Monday, 09 Nov 2015
Iowa Caucus exhibit and resource fair
The State Historical Society of Iowa's "First in the Nation" traveling exhibit on the Iowa Caucuses will be on display, along with an excerpt from IPTV's documentary on the Iowa Caucuses. The League of Women Voters will offer voter registration (2-6 p.m.) and a resource fair will be held (5:15-6 p.m.). Part of the Catt Center's caucus education series of activities.
Workshop: How to Participate in the Iowa Caucuses
Iowa Caucus Education Workshop - The 75-minute workshop will include an overview of the Iowa Caucus process, an explanation of the Republican and Democratic Party caucuses, and a mock caucus.
Workshop: Iowa Caucus Education
Guest speakers will talk about the importance of the Iowa Caucuses and explain the Republican Party caucus process and the Democratic Party caucus process. Following these presentations, members of the Republican and Democratic parties will lead mock caucuses for the workshop participants. Part of the Catt Center's caucus education series of activities.
Osborn Club Lecture
"Mesmerization and Magnificence of Magnetism," by Bruce Harmon, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of physics and astronomy. The lecture portion of the Osborn Club's monthly gathering is open to the public.
Lecture: The Plight of Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth
Ryan Berg, author of "No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, & Other Transgressions," will talk about his work as a counselor with LGBTQ teenagers in foster care, especially those who are about to age out of the child welfare system.
Tuesday, 10 Nov 2015
P&S Council Seminar Series
"Overview of 2016 Benefits," Ed Holland, benefits coordinator, university human resources. The seminar will be webcast live and archived for later viewing.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Recovery Disparities among Housing Types, Evidence from Hurricane Ike," Sara Hamideh, ISU community and regional planning. A 3:30 p.m. reception precedes the seminar.
Lecture: Poems of Environmental & Social Justice
Jane Satterfield and Ned Balbo will read from their poetry, which engages personal and public history through an awareness of the challenges that shape our contemporary moment.
Lecture: Censorship and the New Puritans on Campus
David French is a staff writer at National Review and an attorney concentrating his practice in constitutional law.
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2015
Lecture: Growing the Midwest Garden
"Giving the Garden Life: Trees and Shrubs." Join Reiman Gardens' Director Ed Lyon for a six-week series that augments his book by the same title released this May. Each presentation addresses practical gardening applicable to novice and experienced gardeners alike.
Lecture: Piracy of the Rich and Poor along the East Africa Coast
Abdi Ismail Samatar is a distinguished Africanist scholar, an elected member of the African Academy of Sciences, and an Iowa State alumnus.
Thursday, 12 Nov 2015
Brown Bag Lecture
"Holiday Decorating" presented by Sandy Gossman of the Ames Garden Club. Bring your lunch to the Gardens and enjoy an education program with a new topic presented by regional professionals and lecturers.
Women's and Gender Studies series
Q&A with Amy Slagell, Liberal Arts and Sciences associate dean, and Joanne Powell-Coffman, ISU genetics, development and cell biology. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Documentary & Discussion: What Matters?
"What Matters?"is a feature-length documentary about three friends, two idealistic Christians and one skeptic Atheist, attempting to live in extreme poverty - on $1.25 a day - across three continents (87 min). A discussion and Q&A will follow the film.
Lecture: Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics
"The Global Tide of Women Rising," - Kathleen Parker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post, for which she writes a nationally syndicated column twice weekly on politics and culture.
Friday, 13 Nov 2015
Interactive lecture: Building an Inclusive Environment
"The Role of Social Contextual Factors," Delia Saenz, professor of psychology, Arizona State University. Refreshments provided.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"N cycling in Palouse soils: Storage and loss pathways suggested by nitrate stable isotopes," Kent Keller, Washington State University, Pullman.
CANCELED: Wild School: Participation Post-Occupancy and the Problems of Assessment in Sustainable Design
Andrea Wheeler, assistant professor of architecture, will share results of a Big 12 Faculty Fellowship award at the University of Texas at Austin, during which she examined problems of assessment in the field of sustainable architecture. She takes a critical, feminist approach to exploring what it might mean to design a sustainable school environment while attending to ecological belonging. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
Planetarium Show: Cosmic Recycling
Are you curious about space? Do you wonder about what you can see in the night sky? If so, bring your questions and come to the ISU Planetarium and join us for an evening under the stars!