Thursday, 05 Nov 2015
Lecture & performance: Joseph FireCrow
"Native Stories and Flute Music of the Great Plains" - Joseph FireCrow is an accomplished Native American flute player and Grammy Award-winning musician.
Friday, 06 Nov 2015
Lighter, Faster, Stronger: Sporting Goods Product Design
Betsy Barnhart, assistant professor of industrial design, will talk about her research investigating the complex challenge of providing sports protective equipment that doesn't inhibit performance on the field.
Saturday, 07 Nov 2015
Lecture and reception: Simon Estes
International opera star Simon Estes will share his experiences singing the role of Sarastro in "The Magic Flute" on the world's great opera stages. Estes is an Iowa native and ISU artist-in-residence. The reception and lecture (6:30 p.m.) precede ISU music and theater's collaborative production of "The Magic Flute" at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Theater.
Monday, 09 Nov 2015
Iowa Caucus exhibit and resource fair
The State Historical Society of Iowa's "First in the Nation" traveling exhibit on the Iowa Caucuses will be on display, along with an excerpt from IPTV's documentary on the Iowa Caucuses. The League of Women Voters will offer voter registration (2-6 p.m.) and a resource fair will be held (5:15-6 p.m.). Part of the Catt Center's caucus education series of activities.
Workshop: How to Participate in the Iowa Caucuses
Iowa Caucus Education Workshop - The 75-minute workshop will include an overview of the Iowa Caucus process, an explanation of the Republican and Democratic Party caucuses, and a mock caucus.
Workshop: Iowa Caucus Education
Guest speakers will talk about the importance of the Iowa Caucuses and explain the Republican Party caucus process and the Democratic Party caucus process. Following these presentations, members of the Republican and Democratic parties will lead mock caucuses for the workshop participants. Part of the Catt Center's caucus education series of activities.
Osborn Club Lecture
"Mesmerization and Magnificence of Magnetism," by Bruce Harmon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of physics and astronomy. The lecture portion of the Osborn Club's monthly gathering is open to the public.
Lecture: The Plight of Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth
Ryan Berg, author of "No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, & Other Transgressions," will talk about his work as a counselor with LGBTQ teenagers in foster care, especially those who are about to age out of the child welfare system.
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2015
P&S Council Seminar Series
"Overview of 2016 Benefits," Ed Holland, benefits coordinator, university human resources. The seminar will be webcast live and archived for later viewing.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Recovery Disparities among Housing Types, Evidence from Hurricane Ike," Sara Hamideh, ISU community and regional planning. A 3:30 p.m. reception precedes the seminar.
Lecture: Poems of Environmental & Social Justice
Jane Satterfield and Ned Balbo will read from their poetry, which engages personal and public history through an awareness of the challenges that shape our contemporary moment.
Lecture: Censorship and the New Puritans on Campus
David French is a staff writer at National Review and an attorney concentrating his practice in constitutional law.
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2015
Lecture: Growing the Midwest Garden
"Giving the Garden Life: Trees and Shrubs." Join Reiman Gardens' Director Ed Lyon for a six-week series that augments his book by the same title released this May. Each presentation addresses practical gardening applicable to novice and experienced gardeners alike.
Lecture: Piracy of the Rich and Poor along the East Africa Coast
Abdi Ismail Samatar is a distinguished Africanist scholar, an elected member of the African Academy of Sciences, and an Iowa State alumnus.
Thursday, 12 Nov 2015
Brown Bag Lecture
"Holiday Decorating" presented by Sandy Gossman of the Ames Garden Club. Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program with a new topic presented by regional professionals and lecturers.
Women's and Gender Studies series
Q&A with Amy Slagell, Liberal Arts and Sciences associate dean, and Joanne Powell-Coffman, ISU genetics, development and cell biology. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Documentary & Discussion: What Matters?
"What Matters?"is a feature-length documentary about three friends, two idealistic Christians and one skeptic Atheist, attempting to live in extreme poverty - on $1.25 a day - across three continents (87 min). A discussion and Q&A will follow the film.
Lecture: Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics
"The Global Tide of Women Rising," - Kathleen Parker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post, for which she writes a nationally syndicated column twice weekly on politics and culture.