Friday, 02 Oct 2015
Astronomy Seminar
An Analysis of Spectral Absorption Line Asymmetries in HD 175156 (Cory Schrandt, Iowa State University)
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Saturday, 03 Oct 2015
Faculty recital: Amy Christensen
Amy Christensen, lecturer in music, is teaching oboe, English horn, and double reeds methods class. She received a Master of Music in Oboe Performance degree from Yale University where she was the recipient of the distinguished Ellen Battell Stoekel Award. She has performed with orchestras across the U.S. including notable groups in Boston, Cambridge, Aspen and throughout the states of Connecticut and Iowa.
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Sunday, 04 Oct 2015
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Monday, 05 Oct 2015
Towards CP Violation in the Leptonic Sector: First Results from NOvA
Mayly Sanchez, Iowa State University
Wednesday, 07 Oct 2015
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
Jazz II, under the tutelage of Michael Giles, presents a program with the theme "As Seen on TV." Plenty of quality jazz music has slipped under the radar, disguised as television show themes. Their portion of the concert includes tunes penned by Paul Anka and Quincy Jones, arranged by John Fedchock and Doc Severinsen.
Thursday, 08 Oct 2015
Lecture: Role of high-performance computing in understanding climate modeling
"HPC for Understanding Impacts of Climate Modeling and Climate Engineering," Gene Takle, ISU agronomy and ISU geological and atmospheric sciences.
Friday, 09 Oct 2015
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Saturday, 10 Oct 2015
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Sunday, 11 Oct 2015
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Monday, 12 Oct 2015
Statistics Seminar
"A Fresh Look at Effect Aliasing and Interactions: Some New Wine in Old Bottle," Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Symmetry in Fe-based Superconductors - From Magnetism and Lattice Distortion to Phase Transitions and Domains
Andreas Kreyssig, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Tuesday, 13 Oct 2015
Women's and Gender Studies series
"Beached White Male: Imperiled Masculinity in the Great Recession," Michael Goebel, ISU English, and women's and gender studies. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"A Monsoonal link to the rapid Arctic ice melt" by Dr. T. N. Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Snedecor Lecture II
"Statisticians at Work: Inspiration, Aspiration, Ambition", Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Friday, 16 Oct 2015
Collage of Choirs
All the choirs perform, Iowa State Singers, ISU Statesmen, Cantamus Women's Choir, Lyrica Women's Choir
Astronomy Seminar
Modeling the Interstellar Medium in Galactic Collisions (Travis Yeager, Iowa State University)
Sunday, 18 Oct 2015
Iowa State Singers
James Rodde, conductor
ISU Symphonic Band & Concert Band
Christian Carichner, conductor Concert Bands; Steven Smyth, conductor Symphonic Band
Monday, 19 Oct 2015
4f Quantum Criticality: In Search for Model Systems
Sergey Bud'ko, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Statistics Seminar (Zyskind Memorial Lecture)
"Design and Analysis of Definitive Screening Experiments", Christopher J. Nachtsheim, Frank A. Donaldson Chair of Operations Management, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Tuesday, 20 Oct 2015
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Isotopic approaches on gypsum to unravel Mars' humidity history" by Dr. Emma Gatti, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thursday, 22 Oct 2015
Chiral spin liquid in moat lattices or how a moat protects against ordering?
Tigran Sedrakyan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Friday, 23 Oct 2015
ISU Symphonic Band and ISU Concert Band
The Symphonic Band is an 80-member ensemble that explores traditional as well as contemporary works by composers such as Percy Grainger, Malcolm Arnold, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Leonard Bernstein. The Symphonic Band is conducted by Steven Smyth, Associate Director of Bands. The Concert Band performs a variety of rich literature. Approximately 100 students take part in this group, enjoying continued musical involveme
Astronomy Seminar
A review of the paper "VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in (ultra-)compact HII regions" by Bik, Kaper, and Waters (Brandon Marshall, Iowa State University)
Planetarium Show: Solar System Astronomy
Are you curious about space? Do you wonder about what you can see in the night sky? If so, bring your questions and come to the ISU Planetarium and join us for an evening under the stars!
Saturday, 24 Oct 2015
Cantamus Women's Choir
Kathleen Rodde, conductor
Monday, 26 Oct 2015
Materials Design and Discovery: How Can Computations Help?
C. Z. Wang, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
Conference: Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence
Anyone who has an interest in forensic sciences is encouraged to participate in the kick-off activities. The objective of the event is to introduce CSAFE to the scientific, forensic and law communities. This is an excellent opportunity to meet potential collaborators in academia, law and law enforcement, and industry and to hear about interesting scientific problems in forensics. Students and young scientists are encouraged to attend.