Monday, 01 Dec 2014
Entomology Seminar
"Insect pollinators in row crop agriculture," Joe Wheelock, MSc defense seminar.
World AIDS Awareness Series: Documentary Film
The documentary film deepsouth explores the stigma of HIV/AIDS in the rural American South. The film follows four people directly confronting the region's history, poverty, and now soaring HIV infection rates.
Wednesday, 03 Dec 2014
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Leopold: Esotericism and the Evolution of Consciousness Travis Cox, PhD Candidate, GPSA, Iowa State University
Thursday, 04 Dec 2014
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Prospects for Biofuels in a Changing Environment: Flexible-fuel Vehicle Adoption and the Impact on US Biofuel Market," Sheldon (Xiaodong) Du, agricultural and applied economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Agronomy Seminar
Prairie STRIPS: From Research to Action Lisa Schulte Moore, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University
Friday, 05 Dec 2014
Agronomy Seminar
Pedologists Are Key to Scaling Through Tools and Knowledge Phillip Owen, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
Friday Talk: The Developing Role of the University Library as a Student Learning Center
In this brown-bag lunch presentation, Nicole Peterson, assistant professor of interior design, will share her research into educational design and the role of the library in today's society. Part of the Institute for Design Research and Outreach's Friday Talks series.
Saturday, 06 Dec 2014
Panel: Human Trafficking in Iowa and Beyond
Learn about human trafficking in Iowa and nationwide; and how to partner with the Network Against Human Trafficking (NAHT) in preventing the victimization of school-age youth and young adults. Speakers include Michael Ferjak, director of the Iowa Office of the Attorney General's anti-human trafficking initiative; Karen Gale, FBI victim assistance specialist; and Teresa Downing-Matibag, executive director of the NAHT.
Monday, 08 Dec 2014
Osborn Club Lecture
"Part Two: Three Millennia of Atoms and Molecules," Klaus Ruedenberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in chemistry and USDOE Ames Laboratory associate.
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2014
Guest Seminar
PhD Defense Seminar Improved prediction of nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates in soils Presenter: Oshri Rinot, PhD Candidate Department of Environmental, Water, and Agricultural Engineering Technion, ITT
Thursday, 11 Dec 2014
MS Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Time domain reflectometry (TDR) waveform analysis with second order bounded mean oscillation Presenter: Zhuangji Wang, Soil Science (soil physics) graduate student
Agronomy Seminar
Evolution of Crop Insurance from Insurance to Social Welfare Program Bruce Babcock, Department of Economics, Iowa State University
Friday, 12 Dec 2014
Astronomy Seminar
A Study of Galactic Ring-Shaped HII Regions (Sung-ju Kang, Iowa State University) -and- CO Mapping Survey of the Serpens Molecular Cloud in 12CO J=2-1 and 13CO J=2-1 Emission (Alisha Chromey, Iowa State University)