Tuesday, 08 Nov 2011
Civility in a Troubled Economy
Jim Leach is the ninth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Prior to being nominated by President Obama for the post, Leach was a professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and interim director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
"Cenozoic climate change and body size trends in deep-sea Ostracodes," Gene Hunt, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer.
Floral Design Series
"Table Centerpieces." Learn how to create a centerpiece that will upstage the Thanksgiving turkey!
Panel: Farm to Fork
The Farm to Fork discussion will have panelists from around the local food system; ranging from producers, purchasers, retail, ISU Dining and consumers, as well as researchers and extension staff who help bridge the gap. The discussion will reveal different aspects of the food system and what goes into decision-making and 'behind-the-scenes' activities for those involved in food systems.
The Women's Room
Alex Warner was recently appointed project historian for the Women's Leather History Project at the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago and is curator of the project's first museum exhibit, "A Room of Her Own." Her research focused on the intersections of the politics of feminism and sexual liberation. Adult content.
Jeans, Genes, and Genomes: Exploring the Mysteries of Cotton
Jonathan Wendel is professor and chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Iowa State. His research focuses on how flowering plant genomes and phenotypes diversify. Cotton provides a model framework for exploring the origin of form and diversity in nature, human domestication, and the evolutionary consequences of genome doubling. LAS Dean's Lecture Series.