Thursday, 02 Feb 2017
Lecture: Patagonia vice president Rick Ridgeway
"Good for the Business, Good for the Planet," Rick Ridgeway, vice president for engagement, Patagonia outerwear company. The Murray Bacon Center for Business Ethics Lecture.
Monday, 06 Feb 2017
Lecture: Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman
"Technological Entrepreneurship: A Key to World Peace and Prosperity," Dan Shechtman, ISU Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and research scientist at Ames Laboratory, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Mental Health at Iowa State: A Conversation
Join us for a discussion designed to raise mental health awareness and learn how different entities at Iowa State are working to provide support and education.
Thursday, 09 Feb 2017
Lecture: Linguist and cultural preservationist Daryl Baldwin
"Linking Language and Well-being from a Myaamia Perspective." Daryl Baldwin, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, is a linguist and scholar reviving the linguistic, cultural, and intellectual heritage of the Miami (Myaamia) nation. He directs The Myaamia Center, a unique tribal-academic partnership between The Miami University of Ohio and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
Monday, 13 Feb 2017
Lecture: Shaping Environmental Policy to Improve Water Quality & Environmental Health
Two distinguished alumni of the Iowa State Department of Economics return to campus to discuss policy options and incentives to improve water quality and environmental health in Iowa and the upper Midwest. Part of the yearlong Economics Forum.
Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017
Lecture: 'Ramble,' Walking and Visual Journaling
Mary Jones, professor of art and design at Grandview University, Des Moines, is a mixed-media artist, illustrator and printmaker who explores the creative potential of physically engaging with one's environment. She will discuss how walking well-trodden paths is like remembering in layers, and how this process of remembering is similar to the layers in her prints.
Hilton Chair Series Lecture: Strong Women and Men Live Well
"Nutrition and Exercise for Optimal Health" - Miriam Nelson, author of the bestselling book "Strong Women Stay Young," will discuss what foods you should eat to stay young and healthy as well as what types and how much exercise improves health.
Lecture: Redefining Global and National Security
Col. (Ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson was Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff from 2002 to 2005. He was also associate director of the State Department's policy planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard Haass. During his thirty-one years in the U.S. Army he served as Deputy Executive Officer to then-General Colin Powell when he commanded the U.S. Army Forces Command, and Special Assistant to General Powell when...
Thursday, 16 Feb 2017
Lecture: Engineers' Week Keynote Bisi Ezerioha
Bisi Ezerioha is a race car driver, high-performance engineer, and CEO of his own company, Bisimoto Engineering. He creates ridiculously fast cars and is credited with building the fastest Honda engines in the world.
Monday, 20 Feb 2017
Lecture: Reflections on Race, Racism and Racial Violence
"In the Shadow of Charleston - Reflections on Race, Racism and Racial Violence," Keisha Blain is co-editor of "The Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism and Racial Violence," a newly published overview of race relations, racial violence, and civil rights activism in the United States and other parts of the world.
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017
Lecture: It's the Economy
Adam Davidson is co-founder and host of NPR's "Planet Money" team, and recently joined The New Yorker as a contributing writer for business, technology and economics. Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture
Thursday, 23 Feb 2017
Lecture: Addiction and Art
Paul Cooley is a fine artist based in New York City who recently had work acquired by Iowa State University Museum’s Art on Campus Collection. After battling drug addiction and homelessness from a young age, he found an avenue of self-expression through the art.
Monday, 27 Feb 2017
Lecture: Seeds of a Sustainable Future
Colin Khoury is a research scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) headquartered in Cali, Colombia, and at the USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado. Khoury studies diversity in the crops people grow and eat worldwide and the implications of change in this diversity on human health and environmental sustainability. University Symposium on Sustainability keynote...
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017
Short Films & Panel Discussion: Millennials Empowering a Resilient Future
Part of the University Symposium on Sustainability.