Monday, 26 Oct 2015
Lecture: Engaging Art for Justice
Artist Rebecca Berru Davis discusses her work with Peruvian women artists who live in the shantytowns outside of Lima. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series
Lecture: Privacy and Confidentiality in an Era of Big Data
Presented by Stephen Fienberg, Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
Tuesday, 27 Oct 2015
Seminar: Forest Service in Transition
"Toward a Natural Forest: The Forest Service in Transition," Jim Furnish. A 1968 ISU alum, Furnish is a consulting forester in the Washington D.C. area. He served with the USDA Forest Service for 34 years. His book and seminar discuss the evolution of Forest Service management and policy from an environmental perspective.
Lecture: "The Cove" Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos
Louie Psihoyos won an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove. His new documentary, Racing Extinction, premiered at Sundance in 2015. World Affairs Series
Wednesday, 28 Oct 2015
Future of Healthy Families Lecture: Frank Furstenberg
Attend the Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. This series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field. Reception will follow.
Watch Party & Discussion: Republican Presidential Debate
Join your Iowa State friends and colleagues to watch the Republican presidential candidates for 120 exciting minutes of political debate!
Thursday, 29 Oct 2015
Lecture: Parietal-Frontal Networks for Specific Actions in Primates
Dr. Jon Kaas is a Distinguished Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Celebrated Speaker Series: Christina Salwitz
"Decorating with Fine Foliage: Confessions of a Foliage-a-Holic," Christina Salwitz, horticultural guidance counselor and photojournalist in the Fairwood neighborhood of Renton, Washington.
Friday, 30 Oct 2015
Thinking Wrong, Doing Right: Design for Social Impact
Ryan Clifford, assistant professor of graphic design, will talk about his interrelated professional practice, teaching and research interests in project-based interdisciplinary collaborative design for social change; applied design thinking and rapid ideation; and creative placemaking in community-based design. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.