Monday, 14 Sep 2015
Lecture: Nicholas Kristof
World Affairs Series Keynote: "Why We Should Care About the World and Want to Change It." Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times.
Tuesday, 15 Sep 2015
Lecture: The Encyclical of Pope Francis on Ecology
Anne Clifford, Msgr. James A. Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State, will examine Pope Francis's encyclical letter on ecology in anticipation of his visit to the United States. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015
Lecture: Future of Healthy Families - Ross Parke, Hilton Endowed Chair
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Lecture: The Dating Doctor
"Finding Relationships with Confidence, Happiness and Respect" - Relationship expert David Coleman has been speaking on college campuses for more than twenty years about the complexities of dating, relationships, romance and sex.
Thursday, 17 Sep 2015
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and Political Science
"Countering Myths About Vaccines: Are Facts the Answer?" Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Nyhan will discuss how motivated reasoning can make people vulnerable to misinformation about controversial topics in medicine like vaccines. A reception precedes his seminar at 12:40 p.m.
Lecture: Agronomy Seminar Series - Ronald Phillips
Ron Phillips, Regents Professor Emeritus and former McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics, University of Minnesota, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and widely regarded as one of the trailblazers in agricultural biotechnology.
Science in an Age of Doubters & Deniers
Carl Zimmer is the author of 12 books about science and a columnist at the New York Times. He reports from the frontiers of biology where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in Conflict.
Friday, 18 Sep 2015
Disparities in Housing Recovery: Evidence from Galveston, Texas
Sara Hamideh, assistant professor of community and regional planning, will talk about planning for mitigation of and long-term recovery following natural and human-caused disasters. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and Immunobiology Graduate Program
"Human Intestinal Epithelial Response to Gastrointestinal Virus Infection Using Enteroids," Sarah Blutt, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Blutt will discuss her research on Enteroids model human rotavirus infection in the small intestine. Refreshments will be provided.