Friday, 19 Oct 2018
Friday Research Seminar: The Changing Face of Landscape Tourism
Hans Klein-Hewitt, assistant professor of landscape architecture, will talk about the changing nature of landscape tourism with a focus on how tourist destinations struggle to keep up with national trends. Part of the Friday Research Seminar series sponsored by the Institute for Design Research and Outreach.
Monday, 22 Oct 2018
Lecture: Studying the Fall of the Roman Empire with the Science of the Human Past
Michael McCormick is the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University, Director in Cambridge of the Max Planck, Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean, and the founding chair of Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
DARCY LECTURE SERIES "Alpine hydrogeology: The critical role of groundwater in sourcing the headwaters of the world" by Dr. Masaki Hayashi, University of Calgary, Calgary AB
Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
Lecture: Resilience and Recovery
Mary Comerio, a professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley, is an internationally recognized expert on disaster recovery and resilience. She will talk about her research into the costs and benefits of seismic rehabilitation, post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and loss modeling.
Homecoming: A historic start to "Save the Girls"
The first homecoming game at Iowa State was more than just a rivalry on the field, it was a bid to keep female students at the college in Ames! Hear the unusual history of this 1912 game and how it led to over 100 years in tradition. Also, get a look at some rare Iowa State memorabilia. A Smithsonian Hometown Teams Exhibit Speaker Series with Tom Kroeschell.
Lecture: Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States on Immigration - Anne Clifford
Anne Clifford is the Msgr. James A. Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State.
Workshop: Free Access to Research Online
"Can I Read That? Free Access to Research Online," a collaborative workshop offered by the University Library and Ames Public Library. It will focus on ways the Ames community can freely access data and research articles for information about medical procedures, agriculture and more though open access publications.
Thursday, 25 Oct 2018
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Collaborative Research in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed to Improve Severe Weather Prediction" by Adam Clark, NOAA Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK.
Documentary: 'Paywall, The Business of Scholarship'
The documentary, "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship," addresses the problem of academic publishers who profit from limiting access to scholarly information. This showing will be followed by a Q&A session.
Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse
"If Not Us, Who? Human Dignity in the 21st Century." Senator Ben Sasse is a fifth-generation Nebraskan and is serving his first term in the U.S. Senate.