Monday, 24 Oct 2011
Panel: Consumers and Healthy, Sustainable Food Production
"The Role of Consumers in Promoting Healthy Affordable Food Produced in a Humane Sustainable Manner," Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; Angie Tagtow, Iowa Food Systems Council; David Swenson, ISU economics; and moderator Gretchen Zdorkowski, ISU agronomy.
9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?
Andrew Revkin covered global environmental issues for the New York Times for fifteen years and continues to write for their Dot Earth blog. He is currently a senior fellow at Pace University's Academy for Applied Environmental Sciences. The 2011 Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture.
Tuesday, 25 Oct 2011
Introduction to Drive-By Press
Presentation on the history and purpose of Drive-By Press by founding artists Gregory Nanney and Joseph Velasquez. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by University Print Society, Design Council and College of Design.
Lecture: LEEDing into the Future
"LEEDing into the Future," Kerry Dixon-Fox, ISU facilities planning and management. The LEED process ensures that buildings are constructed in a sustainable manner. Dixon-Fox will discuss this program in general, and give an in-depth look at how LEED is changing construction at ISU! She will also discuss components such as rain gardens and green roofs, and how to "retrofit" existing buildings.
History of Western Printmaking, 1400-Present
Public lecture on the history of western printmaking by artists and Drive-By Press co-founders Gregory Nanney and Joseph Velasquez. Followed by a reception for an exhibition of contemporary prints from the Drive-By Press collection in Gallery 181, in conjunction with the "Apocalypse: 11th Annual International Postcard Print Exchange Exhibition."
William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture
"How Agricultural Economics Saved Futures Markets: An Untold Story of Leadership," Iowa State alum Scott Irwin. Irwin is recognized as a leader in agricultural economics. He has made important contributions to the ongoing international debate on the role of speculators in commodity futures markets and is often quoted as an authority on agricultural markets in the financial press. The William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture.
Wednesday, 26 Oct 2011
College of Veterinary Medicine: Ramsey Lecture
"Spinal Muscular Atrophy -- Pathogenesis and Development of Pre-clinical Models," Rashmi Kothary, Ottawa (Canada) Hospital Research Institute. A research poster session precedes the lecture at 11:15 a.m. in the west (fish tank) lobby.
Human Trafficking in Iowa: A Global Dilemma
Former Iowa Attorney General Bonnie Campbell directed the U.S. Justice Department's Violence Against Women Office as well as the Justice Department's Working Group on Trafficking. She represented the United States in international negotiations on the creation of an International Criminal Court and has been a leading spokesperson on international human rights issues. Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking Keynote Address.
Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
Tiffany Williams joined the staff of Break The Chain Campaign at the Institute for Policy Studies in November 2008. As a social worker, she coordinated and delivered social services and counseling to domestic workers who were survivors of human trafficking.
Stopping Sex Trafficking of Minors and Women - Kaffie McCullough and Roxanne Ryan
Kaffie McCullough works for the Atlanta-based Juvenile Justice Fund as program manager of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children program. Roxanne Ryan is a senior criminal intelligence analyst with the Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center. Part of the Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking.
Book reading: ISU faculty authors
Nikki Bado, ISU religious studies (Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls, 2010); and Curtis Struck, ISU physics (Galaxy Collisions: Forging New Worlds from Cosmic Crashes, 2011) will read from their books and sign copies.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Social Justice in Food System. Presenter: Sarai Rice (DMARC)
Escape from Slavery
Francis Bok was only seven years old when he and 10 other Sudanese children of the Dinka ethnic group were taken at gunpoint and forced into slavery. Bok was the first Sudanese escaped slave to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. His book, "Escape From Slavery," is considered an important record of the experience of contemporary slavery. Part of the Network against Human Trafficking Conference.
Thursday, 27 Oct 2011
Field Work: A Family Farm
Meet filmmaker John Helde as he follows Judy and Charlie Swanson and their three grown children pursuing their dream of farming as one extended family. It follows the Swanson family through several seasons and looks at the social and economic challenges of family farming: rising land prices, changing technologies and the barriers to entry for the younger generation. A discussion will follow the 96-minute film.
Friday, 28 Oct 2011
Universal Design in Electronic Voting
Juan E. Gilbert is an IDEaS Professor and Chair of the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing at Clemson University, where he leads the Human-Centered Computing Lab. He and his research team were recently awarded a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to conduct research on accessible voting technologies.
Planetarium Show
"The Solar System."
How to Survive a Zombie Attack
Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide, is on a Halloween tour. Brooks, who is considered to be one of the world's foremost Zombie experts, has also won an Emmy as a writer for Saturday Night Live and is the son of legendary comedian Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.