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.
Thursday, 20 Oct 2016
Lecture: National Security and the 2016 Presidential Campaign
"National Security and the 2016 Presidential Campaign," Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State. Part of the Campaign 2016 Series, providing the university and community with opportunities to question candidates or their surrogates before the November election.
Digital Soil Mapping for Iowa
Bradley Miller, Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy.
Zaffarano Lecture: The Physics of Invisibility
Sir John Pendry, the physicist who proposed the idea of an "invisibility cloak," is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College, London.
Friday, 21 Oct 2016
One and Many: The Ceramic Art of Terry Rothrock
Terry Rothrock will speak about his career creating large-scale artwork for the television, movie and decorator-designer industries.
Saturday, 22 Oct 2016
Lecture: Puerto Rican Student Association Cultural Night
Aurelio Curbelo, born and raised in Puerto Rico, is the director of the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence at the University of Minnesota. Previously, he worked as the multicultural liaison officer and administrator of the George Washington Carver summer research program for the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at Iowa State.
Monday, 24 Oct 2016
Lecture: Global Health and Sustainable Development
Ambassador John E. Lange (Ret.) works in global health diplomacy for the United Nations Foundation. World Affairs Series
Lecture: The Geology and Geography of Floods
Jim Oââ'¬â"¢Connor is a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland, Oregon, who studies landscape evolution related to rivers and floods.
Tuesday, 25 Oct 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"1000 Dams Down and Counting/The Great Missoula Floods of the Last Ice Age" by Dr. James O'Connor, USGS, Portland, OR.
David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture
"Managing the Evolution of Weed Adaptations," Marie Jasieniuk, professor and plant biologist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California-Davis. A reception in the Agronomy Hall commons will follow the lecture.
Legislative Candidate Forum
Part of the Campaign 2016 Series, providing the university and community with opportunities to question candidates before the November election.