Thursday, 13 Oct 2016
Lecture: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
"From Muscatine to the World Bank" - Jim Yong Kim is the 12th President of the World Bank. Part of the College of Business CEO Series and World Affairs Series
Strategies to Improve Forage and Pasture-Based Production Systems
Carlos Castillo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Crop Science Department.
Documentary & Discussion: A Voice for First-Generation Latinos between Two Worlds
First-time Latina filmmaker Denise Soler Cox draws on her personal struggles growing up between two cultures to chronicle the shared experiences of 16 million first-generation American-born Latinos, or Enyes (ñs). Latino Heritage Month
Monday, 17 Oct 2016
Lecture: Know Your Civil Rights
Andy Duffelmeyer and Rob Poggenklass, specialists at the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, will provide information about how civil rights laws protect people from discrimination in everyday life.
Lecture: The Dynamics of ISIS
"The Dynamics of ISIS: Its Origins and Implications for the United States." Malcolm Nance is a counter-terrorism and intelligence adviser for the U.S. government's special operations, homeland security and intelligence agencies. The Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science.
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"An overview of climate system modeling and prediction at NCAR" by Dr. Joe Tribbia, NCAR, Boulder, CO.