Monday, 09 Jan 2012
Statistics Seminar
"Computer Model Calibration with High and Low Fidelity Model Output for Spatio-Temporal Data", William Kleiber, NCAR IMAGe, Boulder, Colorado
Osborn Club Lecture
"Metal Compounds for Synthetic Chemistry and Energy-Related Catalysis," Aaron Sadow, ISU chemistry and U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. The lecture is open to the public.
Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012
Carillon Concert
"Let Freedom Ring," a carillon concert in honor of Dr. King, with Dr. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series.
Thursday, 12 Jan 2012
Brown Bag Lecture
Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Friday, 13 Jan 2012
Statistics Seminar
"Assessing the Effect of Organ Transplantation on the Distribution of Residual Lifetime", David Vock, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
Statistics Seminar
"Envelope Models and Methods", Zhihua (Sophia) Su, University of Minnesota, School of Statistics, Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration
President Steven Leath will provide opening remarks and welcome musical performances by Shy of a Dozen in celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. King. Birthday cake graciously donated by Campus Dining Services.
Monday, 23 Jan 2012
Statistics Seminar
"Generalized Functional Linear Models with Semiparametric Single-Index Interactions," Yehua Li, Department of Statistics,University of Georgia, Athens
New Deal Ruins: The Dismantling of Public Housing in the U.S.
Over the past 20 years, nearly a quarter-million public housing units have been demolished in cities across the United States. Some are rebuilt as part of mixed-income, mixed-finance developments, but most are permanently lost. Edward G. Goetz, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Urban and Regional Planning, will describe the scope and nature of the effort and implications for public-housing residents and inner-city neighborhoods.
Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012
Lecture: Ugandan Children of War
Photographer Mary Chind and Dr. Neil Mandsager will discuss their visit to Uganda with ChildVoice International. The organization works to rehabilitate children traumatized by war, including former child soldiers, children orphaned by war, and those left destitute by rebel activity. The talk accompanies the Mary Chind's photography exhibit, Silent No More: Ugandan Children of War.
Uganda: ChildVoice International
Photographer Mary Chind and Dr. Neil Mandsager will discuss their visit to Uganda with ChildVoice International. The organization works to rehabilitate children traumatized by war, including former child soldiers, children orphaned by war and those left destitute by rebel activity.
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012
Statistics Seminar
"Sparse Matrix Graphical Models," Cheng Yong Tang, Department of Statistics & Applied Provbability, National University of Singapore
Thursday, 26 Jan 2012
Someone Had to Make Them: Why Not Me?
Esther Shimazu is a ceramic artist from Honolulu, Hawaii, who is best known for stoneware sculptures of bald, nude, chunky Asian women constructed with hand-building techniques. While often playful in appearance, the work also explores deeper issues of race, gender and beauty.
Artist Lecture: Recomposing the Grant Wood Murals
"Working Over Wood." Jennifer Drinkwater discusses her recent project to reinterpret and recompose the original nine panels designed by Grant Wood for the Parks Library mural "When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow."
Documentary and discussion: Black American Gothic
"Black American Gothic" is a documentary film about urban migration from Chicago to Iowa City. Independent filmmaker Carla Wilson tells the story through the experience of Iowa City residents, old and new, and looks specifically at how changing demographics in the community have affected low-income housing, public schools, and law enforcement. A discussion will follow the 50-min film. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series.
Saturday, 28 Jan 2012
Leadership on the Big Screen
Delatorro L. McNeal is a bestselling author, career coach, entrepreneur and a finalist for Business Journal's Young Minority Business Person of the Year. His books include "Caught between a Dream and a Job: How to Leave the 9-to-5 Behind and Step into the Life You've Always Wanted." Iowa State Leadership Experience (ISLE) Conference Keynote.
Monday, 30 Jan 2012
Seminar: Computational Biomodeling and Systems Biology Overview
Jesse Walsh, ISU BCB graduate student, will talk about the applications, approaches and challenges of biomodeling and systems biology.
Memoir of an Integration Baby: On the Road to Tomorrow
Mark Morrison-Reed is the author of In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby. In this frank and personal account of growing up black during the era of the civil rights movement, he wrestles with racism, the death of Martin Luther King, black radicalism, his interracial family, and serving as one of the first black Unitarian Universalist ministers. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series