Thursday, 01 Mar 2018
SEMINAR: "Integrated Breeding Platform Demo"
Jean-Marcel Ribaut - Integrated Breeding Platform
R.F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium - Communications workshop
This additional aspect of the R.F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium will feature a session on Science Communication and Interviewing Skills.
Entomology Seminar
"Codiversification and community assembly of a plant-insect brood pollination mutualism in the Asia-Pacific region," David Hembry, University of Arizona.
Lecture: Physical Activity Promotion in Underserved Populations
Scherezade Mama is an assistant professor at Penn State University whose research focuses on physical activity and health promotion among underserved and vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, low-income populations, and rural residents.
Friday, 02 Mar 2018
ISCORE Keynote: Susana Munoz
Susana Munoz is an assistant professor of higher education in the School of Education at Colorado State University and co-director of its Higher Education Leadership Program.
Weaving to Inform: Using Craft to Convey Socially Critical Data
Kim Mirus will share her work as a weaver, educator and craftsperson. She currently weaves work about a variety of environmental and social issues, preserving a traditional craft while providing an approachable way to interest others in discussing complex issues.
Astronomy Seminar
Novel Detectors for Highly Efficient Hanbury Brown - Twiss Astronomy (Dr. Bernhard Adams, Incom, Inc. and University of Chicago)
Planetarium Show: Multi-Messenger Astronomy
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 and join us for an evening under the stars!
Wednesday, 07 Mar 2018
Entomology Seminar
"How to promote beneficial insects in agriculture," Riccardo Bommarco, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Lecture: Data science careers
"Stats, Machine Learning and the Data Science Career," Gabriela de Queiroz, data scientist and founder of R-Ladies Global. She'll talk about her journey from majoring in statistics to a career in data science.
Lecture: Launched by Disruption
Alan Amling, vice president at UPS Corporate Strategy, leads UPS's Global On-Demand Manufacturing initiative, helping global companies leverage 3D printing to take time, cost and carbon out of their supply chain.
Lecture: WORKac: We'll Get There When We Cross That Bridge
Dan Wood, FAIA, a founding partner of WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) in New York City, will trace his 15 years of collaboration with co-founder Amale Andraos in the 2018 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture at Iowa State.
Panel discussion: Coding Design / Designing Code
Coding, long an activity relegated to the software engineer, has become a ubiquitous creative and transformative force. Join researchers, scientists and designers for a discussion on both how code is designed and how code is used as a design tool. Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Symposium
Lecture: Why Leadership Equity and Diversity Matters
Iyabo Onipede works with corporate executives, academic professionals and social justice leaders to identify and develop leadership skills.
Thursday, 08 Mar 2018
Brown Bag: Dance/Movement Therapy
Nature at Noon series. Learn about the many benefits of dance and movement for mind, body, and soul from Board-Certified Movement Therapist and Reiman Gardens' esteemed instructor Camilla Kottman.
Lecture: Data science careers
"Community & Leadership in R," Gabriela de Queiroz, data scientist and founder of R-Ladies Global. She will share her experience being an R user and becoming part of the R open source community, as well has how her desire to share her experiences with others and to develop a more inclusive community led to the creation of R-Ladies.
Lecture: What's So Bad about Jesus?
Hector Avalos, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State, will speak on the topic of his book The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics.
Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018
Workshop: Sustainable Garden Resources
What does it mean to practice "sustainable gardening"? What is the background behind the native versus ornamental debate? What are the best ways to handle pests and diseases without affecting human, animal and plant health?
Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018
Documentary and discussion: Wasted, A Story of Food Waste
"Wasted! A Story of Food Waste." The documentary shows how influential chefs from around the world transform scraps of food into savory dishes. Following the movie, Lynn Pritchard, co-owner of Table 128 Bistro & Bar, will give a brief talk about how his restaurant handles food waste. The 2017-18 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series.
Ronald Lecture in Environmental Conservation
"The Dead Zone: Will Shrimp and Corn Chowder Survive?" Nancy N. Rabalais is the Shell Oil Endowed Chair in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. She leads Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium/Louisiana State University's annual survey of the Gulf hypoxic zone.
Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018
SEMINAR: "Nitrogen and potassium interaction in long term continuous corn"
Jackson (Jake) Hirniak
SEMINAR: "The GMO Controversy"
Kate Creasey - Grow More Foundation
Thursday, 22 Mar 2018
Lecture: Paranormalcy
Photographer Christopher Schneberger (Columbia College, Chicago) builds entire worlds in his art, creating narrative series filled with otherworldly characters. Using photographic technologies from the antiquated to the futuristic, he weaves together fact and fiction into immersive experiences. Bringing his traveling 3-D theater to the College of Design, Schneberger will show his work and discuss how he creates his complex illusions.
Lecture: Science and Environmental Decision-making
Rosina Bierbaum is a professor and former dean at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. She will discuss her research and career working at the interface of environmental science and policy.
Friday, 23 Mar 2018
Entomology Seminar
"Lessons from a long-term regional survey of singing insects," Carl Strang, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.
Lecture: Literally Weaving
Marianne Fairbanks, an assistant professor in the design studies department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will outline the three distinct yet intersecting threads of her practice, including her solo work, her research into emerging textile technology and a community-based project.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"A Plastic Formulation of Rate and State Dependent Friction: Emergence of Slip Transients and Earthquakes" by Dr. Luc Lavier, Univ of Texas, Austin, TA
Astronomy Seminar
Effects of Extragalactic Orbiting Bodies on Galactic Disk Evolution - (Alexander Criswell, Iowa State University)
Planetarium Show: Our Solar System and Exoplanets
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 and join us for an evening under the stars!