Monday, 11 Feb 2013
W.H. Pierre Soil Science Lecture
Biophysical Processes Shaping Bacterial Life in Soils - An Unexplored Universe Under Our Feet | Presenter: Dr. Dani Or, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Osborn Club Lecture
"Companion Animals as Spontaneous Models for Human Cancers," Krysta Deitz, ISU Veterinary Clinical Sciences. The lecture portion of Osborn Club meetings is open to the public.
Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013
Solving the Energy and Climate Change Challenge
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is a distinguished scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics. As Secretary of Energy, he is charged with helping implement President Obama's agenda to invest in clean energy, reduce dependence on foreign oil and address the global climate crisis.
Climate Suffering: Responding to the Human Experience
Paul Wapner is Professor of Global Environmental Politics at the American University. He is the author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics. The 2012-13 Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences.
Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013
Plant Breeding Seminar
Rishi Sumit, TBA
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Mark Westgate, Details TBA
Soil Seminar
Ian van Wesenbeeck, "The Role of Soil in Environmental Quality - From Lithosphere to Troposphere"
The Architect's Shadow: David Leatherbarrow
David Leatherbarrow, professor and interim chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, will address the subject of "presence" by considering the work of a single figure--Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn (1924-2009), winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal. The 2013 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture.
Thursday, 14 Feb 2013
Brown Bag Lecture
"The Pop-Up Garden: Creating Space in Your Home Landscape," presented by Lisa Orgler, ISU Lecturer, Department of Horticulture