Thursday, 27 Mar 2014
Bioenergy Seminar
"Growing the World's Fuel at Sapphire Energy," Chris Yohn, Sapphire Energy Inc., San Diego.
Finding Your Passion: Publishing and Doctor Who
Lars Pearson is publisher and editor-in-chief of the Hugo Award-winning Mad Norwegian Press and one of the foremost experts in North America on "Doctor Who."
Friday, 28 Mar 2014
Women, Politics and Leadership
"Women, Politics and Leadership," U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri, who is the spring 2014 holder of the Catt Center's Mary Louise Smith Chair.
Gender, Sexuality, Dress and Identity
Kelly Reddy-Best is assistant professor of apparel design at San Francisco State University, where she studies the interrelationships of gender, sexuality, dress and identity.
Planetarium Show - The Solar System
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 to learn more. The first show, starting at 6:30 pm will be 20 minutes and for kids. Shows at 7 pm and 7:30 pm and are suitable for all ages. Free tickets for the shows will be available at the door starting at 6:15 pm. Seating is limited.
Sunday, 30 Mar 2014
Rescuing the World: Ecological Disaster in the Young Adult Novel - Panel Discussion
Panelists will discuss how the heroes and heroines in young adult fiction are often forced to grow up in a world damaged and corrupted by previous generations. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series
FLYWAY Magazine's "Home Voices" Reading
Writers from the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment read from their prize-winning work: Lindsay D'Andrea, "Rock Wall, New Hampshire," and Dana Thomann, "Flood Gap." Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Approaching Ice, selected this year's winning pieces. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series
The Brief History of the Dead
Kevin Brockmeier is the author of three novels, The Brief History of the Dead, The Truth About Celia, and The Illumination. He has also published two short story collections, Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & Environmental Imagination Series
Monday, 31 Mar 2014
Language, Poetry and Resilience - Natalie Diaz
Join us for a moderated conversation with poet Natalie Diaz about the process of writing poems, about the place of myth in writing, and about the language revitalization program she directs at Fort Mojave, where she works and teaches with the last Elder speakers of the Mojave language. Natalie Diaz is the author of the poetry collection When My Brother Was an Aztec. She earned a BA from Old Dominion University, where she received a...
Statisitcs Seminar
"Bayesian Variable Selection in the Presence of Multicollinearity", Joyee Ghosh, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa - Iowa City
Battle Ground Road Drummers & Meskwaki Nation Dancers
The Battle Ground Road drum group and Meskwaki Nation Dancers will share traditional and contemporary songs and dances.
In the Light of Justice - Walter Echo-Hawk
The Battle Ground Road drum group and Meskwaki Nation Dancers will perform at 6:30 pm, preceding the 7:00 pm talk. Walter Echo-Hawk is a lawyer, tribal judge, scholar and activist. The 2014 Thompson Memorial Lecture
Interior Mythologies: Literary Readings & Discussion
Literary Readings and discussion with K. L. Cook, author of three books of fiction and teaches in Iowa State's MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment. Poet Natalie Diaz is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian community and author of the poetry collection "When My Brother Was an Aztec." Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series
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.
Social Justice: A Spoken Word Performance
Andrea Gibson is a spoken word poet who advocates for solidarity and equality.
Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014
Statistics Seminar
"JRC Experience with Area Frame Sampling", Jacques Delince, European Commission Joint Research Centre, IPTS - Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy, Seville, Spain
U.S. Senate Republican Candidate Forum
The College Republicans host candidates vying for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
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
Understanding Movement Impairment in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Research Forum with Colum MacKinnon, assistant professor of neurology, University of Minnesota.
Intervention Programs for Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Research Forum, Chris Hass, associate professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida.
Emerging Issues in Agriculture
Jim Blome is the president and CEO for Bayer CropScience and the head of Crop Protection for the North American region. The Carl and Marjory Hertz Lecture on Emerging Issues in Agriculture
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