Tuesday, 15 Nov 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Climate controls on shale weathering" by Dr. Ashlee Dere, Univ of Nebraska, Omaha, NE.
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016
Lecture: Architecture with a Detour
Carlos Bedoya, founding partner of Mexico City-based architecture firm Productora, will present "Architecture with a Detour" as part of the 2016-17 ISU Department of Architecture Lecture Series. He will look at Productora's work "through a set of architectural variables as a means to tease out the practice's engagement not with solving problems per se, but with engaging the inherent 'difficulty' of architecture as a productive element of design."
Thursday, 17 Nov 2016
Webcast: OA (Open Access publishing system) Beyond APCs
Participants from around the world will discuss the possibilities of an OA system of publishing that is low/no cost to researchers or readers. The webcast is sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries along with SPARC, the Open Access Network and Allen Press. The webcast is part of a two-day international symposium at the University of Kansas. All faculty are invited to attend.
Sustainable Agroecosystems: An analysis across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Johan Six, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland, Sustainable Agroecosystems Chair, Department of Environmental Systems Science.
Lecture: Find a Way, or Make One: Ben Barry
Graphic designer Ben Barry most recently was a communication designer for Facebook and co-founder of the Facebook Analog Research Laboratory. He will present a lecture and workshop Nov. 17-18 at the College of Design.
Lecture: The Science of Running
"Linking Biomechanics and Energy Cost," Rodger Kram, Pease Family Scholar in Kinesiology and associate professor of integrative physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder.