Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013
Registration Begins for sophomores: Summer 2013, Fall 2013
First day of assigned Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 registration dates for students projected as sophomores. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and most Sundays.
VEISHEA BBQ Button and Merchandise Sale
Eat at the campus cookouts during VEISHEA week for free with a $5 button purchase.
Paper Marbling Demonstration
Charles It Shen Hwang received a Focus Grant this year for a paper marbling project. He will set up shop and hold a workshop and hands-on demonstration. See the techniques and then try them yourself and take home a sample of how floating colors can create images and pattern on paper.
Softball
Iowa State vs. Drake
Innovation Pitch Competition
Students in ISU's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Learning Community will host this 2nd annual competition among up to 35 student teams. The public is invited to attend (but only students may compete).
Focus Exhibits Reception
Want to see some of the best artwork around? Come to the Focus Exhibit Reception in the Memorial Union!
The Frog and the Snake: Buddhism and Violence
Michael Jerryson is the author of Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand. He looks at the intersections between identity and violence and the ways in which we associate religious identities with peace and violence.
Where Did It All Come From?
Cabinet of Curiosities exhibits wonderfully unique, odd, and bizarre objects from collections across campus. Exhibition Curator Allison Sheridan will talk briefly about how the objects were located, chosen, and placed into our exhibit of curios. She will be joined by Maggie Brandenburg, graduate student in Anthropology, who will talk about the importance of seemingly unusual objects in the study of primatology.
Zoobiquity: Connecting Health in Animals and Humans
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers coauthored Zoobiquity, a book that explores how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. Part of the College of Veterinary Medicine's One Health Lecture Series.
Kevin Judge, Bassoon Recital
Kevin Judge is a member of the Music faculty and teaches bassoon
Dalit Art: Visual Imagery and Caste Identity in India
Iowa State emeritus professor Gary Tartakov taught art history in the Department of Art and Design for twenty-two years. He will discuss his new book, Dalit Art and Visual Imagery, a study of contemporary Indian culture as it has been expressed through the images of the people the caste system has long labeled Untouchables. The group is now referred to more broadly as Dalits, or "oppressed."