Monday, 14 Sep 2015
Lecture: Nicholas Kristof
World Affairs Series Keynote: "Why We Should Care About the World and Want to Change It." Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times.
Tuesday, 15 Sep 2015
Lecture: The Encyclical of Pope Francis on Ecology
Anne Clifford, Msgr. James A. Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State, will examine Pope Francis's encyclical letter on ecology in anticipation of his visit to the United States. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015
Lecture: Future of Healthy Families - Ross Parke, Hilton Endowed Chair
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Thursday, 17 Sep 2015
Lecture: Agronomy Seminar Series - Ronald Phillips
Ron Phillips, Regents Professor Emeritus and former McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics, University of Minnesota, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and widely regarded as one of the trailblazers in agricultural biotechnology.
Friday, 18 Sep 2015
Local Food Festival: An Adventure in Eating
This event will feature educational displays, samples, recipes developed by ISU Dining chefs using local foods, and locally grown or produced items for sale by vendors and ISU clubs.
Thursday, 24 Sep 2015
Student Debt Forum
A discussion focused on how Iowa State students can better manage student and personal debt will follow a screening of the film "Default: The Student Loan Documentary" (27 min). Part of the Ethics of Debt Symposium
Monday, 28 Sep 2015
Lecture: 100 Voices Leading for Change
Iowa State graduate Onalie Ariyabandhu discusses the United Nations Population Fund's social change initiative to combat gender-based violence in Sri Lanka.
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2015
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Second-Generation Ethanol and Colombian Biofuels," Carlos Grateron and Luis Enrique Prado, USDA Foreign Ag Services Cochran Fellows.