Thursday, 02 Nov 2023
Can You Fix the U.S. National Debt?
Can you balance the U.S. budget and fix the national debt? Presented by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Debt Fixer tool explores the budget tradeoffs needed to set a sustainable course for our country. Committee policy experts will walk through each section of the federal budget--from Education to Defense to Social Security--as you work to balance the budget, while also funding the programs and choices you believe in.
Fixing the National Debt: A Non-Partisan Challenge for Gen Z
Join two Gen Z staff members from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget to explore how they are educating and working with Congress and the public in a nonpartisan manner to improve the federal budget process. Gen Z will have to make crucial budget decisions such as whether to keep funding the military at its current level and if they want to keep Social Security how to make solvent beyond 2034.
Thursday, 09 Nov 2023
Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future
It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Porder will discuss how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental building blocks of life to alter the climate, and with it, the trajectory of life on Earth in the past, present, and future. He will highlight human's similarities to, and differences from, our world changing predecessors. Finally,...
Monday, 13 Nov 2023
The Right to Repair: Reclaiming the Things We Own
Aaron Perzanowski is the inaugural Thomas W. Lacchia Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches and writes about the intersection of intellectual and personal property law. Much of his work explores the notion of ownership in the digital economy. His books include The End of Ownership, co-authored with Jason Schultz (MIT Press, 2016), and The Right to Repair (Cambridge University Press, 2022). His current...
Wednesday, 15 Nov 2023
Celebrate America Recycles Day
America Recycles Day is celebrated on November 15. It is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States. Stop by the University Library to talk trash, discuss recycling and learn all about efforts toward a zero waste campus at Iowa State University. Take part all day in social media challenges and be entered into a prize drawing.