Sunday, 06 Oct 2013
Lecture: Ceramic Tradition/Contemporary Design
Assistant Curator Adrienne Gennett and Head of Integrated Studio Arts and ceramicist Ingrid Lilligren will discuss the objects and ideas behind the exhibition Ceramic Tradition/Contemporary Design. They will explore traditional ceramic techniques developed over thousands of years and how those techniques continue to be used by and inspire contemporary ceramicists working today.
Monday, 07 Oct 2013
Statistics Seminar
"Hyperparameter and Model Selection for Nonparametric Bayes Problems Via Radon-Nikodym Derivatives", Hani Doss, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville
Tuesday, 08 Oct 2013
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
"Tracing Atmospheric Moisture Isotopically" by Lisa Kanner, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
United States and India: How Far Have We Come, What Lies Ahead?
Her Excellency Nirupama Rao has served as India's ambassador to the United States since September 2011. Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science
Wednesday, 09 Oct 2013
MAX MAXIM: The making of a monster
Lauren Crahan is the principal and John Hartmann the creative director of Freecell Architecture, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based design and fabrication studio. Part of the 2013-14 Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series.
Entrepreneurs and Leadership in the Swine Industry
Dr. Howard Hill is president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council and a strategic council to Iowa Select Farms. He worked for more than 20 years at Iowa State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, where he was a leader in the eradication of pseudorabies (PRV). William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture
Thursday, 10 Oct 2013
Brown Bag Lecture
ââ'¬Å"Barn Quilts ââ'¬" Hanging a Clothesline of Quilts Across the Countrysideââ'¬Â presented by Barn Quilts of Washington County Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program.
Agronomy Departmental Seminar
Murky Waters: Farming and Policy for Water Quality in Iowa Craig Cox, Senior Vice-President, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environmental Working Group
Statistics Seminar
"Text Networks", David Banks, Department of Statistics, Duke University, Durham, NC
Innovative Solutions for Restoring Water Quality
Joe Whitworth is president of The Freshwater Trust where he and his team focus on cooperative, market-based solutions that benefit rivers, working lands and local communities. National Affairs Series
Friday, 11 Oct 2013
Chemistry seminar
"Tripodal Ligands in Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Functionalization of Carbon Dioxide, Approaches for Mercury Detoxification and the Formation of New Classes of Atranes," Ged Parkin, Columbia University, New York. The seminar is part of a celebration to honor University Professor John Verkade, who is retiring after 53 years at ISU.
Chemistry seminar
"Endohedral Functionalities in Hemicryptophane and Cavitand Hosts," Jean-Pierre Dutasta, Laboratory of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France. The seminar is part of a celebration to honor University Professor John Verkade, who is retiring after 53 years at ISU.
Planetarium Shows
Are you curious about space? Do you wonder about what you can see in the night sky? If so, bring your questions and come to the ISU Planetarium to learn more. The first show, starting at 6:30 pm will be 20 minutes and for kids. Shows at 7 pm and 7:30 pm and are suitable for all ages. Free tickets for the shows will be available at the door starting at 6:15 pm. Seating is limited.