Monday, 28 Feb 2011
GIS Seminar: Using ArcMap to Separate and Quantify Cover Classes for Corn Growth with Perennial Groundcovers
Scott Flynn, GIS graduate certificate candidate, ISU agronomy, evaluated 35 different grasses and legumes on three landscape positions in a strip-tilled corn production system to determine their suitability as ground covers.
Horticulture seminar
"Alternative Futures for the Maquoketa River and Lake Delhi," Julia Badenhope, ISU landscape architecture.
Film and discussion
"America the Beautiful: Our Obsession with Appearance," directed by Darryl Roberts. The 2010 documentary takes on the social issue of body image. From plastic surgery to celebrity worship, child models to dangerous cosmetics, the film tackles the issue from every side, including the media's role in advancing unrealistic expectations. A discussion with the director follows the screening (104 min.). Eating Disorder Awareness Week.