Monday, 01 Mar 2021
Online: Monday Monologues series
"Crushing It," poems by Jennifer Knox, associate teaching professor of English. Her poems have appeared in journals such as The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Granta, and five times in The Best American Poetry series. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Iowa Arts Council and the Milwaukee County Arts Fund. Along with teaching and writing, she is the proprietor of Saltlickers, a small spice-blend company.Â
Virtual Seminar: Technologies for NASA's Robotic Exploration Missions
"Advanced Energy Storage Technologies for NASA's Robotic Exploration Missions," William West, Group Supervisor of the Electrochemical Technologies Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, at the California Institute of Technology.
The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice
Robert D. Bullard is often described as the father of environmental justice. He is the former Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University 2011-2016. Dr. Bullard will discuss the intersection of environmental action (or inaction) and racial disparities that plague minority communities. WebEx Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e2db991e36755863ce6287d835574b292
Wednesday, 03 Mar 2021
Post-Election and Post-Impeachment: What's Next
WebEx Link:Ã' https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/onstage/g.php?MTID=edf3bf497120e26b1784beccddbe8946f ISU experts will discuss the political events since the November 6 election and talk about what to expect from the first months of the Biden Administration.
Thursday, 04 Mar 2021
Digital Surveillance: How Gen Z Gave Up Its Privacy to Corporations and the Government
This event will be streamed live to YouTube. Please click on the link to join the event on March 4:Ã' https://youtu.be/8b1eRrbi3rM The author of the memoir, Permanent Record, former CIA officer and National Security Agency (NSA) consultant Edward Snowden risked everything to expose the U.S. governmentââ'¬â"¢s system of mass surveillance. He is the subject of the Oscar-winning best documentary Citizenfour and the critically acclaimed Oliver...
Monday, 08 Mar 2021
Virtual panel: Women in politics
Democrat panel participants include: Swati Dandekar, former state legislator; Ruth Ann Gaines, State Representative; Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, State Representative; Jackie Norris, former assistant to President Obama, Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama. Moderated by Eliana Crab, Student Government outreach director. Part of the Women's Week Conference.
Virtual panel: Women in politics
Republican panel participants include: Holly Brink, State Representative; Joni Ernst, U.S. Senator; Megan Jones, State Representative; Carrie Koelker, State Senator, District 29. Moderated by Morgan Fritz, Student Body president. Part of the Women's Week Conference.
Innovation Short Circuit: Making Friends and Influencing Deans
"How to Build Relationships That are Valued and Valuable." Business relationships position you to influence policy and decisions, set you up for promotion, and ensure you are invited to the table when opportunity knocks. What are those practices, drivers, and personal characteristics that create value-based relationships?
Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs in the Me Too Era
Gloria Allred is a founding partner of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Her firm has been the leading women's rights private law firm in the nation for 44 years, winning hundreds of millions of dollars for victims. Ms. Allred will discuss how women take action to right the wrongs against them to win justice and accountability in both the civil and criminal justice system.