Monday, 12 Jan 2015
Fermilab Nus: NOvA and ELBNF, the Current and Future Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Program
Jonathan Paley Argonne National Laboratory
Statistics Seminar
"intRo: Statistical Analysis Software for Teaching", Eric Hare and Andee Kaplan, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames
Wednesday, 14 Jan 2015
Reception: 2015 "Women Impacting ISU" calendar unveiling
The 12 women featured in the calendar will be recognized.
Neutrino Road Trip: Searching for Lepton CP Violation
Laura Fields Northwestern University
Thursday, 15 Jan 2015
Noise and Competition in Gene Expression: The Biophysics of Cellular Inconveniences
Robert Brewster California Institute of Technology
Friday, 16 Jan 2015
Astronomy Seminar
Adventures in Citizen Science (Dr. Charles Kerton, Iowa State University)
Madrigal Dinner 50th Anniversary
The 50th annual Madrigal Dinner, presented by the music department. As the guests dine by the illumination of candlelight, they will be royally entertained by the ISU Singers, The Music Men, Musica Antiqua, and the ISU Orchesis II Dancers. Social hour precedes the 6:30 p.m. dinner.
Saturday, 17 Jan 2015
Madrigal Dinner 50th Anniversary (SOLD OUT)
The 50th annual Madrigal Dinner, presented by the music department. As the guests dine by the illumination of candlelight, they will be royally entertained by the ISU Singers, The Music Men, Musica Antiqua, and the ISU Orchesis II Dancers. Social hour precedes the 6:30 p.m. dinner.
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2015
Using Kaons to Unlock the Secrets of the Neutrino
Joshua Spitz MIT
Wednesday, 21 Jan 2015
Workshop: UNIX
The workshop will cover navigation through directories, basic file manipulation, basic search tools, basic shell scripting and related material. No UNIX experience is necessary.
Thursday, 22 Jan 2015
Imaging Charge Flow along Bacterial Proteins Reveals a Novel Mechanism of Biological Electron Transport
Nikhil Malvankar University of Massachusetts
Friday, 23 Jan 2015
Workshop: UNIX
The workshop will cover more advanced search tools, regular expressions, awk and more advanced bash scripting with conditionals and loops. A follow-up to the Jan. 21 workshop.
Astronomy Seminar
Pre and post equinox activity (Steve Kawaler, Iowa State University)
Special Colloquium (and Astronomy Seminar)
The Smallest and the Biggest: Neutrinos and the Matter Dominated Universe (Dr. Asher Kaboth, Imperial College, London)
The Smallest and the Biggest: Neutrinos and the Matter Dominated Universe
Asher Kaboth Imperial College, London
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. The first show, starting at 6:30 p.m. will be 20 minutes and for kids. Shows at 7 and 7:30 p.m. and are suitable for all ages. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:15 p.m. Seating is limited. Weather permitting there will be an outdoor observing session after the last show.
Monday, 26 Jan 2015
Molecular Motors: From Mechanics to Disease
George Shubeita The University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, 27 Jan 2015
Innovating at the Forefront of Precision Neutrino Oscillation Physics
Jonathan Asaadi Syracuse University
Wednesday, 28 Jan 2015
Lepton Pair Production in Heavy Ion Collisions with a Non Perturbative Approach
Guangyao Chen, Iowa State University
Thursday, 29 Jan 2015
Examining the Mechanics of Microtubule Networks
Scott Forth The Rockefeller University
Friday, 30 Jan 2015
Workshop: Python
No programming or UNIX background is required, but knowledge of UNIX may be helpful. The workshop is intended to provide a fundamental understanding of the Python programming language for practical use in research including building algorithms, Python syntax, conditionals, loops, functions and more.