Monday, 03 Apr 2006
2006 Democratic Gubernatorial Forum
Iowa State University Political Science Club will host a forum with Michael Blouin, Chet Culver, Ed Fallon, and Sal Mohamed. Dirk Deam, Political Science Department, will moderate.
Tuesday, 04 Apr 2006
Early Learning Standards & Quality Rating Systems: The Effect on Programs & Classroom Practices
Helen Raikes will discuss what states are doing when implementing standards indicators and quality rating systems; what states are learning about readiness; and the impact of early learning standards on classroom practices and implications for preparing teachers.Her work at The Gallup Organization and the University of Nebraska has focused on child care, infants and toddlers and indicators of child well-being. She has a doctorate from Iowa State University. This is sponsored by the Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Early Childhood Lecture Series Endowment and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
The Interplay of Music and Physics - Laurie McNeil
Why do musical instruments make the sounds that they do, and not others? Why are some combinations of sounds considered pleasing, while others are not? Physicists and mathematicians have pondered these questions for thousands of years, and the answers are fundamentally simple but practically complex. The close connection between music and physics will be explored in this presentation, from both the scientist's and the musician's perspective. Laurie McNeil is Chair and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina. She received her doctorate in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Wednesday, 05 Apr 2006
Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series - Joseph Nye
Joseph Nye joined the Harvard faculty in 1964 and became Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1995. Nye has served in three government agencies, most recently as chairman of the National Intelligence Council and as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs between 1993 and 1995. He was awarded the Intelligence Community's Distinguished Service Medal for both positions. He has served as a director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a member of the advisory committee of the Institute of International Economics, and the American representative on the United Nations Advisory Committee on Disarmament Affairs. Nye has authored numerous books, including Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (2004), and has published policy articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.
Restoration of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly on Iowa Prairies - Dianne Debinski
Dianne Debinski and her students have initiated efforts to reintroduce Speyeria idalia (Regal Fritillary), a declining prairie endemic butterfly, to a reconstructed prairie at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, near Prairie City, Iowa.
Thursday, 06 Apr 2006
Interrogative Design - Krzysztof Wodiczko
Krzysztof Wodiczko is professor of architecture and visual studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, he is also director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, which provides a teaching and research environment encouraging collaborations among artists, scientists and technologists. He is one of the leading artists of our time, producing artwork which meaningfully integrates digital media, designed objects, and computer technology. He has authored Critical Vehicles: Writings, Projects, Interviews (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999) and Public Address: Krzysztof Wodiczko (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1992). Part of the 22nd National Conference on the Beginning Design Student.
Reinventing African Economies: Technological Innovation and the Sustainability Transition - Calestous Juma
2006 Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture - Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard's John F Kennedy School of Government. He also coordinated the United Nations Millennium Project's Task Force on Science and Technology and Innovation, and is a former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological...
The Concert Hall that Fell Asleep and Woke Up as a Car Radio - Libby Larsen
Libby Larsen is a composer and musician. She will discuss innovations in transportation and communications have had central and essential influence on how our culture at large perceives classical music, including how radio and recordings have shaped our perceptions, our standards of quality, our attention spans.
Comedy! Comedy! Comedy! with Bobby Lee
Bobby Lee is a comedian and actor who has appeared in Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle and as a regular on FOX's MAD TV. He has also performed on NBC's Friday Night Videos, Comedy Central's Make Me Laugh, Showtime's Latino Laugh Festival, and Galavision's Funny is Funny, as well as in commercials for Maxwell House Coffee and IBM. Please note: ADULT CONTENT.