Monday, 05 Oct 2015
Lecture: U.S. Department of Labor Chief Economist Heidi Shierholz
"Wage Inequality: Why It Matters and What to Do About It." Heidi Shierholz is the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor and a graduate of Iowa State. Part of the Iowa State Economics Forum & National Affairs Series.
Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015
Lecture: The 11 Rival Regions of North America
"American Nations: A History of the 11 Rival Regional Cultures of North America," journalist and author Colin Woodard. National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in Conflict.
Wednesday, 07 Oct 2015
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"The Feasibility, Costs and Environmental Implications of Large-scale Biomass Energy," Niven Winchester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lecture: How Baling Hay Prepared Me to Become the Coffee 'Bean Baron'
Danny O'Neill is the owner and founder of The Roasterie Coffee, Inc., and a graduate of Iowa State. The William K Deal Leadership Lecture and part of CALS Week.
Thursday, 08 Oct 2015
Brown Bag Lecture
"Intentional Prairie: Bringing Indigenous Plants Back to their Native Ecosystem," Barbara Haas, associate professor of English, and Cathleen Bascom, MFA student in creative writing and environment.
Agronomy Seminar Series: Edward Buckler
Edward Buckler is a USDA-ARS research geneticist who leads the Buckler Lab for Maize Genetics and Diversity at Cornell University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Buckler uses genomics and statistical genetics to understand and dissect complex traits in maize, biofuel grasses, cassava and grapes.
Lecture: Stopping Child Slavery in Ghana
James Kofi Annan is a former child slave and leads West Africa's most prominent children's rights organization, Challenging Heights. World Affairs Series.