Wednesday, 04 Nov 2015
Lecture: The Money of Invention & the Future of Entrepreneurship
Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School and a recognized leader on innovation, the economy, and job creation. Economics Forum Series
Thursday, 05 Nov 2015
Lecture & performance: Joseph FireCrow
"Native Stories and Flute Music of the Great Plains" - Joseph FireCrow is an accomplished Native American flute player and Grammy Award-winning musician.
Monday, 09 Nov 2015
Workshop: How to Participate in the Iowa Caucuses
Iowa Caucus Education Workshop - The 75-minute workshop will include an overview of the Iowa Caucus process, an explanation of the Republican and Democratic Party caucuses, and a mock caucus.
Lecture: The Plight of Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth
Ryan Berg, author of "No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, & Other Transgressions," will talk about his work as a counselor with LGBTQ teenagers in foster care, especially those who are about to age out of the child welfare system.
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2015
Lecture: Poems of Environmental & Social Justice
Jane Satterfield and Ned Balbo will read from their poetry, which engages personal and public history through an awareness of the challenges that shape our contemporary moment.
Lecture: Censorship and the New Puritans on Campus
David French is a staff writer at National Review and an attorney concentrating his practice in constitutional law.
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2015
Lecture: Piracy of the Rich and Poor along the East Africa Coast
Abdi Ismail Samatar is a distinguished Africanist scholar, an elected member of the African Academy of Sciences, and an Iowa State alumnus.
Thursday, 12 Nov 2015
Documentary & Discussion: What Matters?
"What Matters?"is a feature-length documentary about three friends, two idealistic Christians and one skeptic Atheist, attempting to live in extreme poverty - on $1.25 a day - across three continents (87 min). A discussion and Q&A will follow the film.
Lecture: Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics
"The Global Tide of Women Rising," - Kathleen Parker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post, for which she writes a nationally syndicated column twice weekly on politics and culture.
Monday, 16 Nov 2015
Lecture: Atheist Voter Initiative & the Patient's Right To Know Act
Amanda Knief is the acting Legal Counsel and Public Policy Advisor for the American Atheists. She will discuss the Patient's Right To Know Act, proposed legislation that would require health care providers to disclose to patients any treatments or services that are legally available but that the provider chooses not to provide because of religious or philosophical beliefs.
Lecture: Democracy at Work, A Cure for Capitalism
Richard Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the global economic crisis.
Monday, 30 Nov 2015
Town Hall Meeting with John Kasich - Presidential Caucus Series
Since 1987, the Presidential Caucus Series has provided students, faculty, and community members with an opportunity to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses. No tickets required.
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series
"Health-Related Habits ... Scientifically Speaking," Alison Phillips, ISU psychology and Healthy Habits Lab.