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Sunday, 01 Nov 2015

Lecture: A Storied Life of Art

Nov 01, 2015

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Brunnier Art Museum, 295 Scheman

Free

University Museums Arts, performances Lectures

Jane Gilmor is a storyteller and her distinctive intermedia art installations or performances are how she tells her stories. She began her art career as a student at Iowa State and has gone on to have a significant impact on the arts of Iowa and nationally.

Monday, 02 Nov 2015

Seminar: Interdepartmental genetics

Nov 02, 2015

12:00 PM

2025 College of Veterinary Medicine

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"Human Manganese Neurotoxicity in the New Millennium," Brad Racette, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Statistics Seminar

Nov 02, 2015

4:10 PM - 5:00 PM

Snedecor 3105

Free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"A Ballooned Beta-Logistic Model with a Bioassay Application," Nancy Flournoy, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia

Wednesday, 04 Nov 2015

Lecture: Growing the Midwest Garden

Nov 04, 2015

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

$20-$25

Reiman Gardens Lectures

"More than Prairie: Garden Design." Join Reiman Gardens' Director Ed Lyon for a 6-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: The Money of Invention & the Future of Entrepreneurship

Nov 04, 2015

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School and a recognized leader on innovation, the economy, and job creation. Economics Forum Series

Thursday, 05 Nov 2015

Lecture & performance: Joseph FireCrow

Nov 05, 2015

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

"Native Stories and Flute Music of the Great Plains" - Joseph FireCrow is an accomplished Native American flute player and Grammy Award-winning musician.

Friday, 06 Nov 2015

Lighter, Faster, Stronger: Sporting Goods Product Design

Nov 06, 2015

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

130 Design

free

College of Design Lectures

Betsy Barnhart, assistant professor of industrial design, will talk about her research investigating the complex challenge of providing sports protective equipment that doesn't inhibit performance on the field.

Saturday, 07 Nov 2015

Lecture and reception: Simon Estes

Nov 07, 2015

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

175 Scheman Building

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances Lectures

International opera star Simon Estes will share his experiences singing the role of Sarastro in "The Magic Flute" on the world's great opera stages. Estes is an Iowa native and ISU artist-in-residence. The reception and lecture (6:30 p.m.) precede ISU music and theater's collaborative production of "The Magic Flute" at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Theater.

Monday, 09 Nov 2015

Iowa Caucus exhibit and resource fair

Nov 09, 2015

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

South Ballroom, Memorial Union

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

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

Nov 09, 2015

4:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Special events Student activities

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

Nov 09, 2015

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

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

Nov 09, 2015

6:00 PM

atrium, Hach Hall

free

Groups, governance Lectures

"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

Nov 09, 2015

8:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Special events

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

Nov 10, 2015

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pioneer Room, Memorial Union

free

Groups, governance Lectures Training, development

"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

Nov 10, 2015

4:10 PM - 5:15 PM

2050 Agronomy

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"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

Nov 10, 2015

7:00 PM

Campanile Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Live Green Student activities

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

Nov 10, 2015

Nov 10, 2015 - Nov 10, 2015

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

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

Nov 11, 2015

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

$20-$25

Reiman Gardens Lectures

"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

Nov 11, 2015

7:00 PM

Gallery, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

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

Nov 12, 2015

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

$0-$8

Reiman Gardens Lectures

"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

Nov 12, 2015

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

208 Carver Hall

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

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?

Nov 12, 2015

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Live Green Student activities

"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

Nov 12, 2015

7:30 PM

Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building, Iowa State Center

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

"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

Nov 13, 2015

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

2004 Black Engineering

free

Academic Affairs Diversity Lectures

"The Role of Social Contextual Factors," Delia Saenz, professor of psychology, Arizona State University. Refreshments provided.

Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences

Nov 13, 2015

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

257 Science I

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"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

Nov 13, 2015

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

130 Design

free

College of Design Lectures

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

Nov 13, 2015

6:30 PM

ISU Planetarium, Physics Hall

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

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!

Monday, 16 Nov 2015

Statistics Seminar

Nov 16, 2015

4:10 PM - 5:00 PM

Snedecor 3105

Free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lectures

"Bayesian Screening for Group Differences in High-Throughput Data", Eric Lock, Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Lecture: Atheist Voter Initiative & the Patient's Right To Know Act

Nov 16, 2015

7:00 PM

Cardinal Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Special events

Amanda Knief is the acting Legal Counsel and Public Policy Advisor for the American Atheists. She will discuss the Patient's Right To Know Act, proposed legislation that would require health care providers to disclose to patients any treatments or services that are legally available but that the provider chooses not to provide because of religious or philosophical beliefs.

Lecture: Democracy at Work, A Cure for Capitalism

Nov 16, 2015

8:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Richard Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the global economic crisis.