Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012
SusAg Colloquium
"A Short History of GM Crops," Shiuzing Fei
P.H. Elwood Lecture
"Landscape Chronicles," William E. Roberts and Laura Santin, principals and directors of Nomad Studio, a landscape planning and design firm presently in Brooklyn, N.Y. A reception will follow.
Documentary & Discussion: A Killer in the Dark
"A Killer in the Dark" is a documentary about the fight against malaria and highlights the work of Imagine No Malaria, a ministry affiliated with the United Methodist Church in Africa. Katie Dawson, coordinator for Imagine No Malaria in the Iowa Annual Conference, and Lyric Bartholomay, Iowa State associate professor of medical entomology, will lead a post-film discussion and Q&A.
The Keystone XL Pipeline and the Protection of American Lands
Randy Thompson, a farmer and rancher from Nebraska, became a leading opponent out of conerns that his land would be condemned for the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. National Affairs Series