Monday, 03 Oct 2016
Entomology Seminar
"Invasive insects: small aliens, giant impacts," Martin Hauser, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch.
Tuesday, 04 Oct 2016
Book sale
An annual fundraiser for the United Way of Story County. The sale will feature more than 300 items, including used books, CDs and DVDs.
Wednesday, 05 Oct 2016
Book sale
An annual fundraiser for the United Way of Story County. The sale will feature more than 300 items, including used books, CDs and DVDs.
Nutritional Sciences Council lecture series
"Beans and Colon Cancer Prevention," Maurice Bennink, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Thursday, 06 Oct 2016
Increasing Awareness of Disease Effects on Grain Quality and Yields
Alison Roberts Iowa State University Plant Pathology and Extension
Saturday, 08 Oct 2016
Fourth annual Bacon Expo
Along with innovative bacon treats, attendees will enjoy live entertainment and educational displays about the pork industry.
Monday, 10 Oct 2016
Sustainability Lecture Series
"Climate-Smart Soils: Bringing Pie in the Sky Down to Earth," Keith Paustian of Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. A 4:30 p.m. reception will follow in the Agronomy Hall commons (second floor).
Entomology Seminar
"Designing habitat to support pollinators and pollination service: from algorithms to implementation," Neal Williams, University of California - Davis, Department of Entomology & Nematology. Co-sponsored by EEB and EEOB.
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2016
Pizza lunch fundraiser
A United Way fundraising event for the departments of entomology and natural resource ecology and management.
Thursday, 13 Oct 2016
Entomology Seminar
"Bee and ant social evolution," Tim Linksvayer, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology.
Strategies to Improve Forage and Pasture-Based Production Systems
Carlos Castillo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Crop Science Department.
Monday, 17 Oct 2016
Entomology Seminar
"Extension entomology adapting to changing needs," Ric Bessin, University of Kentucky, Department of Entomology. The Harold Gunderson Memorial Lecture.
Thursday, 20 Oct 2016
Digital Soil Mapping for Iowa
Bradley Miller, Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy.
Friday, 21 Oct 2016
Retirement reception: John Miranowski
Professor emeritus of economics John Miranowski is retiring after 31 years of service to the university. A program will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Monday, 24 Oct 2016
Entomology Seminar
"Using plant and insect viruses against insect vectors of plant pathogens," Bryce Falk, University of California - Davis, Department of Plant Pathology. Co-sponsored by plant pathology.
Tuesday, 25 Oct 2016
David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture
"Managing the Evolution of Weed Adaptations," Marie Jasieniuk, professor and plant biologist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California-Davis. A reception in the Agronomy Hall commons will follow the lecture.
Thursday, 27 Oct 2016
Understanding and Adapting Soybean to Global Changes
Carl Bernacchi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Plant Biology Department.
Monday, 31 Oct 2016
Entomology Seminar
"Landscape ecology of aphids and their natural enemies - connecting scales and functional importance of different land cover types," Marina Jankovic, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology.