Tuesday, 08 Sep 2015
Documentary & Discussion: Sex Trafficking in the USA
The first episode of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's new documentary, A Path Appears. A discussion will follow the 84-minute film. National Affairs Series.
Wednesday, 09 Sep 2015
Panel Discussion: The U.S. Supreme Court on Free Speech, Obamacare, Same-Sex Marriage, and Lethal Injections
Panelists discuss recent Supreme Court rulings. Constitution Day event and part of the National Affairs Series
Friday, 11 Sep 2015
Lecture: Architecture for the Public - A Global Practice
Jill Lerner, FAIA, a principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, will speak about the global design firm's work, her path as an architect, her role at KPF and her leadership in the profession at large. Part of the Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series and Architecture Premiere 15 celebration.
Town Hall Meeting with Senator Rand Paul
Since 1987, the Presidential Caucus Series has provided students, faculty, and community members with an opportunity to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses. No tickets required.
Monday, 14 Sep 2015
Lecture: Nicholas Kristof
World Affairs Series Keynote: "Why We Should Care About the World and Want to Change It." Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times.
Tuesday, 15 Sep 2015
Lecture: The Encyclical of Pope Francis on Ecology
Anne Clifford, Msgr. James A. Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State, will examine Pope Francis's encyclical letter on ecology in anticipation of his visit to the United States. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series
Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015
Lecture: Future of Healthy Families - Ross Parke, Hilton Endowed Chair
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Lecture: The Dating Doctor
"Finding Relationships with Confidence, Happiness and Respect" - Relationship expert David Coleman has been speaking on college campuses for more than twenty years about the complexities of dating, relationships, romance and sex.
Thursday, 17 Sep 2015
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and Political Science
"Countering Myths About Vaccines: Are Facts the Answer?" Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Nyhan will discuss how motivated reasoning can make people vulnerable to misinformation about controversial topics in medicine like vaccines. A reception precedes his seminar at 12:40 p.m.
Lecture: Agronomy Seminar Series - Ronald Phillips
Ron Phillips, Regents Professor Emeritus and former McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics, University of Minnesota, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and widely regarded as one of the trailblazers in agricultural biotechnology.
Science in an Age of Doubters & Deniers
Carl Zimmer is the author of 12 books about science and a columnist at the New York Times. He reports from the frontiers of biology where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in Conflict.
Friday, 18 Sep 2015
Disparities in Housing Recovery: Evidence from Galveston, Texas
Sara Hamideh, assistant professor of community and regional planning, will talk about planning for mitigation of and long-term recovery following natural and human-caused disasters. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and Immunobiology Graduate Program
"Human Intestinal Epithelial Response to Gastrointestinal Virus Infection Using Enteroids," Sarah Blutt, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Blutt will discuss her research on Enteroids model human rotavirus infection in the small intestine. Refreshments will be provided.
Sunday, 20 Sep 2015
Documentary & Discussion: Haze
The documentary HAZE examines the severity of college binge drinking and hazing through graphic images filmed at campus parties, during emergency medical calls, and from police files.
Monday, 21 Sep 2015
Lecture: Catch Me If You Can
Frank Abagnale, a former con artist whose crimes inspired the memoir and movie Catch Me If You Can, is one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, and secure documents. Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture Series
Tuesday, 22 Sep 2015
Town Hall Meeting with Rick Santorum - Presidential Caucus Series
Since 1987, the Presidential Caucus Series has provided students, faculty, and community members with an opportunity to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses. No tickets required.
Thursday, 24 Sep 2015
Women's and Gender Studies series
"The Men of Hooterville: Rural Masculinity on the Small Screen," Margaret Weber, ISU history. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Student Debt Forum
A discussion focused on how Iowa State students can better manage student and personal debt will follow a screening of the film "Default: The Student Loan Documentary" (27 min). Part of the Ethics of Debt Symposium
Friday, 25 Sep 2015
Home-Buying Decision and Location Choice
Youngme Seo, assistant professor of community and regional planning/real estate development, will talk about property location and values. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
Planetarium Show: Backyard 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!
Monday, 28 Sep 2015
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and Immunobiology Graduate Program
"Tissue Resident Memory CD8 T Cells: Location and Function," David Masopust, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Masopust will discuss the relationships among T cell location, function, differentiation and immunological protection, with particular emphasis on mucosal responses and vaccine applications. Refreshments will be provided.
Statistics Seminar
"Robust mixed-eects model for clustered failure time data: application to Huntington's disease event measures," Yanyuan Ma, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Lecture: 100 Voices Leading for Change
Iowa State graduate Onalie Ariyabandhu discusses the United Nations Population Fund's social change initiative to combat gender-based violence in Sri Lanka.
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2015
The Presidential Campaign: A Search for Meaning
"What Does It Take to Win the Iowa Presidential Caucuses?" - Juju Chang is an Emmy award-winning coanchor for ABC's Nightline and reports regularly for Good Morning America and 20/20.
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2015
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"Second-Generation Ethanol and Colombian Biofuels," Carlos Grateron and Luis Enrique Prado, USDA Foreign Ag Services Cochran Fellows.
Future of Healthy Families Lecture: Velma McBride Murry
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.