Monday, 04 Apr 2016
Lecture: Climate Change, Ontology & Urbanization
"Airquakes: Climate Change, Atmosphere & Urbanization." Keynote Lecture, Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Symposium "What Is the Urban?" Albert Pope is the Gus Sessions Wortham Professor of Architecture at Rice University.
Lecture: Soul Food Love
Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and an innovative food activist.
Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016
Lecture: National Poetry Month Readings
National Book Award finalist Ada Limon and Iowa State instructor and poet Jennifer Knox read from their work.
Panel Discussion: Iowa Farmers on Sustainability
"Farming for the Long Term." Three Iowa farmers share practical solutions and personal experiences with conservation and sustainable agriculture practices. The Shivvers Memorial Lecture.
Wednesday, 06 Apr 2016
Lecture: Future of Healthy Families
Featuring Ronald Dahl, Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley. Part of the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series, which brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Lecture: Beal Lecture in Rural Sociology
"The Geography of Inequality: Local Governments and Community Well-Being across America" - Linda Labao is a professor in Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Geography at The Ohio State University's School of Environment and Natural Resources
Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture: The Education of Indians and Unfinished Business
Norbert S. Hill, Jr., (Oneida Nation) is the Area Manager for Education and Training for the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin.
Lecture: ISIS, Jihadist Violence, and the Quest for an Idealized Islamic State
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series Michael Christopher Low, Department of History, will reframe the discussion of ISIS against the backdrop of more than a half century of unsuccessful jihadist attempts to topple repressive dictatorships and secular states in the Middle East.
Thursday, 07 Apr 2016
Lecture: Christian Sexual Ethics at the End of Days
Richard McCarty, an associate professor of religious studies at Mercyhurst University, studies religious perspectives on human relationships and sexual ethics.
Hertz Lecture on Emerging Issues in Agriculture
"Your Future Is Short. Don't Waste It Working for Someone Else," Roger Underwood, entrepreneur and former CEO of Becker Underwood.
Saturday, 09 Apr 2016
Aldo Leopold: A Standard of Change - A One-Act Play
The one-man play A Standard of Change explores the influences and challenges that led Aldo Leopold to penning some of the most important essays in his book A Sand County Almanac. The play is set in one evening in and around the famous Wisconsin Shack that inspired much of Leopold's writing. Jim Pfitzer, who wrote and stars in the play, skillfully captures Leopold's reflections on the effects of human progress on wildness...