Monday, 01 Feb 2016
Statistics Seminar
Multiple Testing with Heterogeneous Multinomial Distributions, Joshua Habiger, Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2016
Retirement reception: Jeanette La Grange
Jeanette La Grange has served the university since 1981, including 30 years as secretary and receptionist in the statistics department.
Thursday, 04 Feb 2016
Non-perturbative Results for Itinerant Ferromagnetism in Multi-orbital Systems
Yi Li, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University
Friday, 05 Feb 2016
Astronomy Seminar
What's Wrong with the Perseus Arm? (Dr. Charles Kerton, Iowa State University
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The Detailed Structure of Tornadoes Observed during VORTEX2 and Oklahoma" by Dr. Roger Wakimoto, Assistant Director for the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Geosciences
Planetarium Show: Solar System Astronomy
Are you curious about space? Do you wonder about what you can see in the night sky? If so, bring your questions and come to the ISU Planetarium and join us for an evening under the stars!
Saturday, 06 Feb 2016
ISU Honor Band Concert
We are proud to be hosting two honor bands and featuring Iowa High School students.
Amara Piano Quartet Concert
Members of the Ames Piano Quartet include Boro Martinic-Jercic, violin; Jonathan Sturm, viola; George Work, cello; Mei-Hsuan Huang, piano
Monday, 08 Feb 2016
Nematicity Squared: Emergent Ising Phases in Strongly Correlated Materials
Rebecca Flint, Iowa State University
Statistics Seminar
Prediction and Inference with Missing Data in Patient Alert Systems, Curtis Storlie, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016
Reception: Honoring Jack Lutz
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will honor professor of computer science Jack Lutz as the recipient of the Scott Hanna Faculty Fellowship. Refreshments will be served.
People to People Career Fair
The career fair offers employers and students a professional environment in which to connect and discuss internships and full-time employment opportunities in social services; education; health/wellness; government; and hospitality. There also will be an opportunity for students to meet with representatives from professional health and law schools.
Friday, 12 Feb 2016
Workshop: Educating Citizens for a Globalized World
This workshop will identify and discuss the values, skills and educational foundations that are essential to a quality liberal arts education in a rapidly changing global environment. Keynote speaker is Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, president, World Food Prize Foundation. RSVP by Feb. 5.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Hydrologic Recovery with Prairie Reconstruction at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa" by Dr. Keith Schilling, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Sunday, 14 Feb 2016
Showcase Choral Concert
Showcase Choral Concert
Monday, 15 Feb 2016
Statistics Seminar
Bayesian sparse reduced rank multivariate regression, Gyuhyeong Goh, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016
Women's and Gender Studies series
"Letting Gendered Spaces Go: Striving for Gender and Nature Balance Through Bonding in Disney's Frozen and Maleficent," Sarah Chase, ISU English. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Air Force Airlifter Brass
Airlifter Brass is the Brass Quintet of the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America.
Wednesday, 17 Feb 2016
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
Jazz 2.0, under the watchful eye of Michael Giles, will present a program celebrating the 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra. The arrangements, tailor-made for Ol Blue Eyes himself, will be wrapped around student soloists. Come here bass trombonist Joe Roorda, saxophonist Joe Petersen, trombonist Parker Reed, bassist Wes Steffen, and trumpeter Matt Elert try their hand at emulating the Chairman of the Board. The program of love songs, coasting of
Thursday, 18 Feb 2016
ISU Jazz Combos
The student-led small jazz groups are operating under creative programming theme of "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing", insinuating that popular jazz standards are shuffled around and performed in a different style than which they are traditionally associated. Bebop as a Bossa Nova, Duke as a Dirge, Monk as a Funk, and more reinventions. These groups feature some of the most gifted non-major musicians the university has to offer, and are under the tu
Friday, 19 Feb 2016
Astronomy Seminar
The Amazing Aliens of Tabby's Star (Dr. Massimo Marengo, Iowa State University
ISU Symphony Orchestra
Jacob Harrison, conductor
Sunday, 21 Feb 2016
ISU Statesmen Choral Concert
Dr. James Rodde, conductor
Monday, 22 Feb 2016
Visualization of Defect-Modulated Collective Excitations with Ultrafast Electron Microscopy
David Flannigan University of Minnesota
Thursday, 25 Feb 2016
Materials on the Edge of Stability: Discussion on the EdgeS initiative
Matt Kramer, Ames Lab
Friday, 26 Feb 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Semi-brittle flow of granitoid fault rocks" by Dr. Matej Pec, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Performance: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)
In France before the revolution two aristocrats who were former lovers now compete with each other in games of seduction and revenge, meeting in private to boast about their talents and conquests. Their sexual targets are virtuous, but that does not concern the pair. After all, they are heartless competitors, or are they? This script combines the worst parts of life such as betrayal and manipulation to the happiest emotions of being in love.
ISU Wind Ensemble
Dr. Michael Golemo is the director. The Wind Ensemble is recognized as the top concert band at Iowa State. Striving for perfection and playing for the love of music, the sixty members of the Wind Ensemble perform the finest quality literature composed for winds including music from the 16th century through the most contemporary works available for winds. The Wind Ensemble performs works for smaller chamber ensembles to the full ensemble.
Saturday, 27 Feb 2016
Performance: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)
In France before the revolution two aristocrats who were former lovers now compete with each other in games of seduction and revenge, meeting in private to boast about their talents and conquests. Their sexual targets are virtuous, but that does not concern the pair. After all, they are heartless competitors, or are they? This script combines the worst parts of life such as betrayal and manipulation to the happiest emotions of being in love.
Sunday, 28 Feb 2016
Iowa State Singers
James Rodde, conductor