Monday, 04 Feb 2013
Symposium: Social Science, Presidential Campaigns and Political Reporting
The Harkin Institute of Public Policy will bring together scholars and journalists for this day-long symposium focused on the 2012 elections. Why did the elections go the way they did and what do they mean for public policy in the future.
Experiments in Messaging: Insights from Psychology - Joanne Miller
Joanne Miller, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota and expert on survey methodology with the Humphrey Institute
What We Don't Know about Campaign Mobilization - Scott McClurg
Scott McClurg, an associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Part of the Social Science, Presidential Campaigns and Political Reporting Symposium.
Did the 2012 Ground Game Matter? - Seth Masket
Seth Masket, an associate professor of political science at the University of Denver, author of No Middle Ground, and a regular political blogger.
Did Obama's Campaign Win Him the Election? John Sides & Lynn Vavreck
John Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University and blogger at The Monkey Cage. Lynn Vavreck is an associate professor of political science at UCLA and author of The Message Matters. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting.
How New Campaign Styles Win Elections
Ryan Lizza is The New Yorker magazine's Washington correspondent and a CNN contributor. Sasha Issenberg is a political journalist for Slate.com and author of The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting.
Tuesday, 05 Feb 2013
Post-Pop Redux: Material Based Art by Andy Magee Artist Reception
By popular demand, Magee's Post-Pop Redux exhibition has been extended through the spring semester. Join artist Andy Magee for a public reception in the Christian Petersen Art Museum. Enjoy live music and light refreshments.
Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013
PhD Dissertation Seminar
Bharath Kumar T N, "Candidate gene based association study for nitrogen use efficiency and associated traits in maize"
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
"Farming in Burundi and Tanzania | Presenter: Firmin Amos, Refugee Farmer
Soil Seminar
Martin Shipitalo, "Conservation Tillage, Watersheds, Macropores,and Earthworms"
Thursday, 07 Feb 2013
Ambassadors: Fifty Years of French-German Friendship
Francois M. Delattre is the ambassador of France to the United States and Peter Ammon the ambassador of Germany to the United States. The 2013 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science; part of the World Affairs Series.
Friday, 08 Feb 2013
POSTPONED: SCIS Eminent Scholar Series
This lecture will be rescheduled.