Thursday, 28 Jan 2016
Lecture: Women Who Don't Wait in Line
Program for Women in Science and Engineering 30th Anniversary Keynote. Reshma Saujani is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and prepare young women for jobs of the future.
Friday, 29 Jan 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"River system evolution during the last deglaciation in North America" by Dr. Andrew Wickert, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Saturday, 30 Jan 2016
Lecture: Contemporary Perspectives and Practices in Furniture Design
Lecture by Tom Loeser, CR "Skip" Johnson Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and juror for the Octagon Center for the Arts' 48th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood exhibition.
Sunday, 31 Jan 2016
Lecture: God and Government
Barry Lynn is executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Part of the National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in Conflict.
Monday, 01 Feb 2016
Town Hall Meeting with Martin O'Malley
Since 1987, the Presidential Caucus Series has provided students, faculty, and community members with an opportunity to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses. No tickets required.
Statistics Seminar
Multiple Testing with Heterogeneous Multinomial Distributions, Joshua Habiger, Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2016
Panel Discussion: Iowa Caucuses 2016
"Iowa Caucuses 2016: What happened and What's Next?" Panelists include Steffen Schmidt, ISU political science; Dianne Bystrom, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics; and David Andersen, ISU political science. The panel will analyze the results of caucus night and project the implications for the 2016 campaign season for democrats and republicans.
"Paths to feeding the world through plant breeding"
Plant Breeding Seminar Dr. Walter Suza ISU Agronomy
Wednesday, 03 Feb 2016
Living Building Challenge 3.0: Daniel Huard
Daniel Huard, a sustainable design and regenerative development specialist, will talk about the Living Building Challenge 3.0, which calls for the creation of building projects that operate "as elegantly and efficiently as a flower" based on seven performance categories called "petals."
Thursday, 04 Feb 2016
Lecture: Finding Your Path in the Shifting Scientific Workforce
Kendall Powell discusses the tough realities and statistics facing students and postdocs as they enter the scientific workforce and, specifically, the evolution of postdoctoral scholars in the United States.
Documentary & Discussion: Homeless Teens & the Struggle to Stay in School
Screening of "The Homestretch," which follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and make the crucial transition to independence when the structure of school vanishes.