Wednesday, 23 Feb 2011
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
"Forecaring: Creating resilient, nourished communities in the face of climate chaos" Carolyn Raffensperger
Agron 600B - Soil Science Seminars
"Bioenergy Cropping Systems Effects on Soil-Gas Dynamics" Aaron Daigh
Thursday, 24 Feb 2011
Agron 600A - Plant Breeding Seminars
"Optimization of doubled haploid production in maize" Adam Vanous (thesis)
The Religion of Thinness
Michelle Lelwica is author of The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers behind Women's Obsession with Food and Weight. She earned a doctorate of theology from Harvard Divinity School and explores how we struggle with body image from this unique perspective. Part of Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
Lecture: Genetically modified food
"DNA at the Dinnertable: The Global Politics of Genetically Modified Food," Lisa Weasel, Portland State University. She is interested in the social dimensions of science and technology, particularly how issues of ethics, equity and politics relate to the life sciences. Part of the Sigma Xi Lecture Series and the Women in STEM Series.
Friday, 25 Feb 2011
Developing a Transformational Ethnic Studies in a Period of Crisis and Resistance
Rose M. Brewer is the Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor in the African American & African Studies Department at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. This is the Future of Ethnic Studies Summit keynote speaker. Registration is required to attend this talk, which includes a free buffet luncheon.
Planetarium Show
Planetarium shows will start at 7 pm and 7:45 pm. Free tickets for the shows will be available at the door starting at 6:30 pm. The shows are suitable for all ages, and are followed by a star-gazing session (weather permitting).
Saturday, 26 Feb 2011
A Rough Guide to Publishing: An Agents and Editors Panel
This panel of agents and editors will provide a frank, instructive discussion, followed by a Q&A with the audience about the publishing industry. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Authors on the Craft of Writing: A Rough Guide to the Mind and Heart
"Authors on the Craft of Writing: A Rough Guide to the Mind and Heart," a panel discussion with three authors who write from the trenches of experience, who treat landscape as a character and whose work wrestles with the mind and heart. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Reading: Writing on Place and the Travels Between
"Forty-three countries, Five Continents: Writing on Place and the Travels Between." Pam Houston is author of two short story collections, "Cowboys Are My Weakness" and "Waltzing the Cat;" a collection of essays, "A Little More About Me;" and the novel "Sighthound." Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Sunday, 27 Feb 2011
Author readings: Flyaway Magazine
Three writers in the Iowa State MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment will read from their creative work: Melissa Lamberton, "Tracing the Creek Home;" Nate Pillman, "Fern Canyon;" and Rebekah Beall, "Parkophilia." The participants were selected from a competitive pool of submissions by the staff of Flyway, a journal of writing and environment.
Reading: Gnawed Bones
Peggy Shumaker is the Alaska State Writer Laureate. Her new book of poems, Gnawed Bones, is a meditation on mortality and the natural world. Schumaker's many other books include the lyrical memoir, Just Breathe Normally, and six collections of poetry. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting
Michael Perry is a humorist and author of the bestselling memoirs "Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time," "Truck: A Love Story" and "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting." In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens and a baby due any minute, Perry shares stories from his new life in the country. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Lectures Program Event Being Planned
Speaker to be announced.
Monday, 28 Feb 2011
GIS Seminar: Using ArcMap to Separate and Quantify Cover Classes for Corn Growth with Perennial Groundcovers
Scott Flynn, GIS graduate certificate candidate, ISU agronomy, evaluated 35 different grasses and legumes on three landscape positions in a strip-tilled corn production system to determine their suitability as ground covers.
Horticulture seminar
"Alternative Futures for the Maquoketa River and Lake Delhi," Julia Badenhope, ISU landscape architecture.
Film and discussion
"America the Beautiful: Our Obsession with Appearance," directed by Darryl Roberts. The 2010 documentary takes on the social issue of body image. From plastic surgery to celebrity worship, child models to dangerous cosmetics, the film tackles the issue from every side, including the media's role in advancing unrealistic expectations. A discussion with the director follows the screening (104 min.). Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
Tuesday, 01 Mar 2011
Wednesday, 02 Mar 2011
Agron 600A - Plant Breeding Seminars
"Breeding corn for sustainable/organic farmers; what has been learned and future perspectives." Walter Goldstein, Crop & Soils Research Director, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, East Troy, Wisconsin
Agron 600B - Soil Science Seminars
"Assessing Three Decades of Soil Movement on the Iowa Erosion Surface" James Jordan
Stuff White People Like
Christian Lander takes a satirical look at upper-middle-class white culture on his blog and in his book Stuff White People Like. He continues his anthropological study of how to survive modern white society in his sequel Whiter Shades of Pale.