Monday, 14 Oct 2013
International seminar
Featured speakers are Agus Pakpahan, chair of the Commission for the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, who will present "Sustainability, Opportunities and Challenges in Indonesia." Adam Kighoma Malima, a Tanzanian politician and member of parliament since 2010, will speak about "The Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Agricultural Sector in Tanzania."
Statistics Seminar
"A workbench based approach for repeatable experiments in software", Shashi K. Gadia, Computer Science Department, Iowa State University, Ames
Photoshop Class
Explore the basic tools of Photoshop. This class will be a slowly paced, step-by-step, follow-along class for the raw beginner. Get a handle on the basic functionality of this complicated program including: layers, cropping, filters, brushes, text and shapes. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with Photoshop CS3 or higher. Otherwise, you are welcome to sit in and take notes.
Intermediate Metal Clay: Natural Agate with Copper Setting Class
Create a stunning pendant that features a natural agate set in copper. Learn to calculate shrinkage and design a metal clay setting with a bezel and prongs. Learn which natural stones can be fired in a kiln and which stones must be set after firing. If you have already taken a metal clay class, you are ready for this project.
Scientific Discovery and the Fight to End Global Hunger
Marc Van Montagu, Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley are joint recipients of the 2013 World Food Prize for their research and achievements in agricultural biotechnology. Norman E. Borlaug Lecture