Girls, Sexuality & Contemporary Media
Meenakshi Gigi Durham's work centers on media and the politics of the body, with an emphasis on gender, sexuality, race and youth cultures. She is a professor of journalism at the University of Iowa and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies.
Friday, 12 Apr 2013
SCIS Eminent Scholar Series
"Successful Demand and Supply Integration," Ted Stank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
MS Seminar
Utilizing Electromagnetic Induction Soil Texture Mapping Technologies to Improve Field Research Design, Richard Simer
PhD Defense
Soil Physical Properties, Aeration, and Drainage of Select Cropping Systems, Aaron Daigh, PhD, Soil Physics