Thursday, 12 Apr 2018
First Amendment Days: #Mosaic and photo booth
Help create a Hashtag Mosaic that showcases the five freedoms of the First Amendment, and show what the First Amendment means to you. Take a picture anywhere and post it to your public Instagram or Twitter account, using the hashtag #isufirst. Mosaic reveal is at 2 p.m. Planned as part of the First Amendment Days celebration.
Brown Bag: Nature at Noon
"Forces of Nature: Student Kinetic Art at Reiman Gardens." Get the inside scoop on a collaborative kinetic art installation at Reiman Gardens from ISU architecture faculty and students.
Lecture: Using Business as a Tool for Change
Three members of Patagonia's product development team have been selected as Guest Designers for The Fashion Show 2018 and will speak on the company's history and business practices, including the challenges of using sustainable materials in apparel manufacturing.
Lecture: Why the First Amendment Is Worth It
Paul Kix, a deputy editor at ESPN the Magazine and an alum of Iowa State's Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will discuss why 2018 is a critical year for celebrating and using the five freedoms of the First Amendment.
Friday, 13 Apr 2018
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Tectonic controls on sediment dispersal in the Western Cordilleran Foreland Basin, USA" by Dr. Andrew Hutsky, Univ of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
Monday, 16 Apr 2018
Rossmann Manatt Lecture
"Impact of egg consumption on hyperhomocysteinemia, an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease," Kevin Schalinske, professor of food science and human nutrition and winner of the Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development Award.
Lecture: Ethical Difficulty
"Why We Get Into Ethical Difficulty and How to Stop Ourselves," Marianne Jennings, professor of legal and ethical studies in the Department of Management at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business and one of the country's leading experts on business ethics.
Lecture: Into Purer Light
Internationally renowned figurative painter and illustrator Jeremy Caniglia, an ISU College of Design graduate, will speak about his experiences working with the figurative master Odd Nerdrum at the Nerdrum School in Norway, his new solo exhibition and the future of figurative painting.
Tuesday, 17 Apr 2018
Lecture: Science Fiction Writing
"Writing Science Fiction Thrillers in the Age of Climate Change," Paolo Bacigalupi, award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer and author of several popular dystopian novels for young adults, including "Ship Breaker."
Wednesday, 18 Apr 2018
Lecture: Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture
"Is Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture Possible?" Sieglinde Snapp, professor of soils and cropping systems ecology at Michigan State University. Snapp will discuss her work in Africa and the U.S. using agroecology as a framework for developing environmentally friendly, and farmer-relevant agricultural systems. Sustainable Agriculture Symposium Keynote
Thursday, 19 Apr 2018
Panel: Brown v. Board of Education
"Brown v. Board of Education: Then and Now." Attorneys Timothy Gartin, Hastings, Gartin & Boettger, and Hassane Muhammad, Justice Law Firm, to speak on the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. the Board of Education and how the legal landscape for public schools changed, then share what is happening in the educational legal arena today.
Lecture: Where Is U.S. Foreign Policy Headed?
Stephen Walt is Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a former academic dean. Phi Beta Kappa Lecture