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What is featured?

Thursday, 28 Mar 2013

Focus Grant Exhibit

Mar 28, 2013

All day

Pioneer Room, MU

FREE

Student Engagement

For more information, please folow the link above. This exhibit runs until the end of April.

Prairie Watercolors

Mar 28, 2013

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Reiman Gardens

See description

Reiman Gardens

In this four week class, learn to paint the prairie in luscious watercolor as honored artist and teacher Jo Myers-Walker shares her techniques for painting flowers, birds, and the lovely Iowa landscape.

Seminar: Bee Care Tour

Mar 28, 2013

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

0 (Gardens admission waived for seminar participants)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Conferences

National tour sponsored by Bayer Crop Science intended to foster education and collaboration among growers, beekeepers and researchers.

Farewell reception: Lisa Brasche

Mar 28, 2013

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

257 Building II, Applied Sciences Complex

free

College of Engineering Meetings, receptions

Lisa Brasche has served as associate director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation.

Library workshop: Finding Non-Government Research Funding

Mar 28, 2013

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

location provided at registration

free

University Library Training, development

Faculty and graduate students are invited to learn about non-government non-profits that fund research in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Registration is required; seating is limited.

Retirement reception: Pete Hoffman

Mar 28, 2013

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Kildee Hall atrium

free

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Meetings, receptions

Pete Hoffman is a professor in the animal science department. A short program will begin at 4 p.m.

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture

Mar 28, 2013

3:40 PM

207 Marston Hall

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"Haplotype Spectrum Reconstruction from NGS Data," Alexander Zelikovsky, Georgia State University.

Intermediate Mat Cutting

Mar 28, 2013

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union

ISU $20, Public $30 (includes supplies)

The Workspace Arts, performances Student activities

Learn two new matting varieties and look like a pro. First, learn to cut double mats to add another dimension to your artwork.

Agricultural Technology: Reflections on the Journey, Perspectives on the Future

Mar 28, 2013

7:00 PM

1148 Gerdin Business Building

free

Lecture Series Lectures

Jim Tobin is Vice President of Industry Affairs at Monsanto and a graduate of Iowa State. During his twenty-nine-year career with Monsanto he has served in various agricultural marketing and commercial development positions, working with Monsanto's seed, biotech and crop chemical customers and products. The Carl and Marjory Hertz Lecture on Emerging Issues in Agriculture.

Cyclone Cinema: This is 40!

Mar 28, 2013

7:00 PM

Carver Hall 101

FREE

Student Union Board Student activities

The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! This week we will be showing This is 40! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!

Oboe and Bassoon Recital

Mar 28, 2013

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Building

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances

Heather Peyton director of oboe Kevin Judge director of bassoon

Performance: A Streetcar Named Desire

Mar 28, 2013

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Fisher Theater, Ames, Lincoln Way and Beach Ave.

Adults $16, seniors 65 and up $14, students $8

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances Student activities

"A Streetcar Named Desire" is one of those rare scripts in the American theatre that has the same power and impact as when it first appeared almost 60 years ago. Blanche DuBois, a woman of refinement who lives in a dream world, visits her sister, Stella, and her brother-in-law, Stanley, in New Orleans. Stanley is a man of passion and instinct. The conflict between the two has the potential to destroy one or both of them.

Demons and Butterflies: Weather Predictability and Predictions

Mar 28, 2013

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Atmospheric scientist Richard Anthes is a former president of the American Meteorological Society and a leading spokesman on weather forecasting. His expertise includes hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. Sigma Xi Lecture Series

Cyclone Cinema: This is 40!

Mar 28, 2013

10:00 PM

Carver Hall 101

FREE

Student Union Board Student activities

The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! This week we will be showing This is 40! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!