Monday, 06 Apr 2015
Meeting: Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community
Are you interested in developing, or enhancing, a service-learning component within your course? You are invited to join this dynamic, interdisciplinary group as we walk-through the process of integrating service-learning into the curriculum. These interactive sessions will include topical discussions, readings, and sharing of best practices. Facilitator: Suzanne Hendrich, University Professor
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Is performance regulation based on life cycle assessment feasible?" Richard Plevin, UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Plevin will discuss the semantics and uses of LCA, epistemological issues with "carbon intensity," the challenges of modeling complex environmental problems, and the requirements for a successful performance-based regulation.
Entomology Seminar
"Paradox of the proboscis: How butterflies feed," Peter Adler, entomology, soils and plant sciences department, Clemson University.
Spinors, Strings and Superconductors: Challenges of New Era in Condensed Matter Physics
Piers Colelman Center for Materials Theory, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University and Dept of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Statistics Seminar
"Interaction Selection for High-Dimensional Data", Hao Helen Zhang, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson
TIAA-CREF Investment Seminar
All are invited to hear Dan Morris, TIAA-CREF global investment strategist, present "2015 and Beyond: Investing After the Global Financial Crisis." Registration is required by calling 800-732-8353. Light refreshments will be served.
Glass Birds Workshop Class
Learn basic soldering with vibrant stained glass scrap and make whimsical, colorful birds. These quirky birds are inspired by the glass art of Maria Barber, and will be great additions to any space with natural light.
Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal
Ava Chin, a native of Queens, is the author of Eating Wildly, a memoir about foraging for food in New York City.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Foraging: Eating Wildly Presenter: Ava Chin, Author and New York Times Columnist
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture
"Measuring the Elusive: How to Catch Neutrinos and What They Tell Us about the Universe," Mayly Sanchez, experimental particle physicist in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Iowa State.