Monday, 28 Oct 2013
Open house: Symbi GK-12 program
Learn more about Iowa's GK-12 Program. Symbi fellows work collaboratively with a middle or high school science teacher to leverage research experiences as they develop innovative and engaging activities for the students.
Statistics Seminar
"Bayesian Influence Measures for Joint Models of Longitudinal and Survival Data," Joe Ibrahim, Director of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Health, Chapel Hill
Knitting Class
Learn the basics of knitting: cast-on, knit, purl, bind-off, rib stitch, increase and decrease techniques, pattern reading, gauge swatching, and picking up dropped stitches. Bring a pair of #7 or #8 single-point needles. Yarn will be provided.
At Home and Abroad
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. The author of more than two dozen books, Bill Bryson finds delight in the minutiae of travel and the subtleties of culture. He has chronicled everything from hiking the Appalachian Trail in A Walk in the Woods to his adventures Down Under In a Sunburned Country to his visit to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International.