Thursday, 01 Sep 2016
Lecture: Not Just Another Adoption Story
Erin Kiernan is coanchor of the WHO Channel 13 evening news team and an advocate for adoption and adoptive parents' rights.
Thursday, 08 Sep 2016
Lecture: Recovering Lost Gospels
"Recovering Lost Gospels: Ancient Christianities and Modern Faiths." Andre Gagne (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) studies the history of biblical interpretation, the New Testament Gospels, and Gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi Library.
Lecture & Performance: On Race, Identity and Self Discovery
Michael Fosberg, who learned in his early thirties his father was African American, presents his autobiographical play Incognito, followed by a discussion about the meaning of race and identity.
Monday, 12 Sep 2016
Lecture: Too Creative for Science?
Ahna Skop, an an associate professor in genetics at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is nationally known for using art to inform her scientific work on the mechanisms of cell division to understand human diseases, such as cancer and age-related disorders.
Lecture: How Capitalism Will Save Us
Steve Forbes is chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, whose flagship publication is the nationââ'¬â"¢s leading business magazine. Forbes, combined with Forbes Asia, Forbes Europe, and the companyââ'¬â"¢s licensee editions, reaches a worldwide audience of more than 5 million readers, and Forbes.com has become a destination site for senior business decision-makers and investors. Steve Forbes is the author or coauthor of several...
Tuesday, 13 Sep 2016
Lecture: Mindfulness & Mental Health
Douglas Gentile, a research scientist and professor of psychology at Iowa State, discusses how the practice of mindfulness can help people become more resilient and manage stress. Mental Health Expo
Lecture: Laughing All the Way Up from Rock Bottom
Marti MacGibbon is a certified addiction treatment professional, human-trafficking survivor, and standup comic. Her memoir is "Never Give in to Fear: Laughing All the Way Up from Rock Bottom."
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016
Philosophy Reinvented for Social Media: First as Tragedy, Then as Tweet
Eric Jarosinski is a former professor of German studies and founding editor of the hugely popular @NeinQuarterly. Part of the Technology, Globalization and Culture Series
Thursday, 15 Sep 2016
Lecture: A Wild Life
Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" and cohost of the Dear Sugar Radio advice podcast.
Monday, 19 Sep 2016
Lecture: Latinos Are Not “Spanishâ€: The Cultural Diversity of Hispanics
Bobby Gonzalez is a multicultural speaker, storyteller and poet whose work draws on his Native American (Taino) and Puerto Rican roots. Part of Latino Heritage Month
Thursday, 22 Sep 2016
Polar Bears: An Arctic Icon in a Changing Climate
Andrew Derocher is a professor of biology at the University of Alberta whose research includes assessing the effects of climate change and toxic chemicals on polar bears. Paul L. Errington Lecture
Lecture: In the Heart of the Arab Spring
Iowa State students who participated in the Arab Spring in their own country will share their stories. World Affairs Series
Monday, 26 Sep 2016
Panel Discussion: Controversy and the U.S. Supreme Court
Dirk Deam, Political Science, and Clark Wolf, Philosophy, will discuss recent Supreme Court rulings.
Presidential Debate Watch Party
Join your Iowa State friends and colleagues to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for 90 exciting minutes of political debate!
Tuesday, 27 Sep 2016
Lecture: Catholicism and Islam - Seeking Deeper Understanding
Speaker Anne Clifford is the Monsignor James A. Supple chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State.
Chamberlin Lecture in Journalism
"Investigating the Corrupt while Protecting the Powerless" - Miles Moffeit is an investigative reporter with The Dallas Morning News, where he has worked for the past six years examining patient harm and fraud in hospitals across Texas and the nation.
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2016
Lecture: Equal Pay for Equal Work - Lilly Ledbetter
Part of the Campaign 2016 Series, providing the university and community with opportunities to question candidates or their surrogates before the November election.
Thursday, 29 Sep 2016
Lecture: Physical Activity: Wonder Drug for Chronic Disease Prevention
I-Min Lee, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is the 2016 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair. She is a leading researcher on the role of physical activity in preventing chronic diseases and enhancing longevity.
Lecture: Rethinking the Refugee Crisis
Economist Paul Collier is an expert on developing markets and the author of "The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It." Economics Forum & World Affairs Series