Wednesday, 28 Mar 2018
Hilton Chair Lecture Series: Food Waste
Christine Moseley, founder of Full Harvest, the first business-to-business marketplace for ugly and surplus produce. She'll discuss the online marketplace connecting farms with food and beverage companies to buy and sell surplus and imperfect produce.
Lecture: Spaces of Exclusion in New York
"This is Not Your Door: Spaces of Exclusion in New York." Architect Alejandra Navarrete Llopis, principal of New York City-based Nami Studio, will speak about access in housing, education and social environments and propose alternative models of inclusion. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture 2017-18 Public Programs Series, "For Other Architectures."
Lecture: Public Transformation: A Documentation of Art in Rural America
Theater artist Ashley Hanson will present a snapshot of the lives, work, stories, themes, artifacts and questions she discovered while visiting 24 rural communities with populations of less than 10,000 across the country and discuss the role of art in small-town life and the challenges of making art in rural America.
Lecture: Winona LaDuke
The 2018 Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture. Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe) is founder and Co-Director of Honor the Earth, a national advocacy group encouraging public support and funding for native environmental groups.
Thursday, 29 Mar 2018
Lecture: Design Resistance
Eric Heiman is a partner and co-founder of award-winning San Francisco design agency Volume Inc. and an associate professor of graphic design at the California College of the Arts. His lecture is funded through a Strategic Initiatives Grant from the Vice President for Extension and Outreach.
Friday, 30 Mar 2018
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Ancient mysteries and modern analogs: Exploring the Paleoproterozoic through the geochemistry of meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake, NY" by Dr. Jeff Havig, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, 01 Apr 2018
Forum on Justice Reform - Gubernatorial Candidates
Participating candidates include Democrats Cathy Glasson, Jon Neiderbach and Ross Wilburn, and Libertarians Marco Battaglia and Jake Porter. Iowa State student Lance Leski will moderate.
Monday, 02 Apr 2018
Documentary and Discussion: Sister Survivors
Join us for a screening of the ABC 20/20 special "Sister Survivors," featuring interviews with the female athletes who broke their silence about the sexual abuse scandal surrounding Larry Nassar. A panel discussion focusing on higher education and accountability will immediately follow the 40-minute documentary.
Lecture: Using Technology to Help Refugees
Derek Smith is a caseworker at the International Rescue Committee in Dallas, Texas, who developed a multilingual, community-sourced app for helping refugees once they have arrived in the United States.
Tuesday, 03 Apr 2018
Guest lecture: U.S. Science Policy
Tobin (Toby) Smith, vice president for policy at the Association of American Universities (AAU), will present "The Lion in the Path: U.S. Science Policy in an Era of Political Polarization and Alternative Facts."
TedxIowaStateUniversity
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxIowaStateUniversity, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxIowaStateUniversity event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
Wednesday, 04 Apr 2018
Hertz Lecture in Emerging Issues in Agriculture - Amy Asmus
"What Is Possible? Advancing Agriculture through AGvocacy, Partnerships, and Collaboration" - Amy Asmus is vice president of the family-owned chemical supply company Asmus Farm Supply and a graduate of Iowa State.
LAS Dean's Lecture Series: Is Your Data Safe?
"Corruption, Money Laundering, and the Malicious Side of Data" - Eric William Davis (Rozier) will discuss the challenges of protecting the integrity of data collection, analytics, and machine learning in our data-driven world.