Monday, 03 Nov 2014
Statistics Seminar
"Properties of optimizations used in penalized Gaussian likelihood precision matrix estimation", Adam Rothman, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Twenty Years of Yellowstone Wolves
Douglas Smith is a senior wildlife biologist with the National Park Service and has been involved with wolves in Yellowstone since their controversial reintroduction to the park in 1992. 50th Anniversary Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 05 Nov 2014
Executive In Residence Public Lecture
Mark Walker, the recently retired senior vice president of transportation for C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., will give the fall 2014 College of Business Executive In Residence Lecture. His talk is titled, "Major in Supply Chain Today and Become a Leader Tomorrow" and will take place on Wednesday, November 5 in the Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building.
Circumstantial Substantial: Martin Despang
Having lived and been educated in the tempered urban fabric of Germany, more extremely tempered Midwest, arid Southwest and Pacific Tropics of the United States made Martin Despang realize how geographies inform cultures. He will share his resulting synergistically professional and academic body of typological case studies forming a comprehensive system of well-being, which has been widely recognized in North and South America, Europe and Asia.
Thursday, 06 Nov 2014
Politically Engaged Poetry for the 21st Century
Poet Sam Taylor explores the contemporary moment, with an emphasis on politics, globalism and the urgency of our ecological crisis.
Friday, 07 Nov 2014
Stafford Lecture on Banking: Thomas Hoenig
"Leveling the Playing Field," Thomas Hoenig, an ISU alumnus and the Vice Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Comedy! The League's Steve Rannazzisi
Steve Rannazzisi plays "Kevin," the League Commissioner on FX's hit show "The League." ISU AfterDark.
Monday, 10 Nov 2014
Nanovaccine Initiative Seminar
"The Role of TIM Proteins in Ebola Virus Entry," Wendy Maury, University of Iowa. Maury's lab identified TIM-1 as one of the cell surface receptors used by Ebola virus for entry into cells. A reception precedes her seminar at 3:30 pm.
Statistics Seminar
"Using Online Assessment to Inform Learning and Instruction in Introductory Statistics", Amy G. Froelich*, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames
T.A. Wilson Distinguished Lecture
Vilas Mujumdar, a consulting engineer and retired program director for the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Centers and Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Programs, will present a total complex community system approach to developing resilience in infrastructure systems to natural hazards.
A Pope Named Francis and His Witness to Love
Anne Clifford is the Msgr. James Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State. Supple Lecture Series.
Osborn Club Lecture
"Part One: Three Millennia of Atoms and Molecules," Klaus Ruedenberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in chemistry and USDOE Ames Laboratory associate. Part two will be presented Dec. 8, 2014.
Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think
Best known for his ground-breaking research into the role of information in the networked economy, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger is a professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University's Internet Institute and author of eight books. National Affairs Series on Innovation Keynote.
Wednesday, 12 Nov 2014
Lecture: Efforts to Reform State Cannabis Laws
"Overcoming Prohibition" - Dan Linn is the executive director of the Illinois chapter of NORML and was one of the leading voices for passing the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.
Thursday, 13 Nov 2014
Mary Louise Smith Chair for Women and Politics: Mara Liasson
"What Just Happened? The 2014 Elections and Beyond" - Mara Liasson is the national political correspondent for National Public Radio and a contributor to the FOX News Channel.
Friday, 14 Nov 2014
Statistics Seminar
"Using a geometric framework to understand and extend rare variant tests of association," Nathan Tintle, Department of Statistics, Dordt College, Siux Center, Iowa
Environmental Ethics: A Christian Perspective
Todd Daly, a graduate of Iowa State, is faculty at the Urbana Theological Seminary.
Friday Talk: Science Visualization, Efficacy and Collaboration
Kim Moss, assistant professor of biological/pre-medical illustration and integrated studio arts, will share her work toward developing a Science Visualization Center at Iowa State, including testing educational STEAM presentations and exploring synchronous online collaboration in science visualization education. Part of the Institute for Design Research and Outreach's Friday Talks series.
Sunday, 16 Nov 2014
Slam Poet Rudy Francisco
National Underground Poetry Slam Champion Rudy Francisco combines activism with poetry to enlighten his audience.
Monday, 17 Nov 2014
The Making of a Scientist
"An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist," Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and secularist and the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford. Bioethics Program Director Clark Wolf will moderate the discussion. National Affairs Series
Wednesday, 19 Nov 2014
CANCELED Lecture: Republic of Guinea's General Sekouba Konate
This talk is being rescheduled for a later date. "Democratic Transition in Republic of Guinea and the African Union's Role in Africa's Security"
Lecture: World AIDS Awareness Series
"Using Epidemiology to Develop an HIV/AIDS Strategy" - Gregorio Millett. Part of the World AIDS Awareness Series and the World Affairs Series.
Thursday, 20 Nov 2014
Nanovaccine Initiative Seminar
"Dispatches From the Front Lines of Vaccination Policy and Practice," Lori Parsons, Iowa Immunization Coalition. Parsons will discuss how parents make vaccination decisions and the challenges healthcare providers face with current vaccines. A reception precedes her seminar at 1:30 p.m.