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Wednesday, 01 Mar 2017

Lecture: Eating Disorders Simplified

Mar 01, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Eating Disorder and Body Image Awareness Week speaker Buck Runyan is executive director for Remuda Ranch at the Meadows eating disorders critical care units and in-patient, residential programs.

Thursday, 02 Mar 2017

Lecture: Using Exercise to Treat Depression

Mar 02, 2017

7:00 PM

Richard and Joan Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

2016-17 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. James Blumenthal, a clinical psychologist at the Duke University Medical Center, will discuss the relationship of exercise and physical activity to mental health.

LAS Dean's Lecture: Robyn Lutz

Mar 02, 2017

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

"Programming Molecules in the Age of Nanotechnology," Robyn Lutz, ISU computer science.

Friday, 03 Mar 2017

Lecture: ISCORE Keynote Address

Mar 03, 2017

12:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Conferences Diversity Lectures Student activities

Lakota Harden (Minnecoujou/Yankton Lakota and HoChunk) is an orator, activist, community organizer, workshop facilitator and poet. The daughter of seven generations of Lakota leaders, she has dedicated her life to social justice.

Monday, 06 Mar 2017

Lecture: Why We Explore Space

Mar 06, 2017

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Kathryn Thornton is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions during her 12 years in the NASA astronaut corps. She is currently director of the University of Virginia's Aerospace Engineering Program.

Wednesday, 08 Mar 2017

Lecture: Game Development in Flyover States

Mar 08, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Jarryd Huntley is an independent game designer and coauthor of The 2016 Game Career Guide.

Tuesday, 21 Mar 2017

Documentary & Discussion: Tested

Mar 21, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Who Has Access to Quality Public Education? TESTED, a new documentary by filmmaker Curtis Chin, explores the question of access to a high-quality public education, taking on such issues as affirmative action and the model-minority myth.

Wednesday, 22 Mar 2017

Lecture: How to Change Attitudes toward LGBT Rights

Mar 22, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Political scientists Melissa Michelson and Brian Harrison are co-authors of the newly released book "Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes toward LGBT Rights."

Thursday, 23 Mar 2017

Lecture: The Craft of Writing

Mar 23, 2017

2:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series: "From Fantasy to Historical Fiction," David Anthony Durham, author of the Acacia Trilogy; and "Pride of Carthage," Benjamin Percy, novelist, DC Comics writer and former Iowa State faculty member.

Lecture: (Un)Natural Histories: From Fantasy to Historical Fiction

Mar 23, 2017

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series: "From Fantasy to Historical Fiction," David Anthony Durham, author of the Acacia Trilogy; and "Pride of Carthage," Benjamin Percy, novelist, DC Comics writer and former Iowa State faculty member.

Monday, 27 Mar 2017

Film & Discussion: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Mar 27, 2017

6:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Filmmaker Vanessa McNeal, a graduate of Iowa State, premiers her documentary "The Voiceless," which features the stories of five men and their experiences as victims of sexual violence.

Lecture: Apps, Maps, and Models - The Digital Revolution and History

Mar 27, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

The Benson Memorial Lecture in Literature, Science and the Arts - Caroline Bruzelius, founder of the Wired! Lab at Duke University, will discuss how digital technologies are opening up the humanities to broader engagement with the public and revolutionizing the way scholars teach and do research.

Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017

Panel Discussion: The Leopold Center at 30 and Beyond

Mar 28, 2017

7:00 PM

Richard and Joan Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building

free

Lecture Series Conferences Lectures Live Green Student activities

Shivvers Memorial Lecture - Three former Iowa legislators involved in the passage of the landmark Iowa Groundwater Protection Act of 1987, which created the Leopold Center, will discuss their original vision for the center, its accomplishments and challenges, and the role it can play in Iowa agriculture in the 21st century. Participants include David Osterberg, Ralph Rosenberg, and Paul Johnson.

Wednesday, 29 Mar 2017

Lecture: Hamilton and the Road to Success

Mar 29, 2017

7:00 PM

Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Leslie Odom, Jr., won a Tony Award playing Aaron Burr in the groundbreaking Broadway musical "Hamilton," the story of a founding father told through the language and rhythms of hip-hop and R&B. Odom will discuss his life and career before taking questions from the audience and performing songs from the much-acclaimed musical.

Thursday, 30 Mar 2017

Lecture: How to Interpret the Bible

Mar 30, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series. Presenter: Mary Healy, professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

Main Street vs. Wall Street: A Historical Perspective

Mar 30, 2017

8:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

David Weiman is Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 Professor of Economics at Barnard College and faculty director of its innovative Empirical Reasoning Center. Phi Beta Kappa Lecture and part of the National Affairs Series