Monday, 12 Sep 2011
Osborn Club Lecture
"Genetic Modification of Pigs to Improve Agriculture and Biomedicine," Jason Ross, ISU animal science. The lecture portion of the club's monthly gathering is open to the public.
The World in Transition
Dorothy Maver is an international educator and peacebuilder. She is the president of the National Peace Academy, a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace, and coauthor of the book Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom. World Affairs Series
Tuesday, 13 Sep 2011
Floral Design Series
Learn the basics of floral design while creating beautiful arrangements to take home.
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011
A Histo-Musical Lecture about the Gullah/Geechee
"Gullah/Geechee: Crakin Teet wid de Worl Bout Who WEBE," Queen Quet Marquetta Goodwine, the selected and elected official head-of-state and spokesperson for the Gullah/Geechee people. She uses activism through the arts to educate global audiences on human rights and the continuation of cultural communities.
A Campaign Narrative: Why Iowa Matters-or Not!
Clarence Page, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, is a columnist syndicated nationally by Tribune Media Services and a member of the Chicago Tribune's editorial board. He is a frequent contributor of essays to The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and has been a regular on news panel programs.
Thursday, 15 Sep 2011
Behind the Scenes
"Architecture in the Gardens"
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Seminar Series
"Using Interfacial Manipulations to Generate Functional Materials from Nanostructured Polymers", Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
Computer science colloquia: Zachary Oster
ISU computer science graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, Zachary Oster, will present "Surviving and Thriving as a Computer Science Graduate Student."
Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth
Film and discussion: Sex+Money is a documentary about the sex trafficking of minors in the United States and the modern-dayabolitionist movement fighting to stop it. It was filmed by a group of photojournalists who traveled cross-country conducting interviews with federal agents, victims, politicians, activists, psychologists and porn-stars, among others.
The Thinking Eye, the Seeing Brain
What can research tell us about how we design and interpret our visual world? Research in cognitive psychology is unlocking the mysteries of what many call the last frontier of science: the human mind and brain. Join Eric Cooper, associate professor in Psychology, as he shares his research on visual cognition.
Saturday, 17 Sep 2011
Mythbusters with Grant Imahara
Grant Imahara, a member of the Discovery Channel's MythBusters team, will show clips from the show and explain how they do it all. Imahara is a former animatronics engineer and model maker for George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects shop, where he worked on such movies as The Lost World, Star Wars: Episode I, and Terminator 3.