Monday, 03 Oct 2016
Lecture: Corn and Khrushchev
"A Brief History of Iowa Agriculture" - Liz Garst, granddaughter of the famous Iowa farmers and citizen diplomats Roswell and Elizabeth Garst, shares how it came to pass that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his family visited the Garst family farm in 1959.
Tuesday, 04 Oct 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Breaking the ice: an exploration of ice, rheology, boundary conditions, and (ice)" by Dr. Liz Logan, Univ of Texas, Austin.
Plate of the Union: Seeds of the Future
A panel discussion, followed by a Q&A session, on the Iowa water quality. Panelists: Hanna Bates, Iowa Water Center; Jim Gillespie, Iowa Dept. of Ag and Land Stewardship; Chris Jones, Iowa Nutrient Monitoring Network; Tim Smith, 2015 Iowa Soil Conservation Farmer of the Year.
Jumpstart Your Creativity!
Join Letitia Kenemer & Sara Merritt as they discuss hot to boost your audience, membership and programming with novel approaches and well-designed presentations. Great for members of clubs, non-profit organizations, team leaders, artists, and anyone who needs a new way to come up with new ideas.
Wednesday, 05 Oct 2016
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences William K. Deal Leadership Lecture
"Growth Comes When You Least Expect It" - Jim Collins is executive vice president at DuPont. He currently leads the company's agricultural segment and is managing DuPont's integration with Dow AgroSciences. Part of CALS Week
Thursday, 06 Oct 2016
Increasing Awareness of Disease Effects on Grain Quality and Yields
Alison Roberts Iowa State University Plant Pathology and Extension
Toward a Digital Design Practice of Landscape Architecture
Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann, co-authors of "Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-Conceptualising Design and Making" (Routledge, 2016), will speak about the book and their work. Part of the Department of Landscape Architecture Lecture Series.
Grant Wood's Murals: Inspiration for the Common Threads III Exhibition
Join Nancy Gebhart, University Museums visual literacy and learning educator, for a gallery talk on the Parks Library's Grant Wood murals "When Tillage Begins" and "Other Arts Follow," which served as inspiration for the work in the "Common Threads III" exhibition on display in the College of Design's Design on Main Gallery in downtown Ames.
Lecture: A Conversation with Black Alumni
"How We Got Here: Challenges & Achievements" - African American alums will have an honest discussion about the challenges they faced at Iowa State as well as describe the support they received and the sense of community they were able to develop that led to their achievements on campus and in their careers. Participants: Modupe Labode, Keecha Harris, Mohamed Omer.
Friday, 07 Oct 2016
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!
Monday, 10 Oct 2016
Sustainability Lecture Series
"Climate-Smart Soils: Bringing Pie in the Sky Down to Earth," Keith Paustian of Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. A 4:30 p.m. reception will follow in the Agronomy Hall commons (second floor).
A Conversation with the 2016 World Food Prize Laureates
"Leading the Fight against Malnutrition and Hidden Hunger," Maria Andrade, Robert Mwanga, Jan Low and Howarth Bouis discuss their work building bridges between agriculture and nutrition to improve the health and livelihoods of millions of undernourished people around the globe. Iowa State professor Clark Wolf will moderate the discussion. The 2016 Norman Borlaug Lecture.
Tuesday, 11 Oct 2016
Roundtable: Confronting privilege in the classroom
A roundtable discussion to help faculty and teaching assistants share strategies and experiences to elevate the level of discourse on the topic of privilege. By working together, we can empower each other to capitalize on teachable moments and help students manage the fear, anger and anxiety that comes with confronting issues of privilege.
P&S Council Seminar: Ed Holland, ISU Benefits for 2017
Ed Holland, director of benefits, will discuss changes to the 2017 university benefits at the next Professional and Scientific Council seminar.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The Obstacles are Largely the Same: on Climate Change and Education Reform" by Dr. Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY.
Career Journey: How to Become a CFO
Craig Bergstrom is chief financial officer for Kum and Go. He will answer questions following his lecture.
Lecture: My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem is a feminist icon, social activist, writer, editor, and champion of women's rights since the late 1960s.
Thursday, 13 Oct 2016
Lecture: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
"From Muscatine to the World Bank" - Jim Yong Kim is the 12th President of the World Bank. Part of the College of Business CEO Series and World Affairs Series
Strategies to Improve Forage and Pasture-Based Production Systems
Carlos Castillo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Crop Science Department.
Documentary & Discussion: A Voice for First-Generation Latinos between Two Worlds
First-time Latina filmmaker Denise Soler Cox draws on her personal struggles growing up between two cultures to chronicle the shared experiences of 16 million first-generation American-born Latinos, or Enyes (ñs). Latino Heritage Month
Monday, 17 Oct 2016
Lecture: Know Your Civil Rights
Andy Duffelmeyer and Rob Poggenklass, specialists at the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, will provide information about how civil rights laws protect people from discrimination in everyday life.
Lecture: The Dynamics of ISIS
"The Dynamics of ISIS: Its Origins and Implications for the United States." Malcolm Nance is a counter-terrorism and intelligence adviser for the U.S. government's special operations, homeland security and intelligence agencies. The Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science.
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"An overview of climate system modeling and prediction at NCAR" by Dr. Joe Tribbia, NCAR, Boulder, CO.
Thursday, 20 Oct 2016
Lecture: National Security and the 2016 Presidential Campaign
"National Security and the 2016 Presidential Campaign," Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State. Part of the Campaign 2016 Series, providing the university and community with opportunities to question candidates or their surrogates before the November election.
Digital Soil Mapping for Iowa
Bradley Miller, Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy.
Zaffarano Lecture: The Physics of Invisibility
Sir John Pendry, the physicist who proposed the idea of an "invisibility cloak," is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College, London.
Friday, 21 Oct 2016
One and Many: The Ceramic Art of Terry Rothrock
Terry Rothrock will speak about his career creating large-scale artwork for the television, movie and decorator-designer industries.
Saturday, 22 Oct 2016
Lecture: Puerto Rican Student Association Cultural Night
Aurelio Curbelo, born and raised in Puerto Rico, is the director of the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence at the University of Minnesota. Previously, he worked as the multicultural liaison officer and administrator of the George Washington Carver summer research program for the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at Iowa State.
Monday, 24 Oct 2016
Lecture: Global Health and Sustainable Development
Ambassador John E. Lange (Ret.) works in global health diplomacy for the United Nations Foundation. World Affairs Series
Lecture: The Geology and Geography of Floods
Jim Oââ'¬â"¢Connor is a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland, Oregon, who studies landscape evolution related to rivers and floods.