Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016
BIG: Hot to Cold
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, a partner with international design firm BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), will present the 2016 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture. He also will serve as a guest juror for the Richard F. Hansen Prize student design competition; winners will be announced at the start of the lecture.
Performance & Discussion: Body of Water
Part of the 10th Annual Iowa Water Conference. "Body of Water" uses video, music and dance to tell the story of water usage and quality within our Iowa's watersheds and communities. A facilitated dialogue will follow the 1-hour performance.
Thursday, 24 Mar 2016
Analyzing Seriously Delinquent Mortgages in Asian Census Tracts in the United States
Katrin Anacker, associate professor of public policy at George Mason University, will present the spring 2016 Contemporary Issues in Planning and Design Lecture, cosponsored by the Department of Community and Regional Planning and the College of Design.
Lecture: How People Learn and the Creativity Of Science
Karen Kashmanian Oates is a professor of biochemistry and the Dean of Arts & Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Sigma Xi Lecture Series
Friday, 25 Mar 2016
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Hotelling Under Pressure," Soren Anderson, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The hothouse climate of the dinosaur age: Fossil and chemical evidence and predictions for the future" by Dr. Brian Huber, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
Monday, 28 Mar 2016
Statistics Seminar
General Glivenko-Cantelli Theorems, Professor Krishna Athreya, Iowa State University, Ames
Lecture: Movement BE - Tell Your Story
Nate Howard founded Movement BE, a non-profit organization that creates curriculum to help young people discover themselves and challenge the status quo through poetry.
Lecture: The Illusion of Free Will and Its Impact on Moral Responsibility
Atheist activist August Berkshire will discuss the ramifications of a natural universe without gods or free will, in which evolution shapes our thoughts and actions.
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016
Lecture: Exploring Agriculture through Performance Art
"Hands to Earth" - Cherie Sampson is a visual artist and dancer who creates multi-media videos and installations focusing on ecology and agriculture.
Lecture: Designing the Future
"Technology in 2025: Designing the Future." Technological futurist Brian David Johnson talks about what technology, and its intersection with multiple areas of work and society, could mean for the future. National Affairs Series.
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016
Avant-garde in the Cornfields: Modern Architecture, Landscape and Preservation in New Harmony
Architect and historian Michelangelo Sabatino will talk about a new book he co-edited on the community of New Harmony, Indiana, which since its founding in 1814 has been the epicenter of experiments in communal living, education, religion and science.
Town Hall: What's the Future of the American Dream?
Join futurist Brian David Johnson for a conversation about the future of the American dream, a year-long project timed to overlap with the 2016 presidential campaign. National Affairs Series