Sunday, 14 Apr 2024
The Enthronement of Merchandise with the Aura of Amusement
World's fairs scholar Ethan Robey, University of California, Irvine, will discuss the grandiose displays of manufacturers at late 19th- and early 20th-century world's fairs, and the way these events precipitated into American homes.
Tuesday, 16 Apr 2024
Seminar: Cell migration and communication during inflammation and tissue repair
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Anna Huttenlocher, professor in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Wisconsin Madison, discuss their research focusing on the molecular mechanisms that regulate cell movement in the context of wound healing, inflammation and cancer.
Our Money and Our Attention: Spending, Investing, and Thriving in the Attention Economy
In today's world, our attention is a precious commodity, and we find ourselves immersed in what is often termed an "attention economy." With an overwhelming influx of information from various sources such as television, social media, websites, other humans…and even the data that comes from everything from our cars to our smartphones to our refrigerators, our brains are inundated with more data than we can effectively process. The same...
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024
Online series: Start Something
"Beyond the Business Plan: The First Days - Entrepreneur Personality and New Ventures," Paul Sanchez, professor of management and entrepreneurship. Dissect the impact of individual traits on entrepreneurial decision-making and overall success during the critical first 100 days of an entrepreneurial journey. Registration required for link.
A Stolen History: The REAL Story of the Suffrage Movement
Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is the Founder/Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation and teaches in Syracuse University’s Honors Program. Awarded one of the first doctorates in the country for work in women’s studies (UC Santa Cruz) and a founder of one the first college-level women’s studies programs in the United States (CSU Sacramento), Dr. Wagner has taught women’s studies courses for 53 years.Â
Reclaim Feminism
This event is free, open to the public, and does not require a ticket or preregistration for entrance. This event will not be recorded or livestreamed. Riley Gaines graduated from the University of Kentucky where she was a 12x All-American Swimmer. She has made waves for speaking out after tying UPenn’s Lia Thomas, a trans swimmer on the women’s team, at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Swimming Championship. After this experience,...
The Onion: Comedy, Controversy, and the First Amendment
A First Amendment Days program. As head writer of satirical site The Onion, Mike Gillis is no stranger to writing and talking about writing with humor and parody. Hear Gillis discuss how the First Amendment protects speech, even when snarky in tone. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Gillis got his start at The Onion writing headlines as a contributor, eventually joining the staff as a writer and working his way up to head...
Thursday, 18 Apr 2024
Homelessness is a Housing Problem: Gregg Colburn Lecture
Gregg Colburn, an associate professor in the University of Washington's Runstad Department of Real Estate and co-author of "Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns," will present the 2024 Iowa State University Homelessness Symposium keynote lecture on the same topic. He will cover U.S. cities' varied experiences with housing precarity and offer policy solutions for unique regional contexts.