Tuesday, 01 Apr 2014
Soil Health and Sustainability
Ray Archuleta is a soil agronomist at USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. His work promotes conservation practices like no-till farming and the use of cover crops to improve soil health. Shivvers Memorial Lecture.
Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014
Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explores the shared territory of science, engineering, art and design as a Design Fellow with the international research project Synthetic Aesthetics. Ginsberg is especially interested in new roles for design in emerging fields like synthetic biology. National Affairs Series on Innovation & Women in STEM Series
Thursday, 03 Apr 2014
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer for The New Yorker, an award-winning environmental journalist, and author of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change." Part of the World Affairs Series & the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series
Monday, 07 Apr 2014
Beauty, Abundance and Environmental Action in the Franciscan Tradition
Sr. Mary Beth Ingham explores the Franciscan intellectual tradition, including its emphasis on science, beauty and environmental ethics, through the philosophy of John Duns Scotus. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series
Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014
Local Adaptation and Life History Evolution in Monkey Flowers
John Willis is a professor of biology at Duke University. The Charles E. Bessey Lecture.
Thursday, 10 Apr 2014
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool to Inform Energy Policy," Paul Adler, USDA-ARS.
Saturday, 12 Apr 2014
One Health
Michael Cranfield, DVM, is the project director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a non-profit dedicated to the care of mountain gorillas. One Health Lecture Series
Wednesday, 16 Apr 2014
Sustainable Agriculture Symposium
Keynote lecture at 3 p.m., "Ecosystem Services from Agriculture: Designing Multifunctional Landscapes," Elena Bennett, McGill University.
Thursday, 24 Apr 2014
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Electricity Market Design and the Green Agenda," William Hogan, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.
A One Health Approach to Mountain Gorilla Conservation
Michael Cranfield, DVM, is the project director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a non-profit dedicated to the care of mountain gorillas. One Health Lecture Series
Friday, 25 Apr 2014
"Trashion" Show
Students in the AESHM 222 Creative Thinking and Problem Solving course are partnering with an Ames salon to bring greater awareness about pollution, waste, excessive consumption, littering, and their effects on our environment. The students are holding a "Trashion" Show where they will model designs that offer solutions to these problems.
Saturday, 26 Apr 2014
Art Supply Sale & Craft Swap
It's time for spring cleaning! We will be going through our stash of supplies and pricing to sell. We also have a number of free items that will be on our CRAFT SWAP TABLE! Bring stuff from your stash that is usable and in good condition (things that you aren't going to use but can't bring yourself to throw away). Swap for new or new-to-you supplies.
Sunday, 27 Apr 2014
Art Supply Sale & Craft Swap
It's time for spring cleaning! We will be going through our stash of supplies and pricing to sell. We also have a number of free items that will be on our CRAFT SWAP TABLE! Bring stuff from your stash that is usable and in good condition (things that you aren't going to use but can't bring yourself to throw away). Swap for new or new-to-you supplies.