Monday, 18 Nov 2013
Seminar: Women's Leadership in Veterinary Medicine
"Sharing Solutions and Closing the Gap," Julie Kumble, Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts, and Donald Smith, DVM and dean emeritus, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
"The Asian Monsoon and its Links to Cenozoic Orogenesis and Global Climate Change" by Peter Clift, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Statistics Seminar
"Modeling of Some Data Sets in Continuous Space and Discrete Time", Juan Du, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
The Difficult Quest to Unravel the Secrets of the Tornado
Bill Gallus, an Iowa State meteorology professor and storm chaser, was on the team that pioneered development of Iowa State's tornado simulator, the first of its kind to create a moving tornado large enough to simulate the effects of a twister on different types of structures. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series.
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013
PhD Defense Seminar
Ph.D Defense Seminar The Influence of Propagation Method and Stand Age on the Performance of Miscanthus x giganteus in Iowa Presenter: Nicholas Boersma
Pharmageddon: The Rx Drug Crisis
Linda Kalin directs the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center, a partnership between UnityPoint Health and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She has over twenty-five years of experience in clinical toxicology and speaks frequently about the abuse of prescription drugs, including opioid painkillers and Adderall.
Satellites & Butterflies: Climate Change and Species Conservation in North America
Biologist Jeremy Kerr studies how biodiversity is changing as a consequence of climate change. His University of Ottawa lab recently launched the eButterfly Project, allowing scientists and the public across North America to monitor the numbers and migratory paths of butterflies, which are often viewed as indicators of environmental change. Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013
Lecture: Promoting Academic Integrity
Professor McCabe will give us a state-of-the-art review of current research dealing with academic integrity, honor codes, student cheating and student moral development.
Living as Transgender
Ellen (Ellie) Krug, the author of Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change, transitioned from male to female in 2009. National Transgender Day of Remembrance
Thursday, 21 Nov 2013
Iowa Energy Center Lecture Series: MidAmerican Energy Company's Commitment to Wind Energy in Iowa
Dean Crist, vice President of regulation at MidAmerican Energy Company, will present "MidAmerican Energy Company's Commitment to Wind Energy in Iowa" as part of the 2013 Iowa Energy Center's lecture series. RSVP by Nov. 13 to Denise Junod at djunod@iastate.edu. The lecture also is available as a webinar. See the URL above for webinar instructions. A reception will follow the presentation from 2-3 p.m.
MS in Plant Breeding Defense Seminar
MS in Plant Breeding Defense Seminar QTL Detection in a BC1-DH Population Using Multiple Exotic Donors Presenter: Fabienne Henriot
Agronomy Departmental Seminar
Darwinian Agriculture: How Understanding Evolution Can Improve Agriculture Dr. R. Ford Denison, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota