Thursday, 01 Nov 2012
Graduate research symposium and seminar
"A review of the 2012 drought: Lessons learned from a state climatologist's perspective," Dennis Todey, South Dakota State University. Research poster presentations and refreshments to follow in the second-floor Agronomy commons. Part of the Agronomy Graduate Club Research Symposium.
Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World
Robin Wright is a journalist and foreign policy analyst and editor of "The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy." As a United States Institute for Peace Senior Fellow and a Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar, her projects explore new trends in the Islamic world that will be a major policy challenge for the United States and the West. World Affairs Series
Friday, 02 Nov 2012
World of Jenks
Andrew Jenks is an award-winning filmmaker best known for his MTV documentary series "World of Jenks." The show captures a range of voices and personal stories not usually covered by media. Often dubbed "the voice of his generation," Jenks is currently MTV News's correspondent for the 2012 presidential campaign. ISU After Dark.
Sunday, 04 Nov 2012
CANCELED: Continuing ISU's Campus Portrait Tradition in Sculpture
Due to Hurricane Sandy and associated travel challenges, Larry Nowlan's lecture and reception for Sunday, Nov. 4, is canceled.
Documentary & Discussion: The Real Dirt on Farmer John
The Real Dirt on Farmer John follows the life of John Peterson, owner and operator of AngelicOrganics, one of the largest Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in the United States. Peterson took over the family farm as a young man in the1960s and slowly turned it into an experiment of art and agriculture. Farmer John Peterson will provide introductory remarks and join a discussion following the 80-min. film. AgArts Film Festival
Monday, 05 Nov 2012
Documentary & Discussion: Train to Nowhere: Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation
In October 2002, the badly decomposed bodies of 11 undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America were found sealed inside a freight car in rural Denison, Iowa. The documentary "Train to Nowhere" offers an in-depth look at the investigation and those involved. Filmmaker Colleen Krantz is a graduate of Iowa State and former Des Moines Register reporter. AgArts Film Festival
Wednesday, 07 Nov 2012
SusAg Colloquium
The Impact of Crop Insurance on US Agriculture, Bruce Babcock
Thursday, 08 Nov 2012
Brown Bag Lecture
"Building Beautiful Holiday Decor" presented by Brian Smith from Evert's Flowers Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Masters Thesis Seminar
Nitrogen sources and sinks in Iowa soils: biogeochemical links between carbon inputs, nitrate leaching, and nitrous oxide emissions, David C. Mitchell
Computer science colloquia: Andy Miner
Andy Miner, associate professor of computer science, will discuss "Opportunities in Model Checking."
Agronomy Seminars
Jon Hempel
Learning to Think Like Scientists: Does Our Future Depend on It?
Suzanne Hendrich,University Professor and current president of the Faculty Senate, will engage the audience in a discussion about "thinking like a scientist" both in our daily lives and in solving some of our greatest global challenges, such as food security, poverty, and building community.
Our Black Year in America's Racially Divided Economy
In 2009 Maggie Anderson and her family pledged that they would patronize black-owned companies whenever possible, so she scoured the Chicago area for black-owned supermarkets, dry cleaners, gas stations, pharmacies, and clothing stores. "Our Black Year: One Family's Quest To Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy" is the story of their experiment in conscious consumerism. National Affairs Series.
Friday, 09 Nov 2012
Financial Regulation: The Unfinished Business
Featuring Mike Piwowar, Republican chief economist for the Senate Banking Committee
PhD Dissertation Seminar
Agronomic, seed traits and oleate stability of soybean lines containing the high-oleate transgene DP-305423-1 and the molecular characterization of the genomic region flanking the high-oleate transgene, Jordan Spear
Planetarium Show
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. Shows are at 7pm and 7:30 pm and are suitable for all ages. Weather permitting a star-gazing session will be held after dark. Free tickets for the shows will be available at the door starting at 6:45 pm. Seating is limited.
Monday, 12 Nov 2012
Rebuilding the GOP after Watergate
Bring your lunch and join author Suzanne O'Dea for a discussion of her new book, Madam Chairman: Mary Louise Smith and the Republican Revival after Watergate. For much of her career, Mary Louise Smith stood alone as a woman in a world of politics run by men.
Geometry: From Riemann to Einstein and On to String Theory
String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. Shing-Tung Yau is the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist. He is the Graustein Professor of Mathematics and chair of the Math Department at Harvard University. He has won many awards including the...
Rewiring the Brain
Dr. Michael Merzenich is a leading pioneer in brain plasticity and Emeritus Professor at the University of California at San Francisco. He was on the team that invented the cochlear implant and is cofounder of Posit Science, a company that provides brain training software clinically proven to improve cognitive performance.
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012
Innovations and Technologies for Responding to Global Climate Change: The Role of the Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Center (RVAC), South Africa
Kingsley Kwabena Ayisi, manager of the Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Center at the University of Limpopo, South Africa, will share the center's work to assist decision makers in identifying risk from climate change to enable planning for better resiliency in the future. He will also offer opportunities for collaboration with RVAC.
American Job Prospects in a Globalized World
Iowa State graduate Christine Romans is the host of Your Bottom Line, CNN's Saturday morning personal finance and lifestyle program. In addition, she reports on the economy, politics and international business for CNN's morning shows and is also regularly featured on CNN International. Technology, Globalization & Culture Series
Muslim Footprints in Iowa: The Story of Emir Abdelkader
How did a town in northeast Iowa - Elkader - come to be named after Emir Abdelkader in 1846? John Kiser, author of "Commander of the Faithful ... The Life and Times of Emir Abdelkader: A Story of True Jihad," will discuss the relevance of this warrior and scholar for today.
Post-Election Analysis
Candy Crowley, CNN's award-winning chief political correspondent, will discuss the the 2012 election results as the Fall 2012 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. Her talk is part of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women & Politics 20th Anniversary Celebration.
Wednesday, 14 Nov 2012
SusAg Colloquium
Farm Women and farm Sustainability: The Long View , Presenter: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Evaluating Student Writing and Speaking: Can Linguistics Help?
As a professor in Language Education at the University of British Columbia, Bernard Mohan worked extensively with immigrant learners in Vancouver's schools. He is a functional linguist well known for his pioneering work on language learning and content learning. Quentin Johnson Lecture in Linguistics
A Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
Mani Rao will present her translation of the "Bhagavad Gita," an ancient philosophical text central to modern Hinduism. The author of eight books of poetry, Mani Rao has twice been a visiting fellow at the Iowa International Writing Program and was the 2006 University of Iowa International Program's writer-in-residence.
Osborn Club Lecture
"Measuring the elusive: All you need to know about catching neutrinos in the Midwest," Mayly Sanchez, assistant professor of physics and astronomy. The lecture portion of Osborn Club meetings is open to the public.
Investing for All or Investing for Some: Should We Try to Develop All of Africa at Once?
Peter Orazem is University Professor of Economics at Iowa State. He recently authored four of the top fifteen strategies to improve education in the developing world cited by a panel of leading economists at the global Copenhagen Consensus 2012. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series.
Thursday, 15 Nov 2012
PhD Dissertation Seminar
Strategies For Recombinant Protein Production In Maize, Presenter: Xing Xu
Agronomy Seminars
Plumbing Crop Yield-Water Use Relationships, Presenter: Andy Lenssen, Department of Agronomy