Thursday, 01 Mar 2018
Lecture: Physical Activity Promotion in Underserved Populations
Scherezade Mama is an assistant professor at Penn State University whose research focuses on physical activity and health promotion among underserved and vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, low-income populations, and rural residents.
Friday, 02 Mar 2018
ISCORE Keynote: Susana Munoz
Susana Munoz is an assistant professor of higher education in the School of Education at Colorado State University and co-director of its Higher Education Leadership Program.
Weaving to Inform: Using Craft to Convey Socially Critical Data
Kim Mirus will share her work as a weaver, educator and craftsperson. She currently weaves work about a variety of environmental and social issues, preserving a traditional craft while providing an approachable way to interest others in discussing complex issues.
Planetarium Show: Multi-Messenger 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!
Wednesday, 07 Mar 2018
Lecture: Data science careers
"Stats, Machine Learning and the Data Science Career," Gabriela de Queiroz, data scientist and founder of R-Ladies Global. She'll talk about her journey from majoring in statistics to a career in data science.
Lecture: Launched by Disruption
Alan Amling, vice president at UPS Corporate Strategy, leads UPS's Global On-Demand Manufacturing initiative, helping global companies leverage 3D printing to take time, cost and carbon out of their supply chain.
Lecture: WORKac: We'll Get There When We Cross That Bridge
Dan Wood, FAIA, a founding partner of WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) in New York City, will trace his 15 years of collaboration with co-founder Amale Andraos in the 2018 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture at Iowa State.
Panel discussion: Coding Design / Designing Code
Coding, long an activity relegated to the software engineer, has become a ubiquitous creative and transformative force. Join researchers, scientists and designers for a discussion on both how code is designed and how code is used as a design tool. Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Symposium
Lecture: Why Leadership Equity and Diversity Matters
Iyabo Onipede works with corporate executives, academic professionals and social justice leaders to identify and develop leadership skills.
Thursday, 08 Mar 2018
Brown Bag: Dance/Movement Therapy
Nature at Noon series. Learn about the many benefits of dance and movement for mind, body, and soul from Board-Certified Movement Therapist and Reiman Gardens' esteemed instructor Camilla Kottman.
Lecture: Data science careers
"Community & Leadership in R," Gabriela de Queiroz, data scientist and founder of R-Ladies Global. She will share her experience being an R user and becoming part of the R open source community, as well has how her desire to share her experiences with others and to develop a more inclusive community led to the creation of R-Ladies.
Lecture: What's So Bad about Jesus?
Hector Avalos, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State, will speak on the topic of his book The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics.