Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024
Pathways to Peace: Drawing from the Experiences of Palestinian Refugees
This talk reflects on the prospects for a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of Palestinian refugees, who have been marginalized in international attempts to resolve the conflict. So far, these international attempts, which have largely focused on a two-state solution have been unsuccessful. Drawing on the experiences of Palestinian refugees who have been at the center of the research Dr. Gabiam has...
Thursday, 25 Apr 2024
Brothers, Unlimited
Ben Jealous is an American civil rights leader, activist, and politician who is the seventh executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the largest and most influential environmental organizations in the United States. With a background in social justice advocacy, Ben brings a unique perspective to his role, focusing on issues of environmental justice, climate change, and conservation. Before leading the Sierra Club, he served as the...
How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems: Jenny Schuetz Lecture
Jenny Schuetz, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, will speak about creating equitable housing policies in a lecture on "How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems," which is the subtitle of her 2022 book "Fixer-Upper."
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
Innovation Lunch Club
Learn how the ISU Translational AI Center can work for you from program manager Jessica Bell. The Center breaks down disciplinary silos to bring together core ISU artificial intelligence researchers and subject matter interested in applying new technologies to their work.
Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024
Seminar: Circadian clocks, sleep, and aging on the fly
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Dae-Sung Hwangbo, assistant professor of genetics from the University of Louisville, discuss research utilizing the fruit fly as a model to understand how environmental factors regulate physiology and behavior, and eventually impact health and aging.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Road Deaths & Serious Injuries: A Crisis of Complacency
Road safety is one of the most intractable public health challenges we have faced in the last 100 years. We have come a long way in our understanding of the causes and consequences of road trauma. However, today, many of the challenges we face are no longer technical or scientific. Rather, they are social and political. We know what we need to do, we just don't know how to do it. We will explore how we got to where we are today, and what...