Thursday, 25 Feb 2016
Nanovaccine Initiative Seminar
"Dynamic Hydrogel Matrices: Cell Biology in the Fourth Dimension," Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado, Boulder. This event also is the chemical and biological engineering department's Mack Lecture. Refreshments will be provided at 10:30 a.m. in 2061 Sweeney Hall.
Lecture: How to Succeed Ethically When Others Bend the Rules
"How to Succeed Ethically When Others Bend the Rules: The VW & GM Scandals." Frank Bucaro is senior ethics advisor and content provider for the Automotive Institute of Ethics. His presentation highlights companies like Volkswagen and General Motors as examples of the problems and consequences that can arise when ethical behavior is not defined, understood or demonstrated.
Friday, 26 Feb 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Semi-brittle flow of granitoid fault rocks" by Dr. Matej Pec, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Monday, 29 Feb 2016
Lecture: Climate Change in the Long Emergency
Presented by David Orr, professor of environmental studies at Oberlin College. This is part of the University Symposium on Sustainability and the Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series keynote address.
Tuesday, 01 Mar 2016
Documentary Film: Racing Extinction
Racing Extinction is the latest documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Louie Psihoyos and reveals the black-market trade in endangered species. Part of the University Symposium on Sustainability
Wednesday, 02 Mar 2016
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Transition Costs for Cellulosic Biofuels: Overcoming the Mountain of Despair," Nathan Parker, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Future of Healthy Families Lecture: Kathryn Edin
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Lecture: Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen
"How Kickstarter Is Redefining Success" - Perry Chen is creator and chairman of Kickstarter, the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world.
Thursday, 03 Mar 2016
Designers panel: The Fashionable Side of STEM
Guest panelists will discuss how multidisciplinary aspects of textile and apparel design and production incorporate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Lecture: What Americans Are Eating and a Strategy for Change
Cindy Goody is Senior Director of the Menu Innovation Team at McDonald's USA and a graduate of Iowa State. National Affairs Series