Thursday, 27 Oct 2016
Registration begins for juniors: Spring 2017
First day of assigned Spring 2017 registration dates for students projected as juniors. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday, and most Sundays
Homecoming: Food on Campus
Lunch catered by Jeff's Pizza.
Workshop: Jumpstart Learning in Your Course with Streaming Videos
Have you been reserving the same DVD for your course year after year? In this 30-minute workshop, Susan Vega-Garcia, Associate Professor, Parks Library, will help you discover hundreds of licensed streaming videos freely available through library subscriptions and how to embed them in your course to support student learning.
Lecture: Global climate change
"Global Climate Change: The Race for Solutions," Gene Takle, ISU agronomy and geological and atmospheric sciences. A 2:30 p.m. social time precedes the talk, which is open to the public.
Topological Kondo insulators and Topological Crystalline Kondo Insulators
Kai Sun, University of Michigan
Understanding and Adapting Soybean to Global Changes
Carl Bernacchi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Plant Biology Department.
Walk-In Craft: Felted Zombies
Everyone is DYING to try needle felting! Using wool roving and specialty needles, you will create adorable 3D brain eaters.
Cyclone Cinema: Ghostbusters (2016)
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Homecoming: Movie Night
"Halloweentown." Refreshments and popcorn will be provided.
Lecture: The Age of Internet Trolls
Joel Stein, author of the recent TIME magazine cover story "Why We're Losing the Internet to a Culture of Hate," will discuss how trolling on the Internet is infecting our real-life interactions, including politics. National Affairs Series