Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
Jazz 2.0, with Michael Giles gripping the reigns, presents the famous "Far East Suite" penned by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. A work that was released in 1966 features several pieces that were all influenced from the Ellington Orchestra's international tours for the State Department. Different images, poetic works, and musical musings all combined to inform these compositions. The band is featured throughout both collectively and soloi
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016
ISU Jazz Combos
The leading small jazz groups on campus commence again to feature profile concerts about some of their favorite artists. Learn about who these people are and hear the young musicians delve deeply into tunes that are either written or made famous by these iconic jazzers. This concert also serves as the swan song for two of the more talented jazz saxophonists to grace the stage in over a dozen years - Ian Abbott on tenor and Nick Doss on alto.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The FUture of Water: Assessing Sustainability from Space", Dr. Bridget Scanlon, University of Texas, Austin.
Friday, 22 Apr 2016
Workshop: Wealthy and Wise: Strategies for Workplace Success
Presented as part of Money Smart Week, this event begins with a keynote presentation and includes breakouts sessions and a networking dinner at 5:15 p.m. Registration is required.
Astronomy Seminar
Outbursts in pulsating DA white dwarfs - a new kind of variable revealed by Kepler and K2 (Cory Schrandt, Iowa State University)
Saturday, 23 Apr 2016
Auditions: Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Roles available for 3 men and 5 women. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, improvisational storytelling, and singing. No advance preparation necessary. Stop by 2130 Pearson Hall to sign up for an audition time! Auditions are open to all ISU students. Visit www.theatre.iastate.edu for more details.
Piano Studio Recital
Piano students of Mei-Hsuan Huang.
Sunday, 24 Apr 2016
Monday, 25 Apr 2016
Picosecond Photobiology: Watching a Signaling Protein Function in Real Time via Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction and Solution Scattering
Philip Anfinrud National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Bethesda, MD
Statistics Seminar
Fuller Lecture
Tuesday, 26 Apr 2016
Presentation: Campanile-Carillon model
Mechanical engineering student project teams will present the plans for a 1:5 working replica of the campanile and 27-bell carillon. Once completed, the portable model will be used at events and programs, and serve as an educational tool. Interdisciplinary teams in Design, Engineering and music will build the model over the next two years.
Wednesday, 27 Apr 2016
Diffractive Heavy Quarkonia Pruduction
Guangyao Chen, Iowa State University
Thermal imaging quality control for silicon staves of the ATLAS phase II upgrade
Mr. Carlos Miguel Vergel-Infante, Iowa State University
Thursday, 28 Apr 2016
Performance: The Birds
Two Athenians guided by a crow and a jackdaw leave their city and all its arguments in order to look for a better life. This is the start of an idea one of them eventually has--that birds were the original gods and should build themselves a great city between heaven and earth. The nightingale calls the birds of the world who begin to assemble and start building that city in the sky. Actors as well as puppets will be used in this new adaptation.
Friday, 29 Apr 2016
Astronomy Seminar
Beyond the Barn Door: New Perspectives on Studying Cosmic-ray Accelerators (Dr. Amanda Weinstein, Iowa State University)
Planetarium Show: Backyard 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!
Concert: Michael Londra, opera
Irish tenor Michael Londra is known internationally for singing traditional Irish music. The evening will include Londra's renowned rendition of "Danny Boy" and also musicians playing fiddles, uillean pipes and bodhran drums to accompany him.
Performance: The Birds
Two Athenians guided by a crow and a jackdaw leave their city and all its arguments in order to look for a better life. This is the start of an idea one of them eventually has--that birds were the original gods and should build themselves a great city between heaven and earth. The nightingale calls the birds of the world who begin to assemble and start building that city in the sky. Actors as well as puppets will be used in this new adaptation.
Saturday, 30 Apr 2016
Auditions: Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Roles available for 3 men and 5 women. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, improvisational storytelling, and singing. No advance preparation necessary. Stop by 2130 Pearson Hall to sign up for an audition time! Auditions are open to all ISU students. Visit www.theatre.iastate.edu for more details.
Performance: The Birds
Two Athenians guided by a crow and a jackdaw leave their city and all its arguments in order to look for a better life. This is the start of an idea one of them eventually has--that birds were the original gods and should build themselves a great city between heaven and earth. The nightingale calls the birds of the world who begin to assemble and start building that city in the sky. Actors as well as puppets will be used in this new adaptation.