Monday, 17 Apr 2017
Lecture: G.I.'s and Jews after the Holocaust
Kierra Crago-Schneider is a program officer at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Tuesday, 18 Apr 2017
College of Business: CEO speaker series
"Connecting People, Creating a Better Future: Why International Trade," Lance Fritz, chairman, president and CEO, Union Pacific.
P&S Council Seminar: Leadership Principles
"Leadership Principles," Christy Johnson-Lynch, ISU volleyball head coach. A brown bag lunch precedes the seminar.
Lecture: The History and Politics of Russian-American Hacking
Fred Kaplan is a journalist who writes a national security column for Slate magazine, and has penned five books about American politics. His most recent book, Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War, chronicles the long history of hacking between the United States and Russia.
Wednesday, 19 Apr 2017
Lecture: Housing Biopolitics and Care
Peg Rawes, a professor of architecture and philosophy at the University College London Bartlett School of Architecture, will outline how 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza's theories of well-being and equality can be used to analyze housing and income inequalities, and how his ideas relate to post-war and current social housing design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture Public Programs Series.
Freedom Sings: A Musical Celebration of the First Amendment
Freedom Sings is a multimedia presentation featuring music that has been banned, censored or sounded a call for social change. A program of the First Amendment Center, Freedom Sings features live music, video and narration, and showcases hit songwriters, performers and Grammy Award winners.
Keynote: Sustainable Agriculture Symposium
"Strengthening the Sustainability of Agricultural Biodiversity," Karl Zimmerer, professor of environment and society, Pennsylvania State University.
Thursday, 20 Apr 2017
First Amendment Day Series Keynote: Glenn Smith
"Shining a light in darkness: The First Amendment and Community Journalism," Glenn Smith, special project editor at the Charleston, South Carolina, Post and Courier and a reporter on its Pulitzer Prize-winning series focused on domestic violence.
Friday, 21 Apr 2017
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The low-level wind field of the tropical cyclone" by Dr. Daniel R. Chavas, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Lecture: MFA Program in Writing & the Environment Alumni Festival
"Home Voices," part of the Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series. Participants include Lauren Alleyne, Lindsay Tigue, Melissa Sevigny, and Lucas Southworth.