Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Lecture: Food policy changes and opportunities
"Urgent and Emerging Food Policy Challenges and Opportunities," Per Pinstrup-Andersen, 2001 World Food Prize Laureate, Cornell University. Part of the World Food Prize fall seminar series, "Feeding the World: Are We Making Progress."
ArtWalk: Central Campus
Join Dorothy Witter, interpretation specialist, for a tour of the Art on Campus around Central Campus. This semester's ArtWalks focus on the Thousand Words Project, which asks members of the Iowa State Community to re-interpret works of art in the Art on Campus Collection.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Migrant/immigrant workers in Iowa. Presenter: 1) Carlos Rich, Center for New Community 2) Mario Sanchez, IA Workforce Dev. and New Iowan Center 3) Farmer that hires a lot of migrants workers
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
ISU Jazz I, directed by James Bovinette ISU Jazz II, directed by Michael Giles
Thursday, 13 Oct 2011
Performance: Skippyjon Jones
Youth Matinee Series Performance: Skippyjon Jones (Grades PreK - 3) Skippyjon Jones is a little kitten with big ears and even bigger dreams!
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Seminar Series
"Maps, traffic and traffic lights: a cellular perspective" Ganesh Sriram, University of Maryland
Brown Bag Lecture
"Itching to Share 'Our Iowa' Pride," Jerry Wiebel, editor, "Our Iowa" magazine. Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Performance: Skippyjon Jones
Youth Matinee Series Performance: Skippyjon Jones (Grades PreK - 3) Skippyjon Jones is a little kitten with big ears and even bigger dreams!
Open forum: U.S. Food Systems and Global Hunger
An open forum discussion on the relationship of U.S. food systems to global hunger led by Michael Hamm, Michigan State University. Hamm, the 2011-12 Dean Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair in ISU's College of Human Sciences, is the C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and head of the Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at MSU.
Computer science colloquia: Zhengyuan Zhu
Zhengyuan Zhu, associate professor of statistics, will present "Spatial Sampling Design and Wireless Networks."
Agronomy Seminar
Biochar: Why do people care? Presenter: Dr. Johannes Lehman
Knitting with Sarah Cady
Learn the basics of knitting.
Democracy Movements in the Middle East
Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at both the Transnational Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, where she directs the New Internationalism Project. Bennis worked as a journalist at the UN for ten years and currently serves as a special adviser to several top-level UN officials on Middle East issues. World Affairs Series.
Physical Fitness and Mental Health
"Physical Fitness and Mental Health: Understanding Exercise and Sport Psychology through the Study of Brain Processes," Bradley Hatfield, kinesiology professor, University of Maryland. His program in exercise and sport psychology focuses broadly on exercise and its effects on mental health. He also studies performance-related aspects of humans and exercise. The 2011-12 Pease Family Scholar.
Roots: What Goes on Unseen
The collaborative artists' team BOKA, comprised of JoAnn Boehmer and April Katz along with Janette Thompson, professor in Natural Resource Ecology and Management, will discuss their research and creative relationship. The focus of this participatory discussion will be on the interpretations of roots, both representational and symbolic, as a way to explore physical and social environments.
SUB Film: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cyclone Cinema presents Transformers: Dark of the Moon!
Neanderthals and Us
Anthropologist David Frayer studies the relationship between Neanderthals and subsequent European populations. He has published on topics ranging from Neanderthal toothpick use to evidence for human massacres in the German Mesolithic to evidence for language origins. He is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. Sigma Xi Lecture Series.
SUB Film: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cyclone Cinema presents Transformers: Dark of the Moon!
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
Emerging Leaders Retreat (ELR)
Emerging Leaders Retreat is an overnight, off-campus retreat for sophomore (second-year) students interested in building leadership skills.
Disability Awareness Summit Keynote Address
Mark Leddy is Director of the Research in Disabilities Education Program at the National Science Foundation. The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program makes resources available to increase the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.
Slovenia and the European Union Financial Crisis
His Excellency Roman Kirn is Ambassador of Slovenia to the United States, a position he has held since May 2009. He will discuss how Slovenia, after twenty years of independence, has shaped its role in the European Union and the global economy.
Workshop: Blackboard user group
Topic TBA.
Midterm grade reports due
All departments must submit reports on WebCT and AccessPlus. The deadline will not be extended.
Planetarium Show - "Backyard Astronomy"
Backyard Astronomy
SUB Film: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cyclone Cinema presents Transformers: Dark of the Moon!
Dance social
Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club. Singles welcome. Dress is casual.
Men's hockey
ISU vs. Oakland University (American Collegiate Hockey Association).
Performance: BLAST!
BLAST! stands, blows, pounds, marches, and whirls with panache in an exuberant event for all ages.
SUB Film: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cyclone Cinema presents Transformers: Dark of the Moon!