Friday, 01 Mar 2019
Reception: Nancy Olson and Stephen Veysey
Nancy Olson, finance coordinator in the chemistry department, is leaving, and Stephen Veysey, chemistry instrument services manager, is retiring. A short program with remarks will begin at 2:30 pm.
Performance: Sense and Sensibility
In 18th-century England, the sudden death of Henry Dashwood leaves his daughters financially destitute and socially vulnerable. The sisters -- sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne -- must learn how to weather the ridiculous societal pressures of the time in order to find love and their place in this new world. A charming, new adaptation written by ISU alum Kerry Skram.
Saturday, 02 Mar 2019
Performance: Sense and Sensibility
In 18th-century England, the sudden death of Henry Dashwood leaves his daughters financially destitute and socially vulnerable. The sisters -- sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne -- must learn how to weather the ridiculous societal pressures of the time in order to find love and their place in this new world. A charming, new adaptation written by ISU alum Kerry Skram.
Sunday, 03 Mar 2019
Performance: Sense and Sensibility
In 18th-century England, the sudden death of Henry Dashwood leaves his daughters financially destitute and socially vulnerable. The sisters -- sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne -- must learn how to weather the ridiculous societal pressures of the time in order to find love and their place in this new world. A charming, new adaptation written by ISU alum Kerry Skram.
Monday, 04 Mar 2019
Accretion Disks: From Black Holes to Planets
Dr. Jacob B. Simon, University of Colorado
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2019
Sign of the Times: Sign Problems in Quantum Physics
Dr. Henry Lamm, University of Maryland
Friday, 08 Mar 2019
Conference: Canadian-American Relations in the Era of Nationalism and Populism
A conference analyzing the economic and political relationship between two important allies -- and a look at the road ahead -- is both timely and appropriate in this era of global uncertainty. Open to the public. A March 7 lecture (7 p.m., MU Sun Room), "Canada-U.S. Relations: Still Friends, Partners and Allies?" by Colin Robertson, precedes the conference.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"What can little faults tell us about big earthquakes" by Michele Cooke, UMass, Amherst, MA
Thursday, 14 Mar 2019
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Nucleon
Dr. Alexei Prokudin, Penn State University Berks
Thursday, 21 Mar 2019
Crossing Borders from Halo Nuclei to Cold Atoms: Universal Physics Embedding their Structure and Reactions
Tobias Frederico, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, Brasil
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019
Nuclear Matter at the Extremes: The Guts of the Proton and the Primordial Plasma
Dr. Matt Sievert, Rutgers University
Wednesday, 27 Mar 2019
Strange Quantum Matter without Electronic Quasiparticles
Dr. Debanjan Chowdhury, MIT
Thursday, 28 Mar 2019
Neutrino Cosmology - Weighing the Ghost Particle with the Universe
Dr. Elena Giusarma, Flatiron Institute, New York
Friday, 29 Mar 2019
Ready to Run Iowa
Ready to Run Iowa is a nonpartisan campaign training program to encourage women to run for elective office, position themselves for appointive office, work on a campaign or become involved in public life as leaders in their respective communities. Registration is required.
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 and join us for an evening under the stars!