Friday, 01 Mar 2013
Diversity: What's In It For My Community?
Nancy "Rusty" Barcelo is the president of Northern New Mexico College and served previously as the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity the University of Minnesota. Once the only Chicana student at the University of Iowa, Barcelo has since become one of the nation's most highly respected authorities on equity and diversity in higher education. Part of the 2013 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE
Monday, 04 Mar 2013
Computationally Engineered Plant Seminar Series
Root-based approaches to improve nutrient use efficiency in maize, Prof. Dr. Lixing Yuan
Ending Racism in About an Hour with W. Kamau Bell from Totally Biased
W. Kamau Bell is host of FX's hit series "Totally Biased," with Chris Rock as the executive producer. This comedic, topical exploration of the current state of America's racism is combined with a little (unknown) history, a little PowerPoint, and a whole bunch of Kamau.
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013
CANCELED: Reiman Entrepreneur Speaker Series: Diego Veitia
Diego Veitia is founder and director of International Assets Holding (now INTL FCStone Inc.). He also serves as chairman of Veitia and Associates Inc., a private investment company. The lecture and lunch (11:30 a.m.) are free, but online registration is required.
Staniforth Memorial Lecture
"Weeds, Crops and Health," Frank Forcella, research agronomist, USDA-ARS, Morris, Minn. A reception will follow in the Agronomy Hall commons. This is the 24th Annual David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture.
Private Lands and Public Priorities: EPA, Iowa Agriculture and the Quest for Land Health
Karl Brooks is the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7. He supervises EPA operations in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and nine tribal nations.
The 2012 Elections: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Join Dianne Bystrom and Steffen Schmidt for a discussion of the outstanding moments of the 2012 caucus, primary and election season.
Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013
Plant Breeding Seminar
Silviu Mureseanu, Procera, Romania, Improved haploid inducers in maize breeding and research
Soil Seminar
Soil Water Infiltration in Different Cropping Systems, Presenter: Sitha Ketpratoom and Numerical Evaluation of a Sensible Heat Balance Method to Determine Rates of Soil Freezing and Thawing, Presenter: Yuki Kojima
Evolution in Immune Systems
Michael Deem is a computational theorist whose work has contributed significantly to our understanding of important aspects of immunology, evolution and materials science. He will discuss methods he has developed for predicting vaccine effectiveness and for determining which strains of the flu to cover in annual vaccine formulations. Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Thursday, 07 Mar 2013
Computer Science Distinguished Lecture
"The Challenge of High-Assurance Software," John Rushby, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International.
The Divine Nine: Greekdom, Black History and the Responsibility to the Campus Community
Lawrence Ross is the author of The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities and an advocate for eliminating pledging and hazing. His talk includes information about the origins of the Greek system in general, and Black fraternities and sororities in particular.
The World of Sports Photography
Award-winning photographer Damian Strohmeyer's career with Sports Illustrated spanned more than two decades and his images have graced the cover of the magazine 67 times since his first cover shot in 1988. Strohmeyer witnessed many of the most historic sporting events of the past few decades, including 26 Super Bowls, five Olympics, the Stanley Cup, Soccer's World Cup and numerous NCAA championships.
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
Climatologist Michael E. Mann, author of "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines," is a member of the Penn State University faculty, holding joint positions in the Departments of Meteorology and Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. National Affairs Series.
Friday, 08 Mar 2013
Seminar: CALS Alumni of Excellence Series
ISU alumna Nancy Irlbeck, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State, will present "Coming Into Your Own." The lecture series is part of the college's ADVANCE program to improve the recruitment and advancement of women in the STEM fields.
Monday, 11 Mar 2013
It's A Girl: Film & Discussion on Gendercide & Human Trafficking
This documentary reveals how in many parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. Teresa Downing Matibag, executive director of the Iowa-based Network Against Human Trafficking, will moderate a discussion on gendercide and its relation to human trafficking immediately following the 60-min film. International Women's Day Event and part of the World Affairs Series.
Osborn Club Lecture
Hongwei Xin, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering and animal science; ABE Associate Chair for Research; and director of the Egg Industry Center, will discuss "A Comprehensive Assessment of Aviary Laying-hen Housing System in the Midwest." The lecture is open to the public following the club member dinner.
Iowa State College in the 1890s: A Visual History
Douglas Biggs is a native of Ames and a graduate of Iowa State University. This talk, which includes a slide show of historic photographs, will highlight the Dinkey, a steam engine that ran between campus and downtown Ames from 1891 to 1907. A scale model of the Dinkey, complete with track, will be on display in the Parks Library until the end of May.
Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013
Film and discussion: Dying to be Thin
"Dying to be Thin" was broadcast on PBS' NOVA series and narrated by Susan Sarandon. It discusses the increasing prevalence of eating disorders, predominantly anorexia and bulimia. Dancers, fashion models, students and young women who suffered from an eating disorder speak and share their experiences. This film also shows advances in diagnosis and recovery treatments that are being made by eating disorder specialists.
Good without God
Greg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and is the author of Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe. National Affairs Series
Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013
Technological Entrepreneurship: A Key to World Peace and Prosperity - Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman
Dan Shechtman, an Iowa State Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and research scientist at Ames Laboratory, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The honor was awarded for his discovery of quasicrystals, crystalline materials with a periodic atomic structure deemed impossible in modern crystallography. He is also the Philip Tobias Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the Technion - Israel Institute of...
Plant Breeding Seminar
*Danielle Dykema, Epistasis in flowering time genes in Arabidopsis
Soil Seminar
Carlos Tenesaca, "Corn cob bales and loose cobs storage in field effects on subsequent crop growth and soil health"
Designing Relationships
In conjunction with an exhibition of the firm's work in the College of Design's Gallery 181, Iowa State University architecture alumnus Jon Pickard, principal of Pickard Chilton, addresses how the relationships the firm builds with clients, consultants and construction professionals are translated into the design of its buildings and offers insights gleaned from working with a global and culturally diverse clientele.
Thursday, 14 Mar 2013
Brown Bag Lecture
"Your local CSA" presented by Sally Gran, Tabletop Farm, Nevada, Iowa. Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program.
Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013
Plant Breeding Seminar
Jing Zhao, TBA
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Jim French, Details TBA
Soil Seminar
Joe Pantoja, "Effect of corn stover harvest and winter rye cover crop on crop yield and corn nitrogen fertilization"