Thursday, 27 Mar 2014
Bioenergy Seminar
"Growing the World's Fuel at Sapphire Energy," Chris Yohn, Sapphire Energy Inc., San Diego.
Saturday, 29 Mar 2014
VEISHEA Service Day
Join with members from the ISU and Ames communities to offer assistance to a number of worthy organizations and causes as part of the 2014 VEISHEA Service Day event. A diversity of opportunities are available and suitable for all ages and skills sets.
Stash The Trash
Stash the Trash is a volunteer effort that brings students and community members together to help clean up the Ames community. The event is organized by VEISHEA, Keep Iowa State Beautiful, and the Volunteer Center of Story County. Volunteers can choose to work alone, with a group of people, or with an organization.
Tuesday, 01 Apr 2014
Soil Health and Sustainability
Ray Archuleta is a soil agronomist at USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. His work promotes conservation practices like no-till farming and the use of cover crops to improve soil health. Shivvers Memorial Lecture.
Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014
Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explores the shared territory of science, engineering, art and design as a Design Fellow with the international research project Synthetic Aesthetics. Ginsberg is especially interested in new roles for design in emerging fields like synthetic biology. National Affairs Series on Innovation & Women in STEM Series
Thursday, 03 Apr 2014
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer for The New Yorker, an award-winning environmental journalist, and author of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change." Part of the World Affairs Series & the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series