Sunday, 17 Feb 2013
Lecture: Veritas Forum
"The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life," Dr. Os Guinness. Guinness is an author, social critic and former senior fellow of the EastWest Instititute in New York City.
Monday, 18 Feb 2013
Panel: Women Pursuing Professional Careers
Three panelists share how they have handled the pressures and problems of balancing a career and family. Part of the Women in STEM Series
It Takes a Family to Raise a Village
Jennifer Roback Morse is the founder and president of the Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage, and Senior Research Fellow in Economics at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.
CakeLove: Find Your Passion, Follow Your Calling
Warren Brown, former host of the Food Network's Sugar Rush, is the owner of CakeLove and the Love Café and author of three cookbooks. Brown left his job as an attorney for the federal government to start his bakery in 2002. He speaks about business development and finding one's passion.
Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013
Plant Breeding Seminar
MarÃÂa B. Mantilla Pérez, Association Mapping for Grain Quality in a Diverse Sorghum Collection
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Max Viatori,"Fisheries in Latin American."
Soil Seminar
Robert Ewing,"Infinity in a grain of sand"
Thursday, 21 Feb 2013
CANCELED: Computer Science Distinguished Lecture
Canceled due to inclement weather. "The Semantic Web, or There and Back Again," Tim Finn, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Friday, 22 Feb 2013
Computationally Engineered Plant Seminar Series
Crop Growth and Development Modeling: Framework and Applications to Breeding for Drought Tolerance, Dr. Charlie Messina
The Other California: An Anatomy of Consensus and Consent
Erica Kohl-Arenas, an assistant professor in the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy at The New School, New York City, will address the shortcomings of consensus-based "creative capitalism" for resolving inequality and poverty, using a large-scale philanthropic initiative in farmworker communities in California's Central Valley as a case study.
Rossmann Manatt Lecture
"Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Public Safety Personnel: Is It the Job or the Doughnuts?" Warren Franke, professor of kinesiology and director of The Exercise Clinic at ISU.
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 7 pm 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.