Thursday, 09 Feb 2017
Lecture: Linguist and cultural preservationist Daryl Baldwin
"Linking Language and Well-being from a Myaamia Perspective." Daryl Baldwin, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, is a linguist and scholar reviving the linguistic, cultural, and intellectual heritage of the Miami (Myaamia) nation. He directs The Myaamia Center, a unique tribal-academic partnership between The Miami University of Ohio and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
Friday, 10 Feb 2017
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Why earthquake hazard maps often fail: a challenge in natural hazard forecasting" by Dr. Seth Stein, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
CANCELED: The Smart Mandate: Ubiquitous Computing, Environment and 'Resilient Hope'
This lecture has been canceled due to a family health emergency. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern will discuss the relationship between "resilient hope"-- a managerial compulsion to anticipate and speculate upon disaster -- and "smart" infrastructure.
Monday, 13 Feb 2017
Lecture: Shaping Environmental Policy to Improve Water Quality & Environmental Health
Two distinguished alumni of the Iowa State Department of Economics return to campus to discuss policy options and incentives to improve water quality and environmental health in Iowa and the upper Midwest. Part of the yearlong Economics Forum.