Monday, 12 Nov 2012
CODAC Student Art Sale
Biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts program, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Work this year will include ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry and textiles.
Is There a Santa Claus? Exhibition Opens
This is the first day of this exhibition, it runs until December 14. "Is there a Santa Clause" was the title of an editorial appearing in the September 21, 1897 edition of The Sun of New York. The editorial, which included the famous reply "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus", has become an indelible part of popular Christmas folklore in the United States.
Rebuilding the GOP after Watergate
Bring your lunch and join author Suzanne O'Dea for a discussion of her new book, Madam Chairman: Mary Louise Smith and the Republican Revival after Watergate. For much of her career, Mary Louise Smith stood alone as a woman in a world of politics run by men.
Summer undergraduate research opportunities
Learn about the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program and other summer research opportunities at ISU and elsewhere. A panel of faculty and students who participated in summer research programs will talk about finding positions, application processes and other topics related to undergraduate research.
Geometry: From Riemann to Einstein and On to String Theory
String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. Shing-Tung Yau is the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist. He is the Graustein Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Math Department at Harvard University. He has won many awards including the...
Men's Basketball
Iowa State vs. Alabama A&M
Performance: Chicago
Chicago's members explode the conventions of what rock music could or should be. The result is a groundbreaking new form, played by extraordinarily talented musicians.
Rewiring the Brain
Dr. Michael Merzenich is a leading pioneer in brain plasticity and Emeritus Professor at the University of California at San Francisco. He was on the team that invented the cochlear implant and is cofounder of Posit Science, a company that provides brain training software clinically proven to improve cognitive performance.