Tuesday, 14 Sep 2010
Workshop: Floral Design Series
"Garden Style Arrangements"
Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010
OLLI at ISU Members-only Lecture
Lecture for OLLI at ISU members only. "Information Technology and the Future," by George Strawn, Associate Professor of Compouter Science; Director of Computation Center, ISU.
Mid-West Mechanics Seminar
"Size Dependence of Strength of Metals," presented by William Nix, Stanford University. This is part of the Mid-West Mechanics Seminars series.
Film and discussion: "Can't Go Native"
Ames native and Iowa State alum L. Keith Brown will discuss his documentary Can't Go Native, which captures contemporary rural life in Shinjo, Japan. David Plath, the film's producer, will join Brown for a discussion after the screening.
Thursday, 16 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"Approaches for Resolving Fluorescence Excited States from Single Cytometric Events," Jessica Houston, New Mexico State University.
Teenager at Alcatraz
"Teenager at Alcatraz: The Clarence Carnes Story." Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw, was the youngest man ever sent to The Rock, and was a key player in the historic Battle of Alcatraz, when armed prisoners seized control. Native American storyteller Tim Tingle recounts Carnes's story based on several hours of recorded interviews with an elderly prison inmate who accompanied Carnes on his Oklahoma crime spree.
An Engineering Approach to Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases
"An Engineering Approach to Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases," Chih-Ming Ho, director of the Center for Cell Control, an NIH Nanomedicine Roadmap Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research offers an engineering approach to determining optimal drug cocktails for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series.
Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense
"Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense," Pico Iyer. One of our most respected observers of our changing world, Iyer is the author of nine books about cultures converging. Part of the World Affairs Series.
Friday, 17 Sep 2010
Reiman Entrepreneur Forum
Avello Bioenergy co-founders Anthony J.S. Pollard, Jared Brown and Cody Ellens will tell their story. The Iowa-based company uses fast pyrolysis to produce low-carbon products (bioasphalt, boiler fuel, biochar) from renewable biomass resources. This event is free and open to the public.
Virtual Reality Experience
Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center will be showing off its 3-D technology during its "Virtual Reality Experience." The tour is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.
Saturday, 18 Sep 2010
Performance: Comedy on the Edge
"Comedy on the Edge," Reggie Watts. Watts is far from your traditional stand-up comedian, with an act -- and a head of hair -- that defies audience expectations.