Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024
Seminar: Vascular tissue-mediated molecular responses to low phosphorus
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Cankui Zhang, associate professor in interdisciplinary life science at Purdue University, discuss research into the responses to low phosphorus environments and potential strategies for production crops with increased phosphorus uptake efficiency.
Impacts of Transitioning to a Green(er) Economy
Simon Gilchrist is a professor of economics at New York University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research interests relate to monetary economics and applied macroeconomics. Much of his research focusses on the consequences of financial market turmoil and its impact on real economic activity, with particular focus on the implications for investment behavior, business-cycle dynamics, and the conduct...
Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024
Civil Conversations About Democracy? We Need to Talk
Following a brief introduction about their new book, Raising America: Building a More Perfect Union, former ISU professor Charles R. Kniker and former high school English teacher and current minister Dianne Prichard will discuss ways individuals and groups can hold meaningful conversations about today’s political situations. Responding in a question/answer format, they, along with V. V. Raman, a distinguished physicist and philosopher,...
Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
The History of Presidential Debates, 1960-Present
One of the rituals of American democracy is quadrennial debates between the Democratic and Republican nominees for president. Yet this particular tradition did not evolve until 1960 and was almost not repeated. This lecture will cover the history of presidential debates and what we’ve seen so far in the 2024 election season.