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What is featured?

Monday, 17 Apr 2017

Lecture: G.I.'s and Jews after the Holocaust

Apr 17, 2017

7:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Kierra Crago-Schneider is a program officer at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Tuesday, 18 Apr 2017

Lecture: The History and Politics of Russian-American Hacking

Apr 18, 2017

7:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Fred Kaplan is a journalist who writes a national security column for Slate magazine, and has penned five books about American politics. His most recent book, Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War, chronicles the long history of hacking between the United States and Russia.

Wednesday, 19 Apr 2017

Freedom Sings: A Musical Celebration of the First Amendment

Apr 19, 2017

7:00 PM

Ames City Auditorium, 515 Clark Avenue

free

Lecture Series Arts, performances Lectures Student activities

Freedom Sings is a multimedia presentation featuring music that has been banned, censored or sounded a call for social change. A program of the First Amendment Center, Freedom Sings features live music, video and narration, and showcases hit songwriters, performers and Grammy Award winners.

Keynote: Sustainable Agriculture Symposium

Apr 19, 2017

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Live Green Student activities

"Strengthening the Sustainability of Agricultural Biodiversity," Karl Zimmerer, professor of environment and society, Pennsylvania State University.

Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

First Amendment Day Series Keynote: Glenn Smith

Apr 20, 2017

7:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

"Shining a light in darkness: The First Amendment and Community Journalism," Glenn Smith, special project editor at the Charleston, South Carolina, Post and Courier and a reporter on its Pulitzer Prize-winning series focused on domestic violence.

Friday, 21 Apr 2017

Lecture: MFA Program in Writing & the Environment Alumni Festival

Apr 21, 2017

5:00 PM

Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Avenue

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

"Home Voices," part of the Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series. Participants include Lauren Alleyne, Lindsay Tigue, Melissa Sevigny, and Lucas Southworth.