Monday, 01 Feb 2016
Town Hall Meeting with Martin O'Malley
Since 1987, the Presidential Caucus Series has provided students, faculty, and community members with an opportunity to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses. No tickets required.
Statistics Seminar
Multiple Testing with Heterogeneous Multinomial Distributions, Joshua Habiger, Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2016
Panel Discussion: Iowa Caucuses 2016
"Iowa Caucuses 2016: What happened and What's Next?" Panelists include Steffen Schmidt, ISU political science; Dianne Bystrom, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics; and David Andersen, ISU political science. The panel will analyze the results of caucus night and project the implications for the 2016 campaign season for democrats and republicans.
"Paths to feeding the world through plant breeding"
Plant Breeding Seminar Dr. Walter Suza ISU Agronomy
Wednesday, 03 Feb 2016
Living Building Challenge 3.0: Daniel Huard
Daniel Huard, a sustainable design and regenerative development specialist, will talk about the Living Building Challenge 3.0, which calls for the creation of building projects that operate "as elegantly and efficiently as a flower" based on seven performance categories called "petals."
Thursday, 04 Feb 2016
Lecture: Finding Your Path in the Shifting Scientific Workforce
Kendall Powell discusses the tough realities and statistics facing students and postdocs as they enter the scientific workforce and, specifically, the evolution of postdoctoral scholars in the United States.
Documentary & Discussion: Homeless Teens & the Struggle to Stay in School
Screening of "The Homestretch," which follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and make the crucial transition to independence when the structure of school vanishes.
Friday, 05 Feb 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The Detailed Structure of Tornadoes Observed during VORTEX2 and Oklahoma" by Dr. Roger Wakimoto, Assistant Director for the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Geosciences
Planetarium Show: Solar System Astronomy
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, 08 Feb 2016
Statistics Seminar
Prediction and Inference with Missing Data in Patient Alert Systems, Curtis Storlie, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Osborn Club Lecture
Diane Birt, Distinguished Professor of food science and human nutrition, will present "Diet and Cancer: A Body of Research Leading to National Academy Membership." The lecture portion of the program is open to the public following the member social.
Lecture: My Holocaust Story
"A Message of Determination, Perseverance, Faith and Hope," Marion Blumenthal Lazan. Lazan provides a moving firsthand account of the Blumenthal family's life in Germany from the events preceding Kristallnacht to imprisonment in concentration camps, including Bergen-Belsen, to liberation in April 1945.
Tuesday, 09 Feb 2016
Veritas Forum: Mercy and Injustice in American Prisons
Alex Tuckness is a professor and Director of Graduate Education in the Department of Political Science at Iowa State, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Lecture: The Art of Climate Change
"The Arctic Cycle: The Art of Climate Change," Chantal Bilodeau. Bilodeau is a playwright and the Artistic Director of The Arctic Cycle, an organization created to support the writing, development and production of eight plays that examine the impact of climate change on the eight countries of the Arctic. Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016
Reception and Lecture: The Future of Green Infrastructure: Jeffrey L. Bruce
Award-winning landscape architect Jeffrey L. Bruce will speak about emerging green design technologies beginning at 6 p.m. in the auditorium. A reception with pizza will precede the lecture at 5:20 p.m. in the Lightfoot Forum. Part of the ISU Landscape Architecture Lecture Series.
Landscape Lecture Series
"The Future of Green Infrastructure," Jeffrey Bruce, FASLA. A 5:20 p.m. pizza reception in the atrium precedes the event. Presented by the (Ab)Terris, graduate student landscape architecture club.
Thursday, 11 Feb 2016
Lecture: Social Justice, Public Service and the Search for a Life That Matters
Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series Keynote. Wes Moore is a combat veteran, Rhodes Scholar, White House fellow and the author of two books: "The Other Wes Moore" and "The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters."
Friday, 12 Feb 2016
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"Hydrologic Recovery with Prairie Reconstruction at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa" by Dr. Keith Schilling, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Lecture: Spherical Paintings and the Art of Optical Illusion
Artist Dick Termes will discuss his unique spherical paintings known as Termespheres and the interconnection between math, science and art. Donald Benson Memorial Lecture in Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Monday, 15 Feb 2016
Statistics Seminar
Bayesian sparse reduced rank multivariate regression, Gyuhyeong Goh, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan
Veritas Forum: Toleration and Justice in a Broken World
Alex Tuckness is a professor and Director of Graduate Education in the Department of Political Science at Iowa State, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Lecture: Game Design and Why It Matters
James Portnow is perhaps best known for writing Extra Credits, a web series that explores topics in games and the gaming industry. He is a game designer and consultant known for his theories on socially positive design.
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016
Women's and Gender Studies series
"Letting Gendered Spaces Go: Striving for Gender and Nature Balance Through Bonding in Disney's Frozen and Maleficent," Sarah Chase, ISU English. Part of a series of informal, brown-bag lunch symposiums.
Wednesday, 17 Feb 2016
Lecture: Imagine a World without America
Dinesh D'Souza has had a 25-year career as a writer, scholar and public intellectual. He is a former policy analyst in the Reagan White House and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Thursday, 18 Feb 2016
Lecture: The All-But-Forgotten Christian Virtue of Delight
"Re-Enchanting the Academy: The All-But-Forgotten Christian Virtue of Delight," Kevin Corcoran. Corcoran is a professor of philosophy at Calvin College, will explore how cultivating virtues of delight and gratitude enables each of us to re-enchant the world in the act of ordinary living.
Panel discussion: Black women as activists
"Sister, Sister: Black Women as Activists in Civil Rights and Social Justice Movements Today," Natasha Croom, ISU School of Education; Lorraine Acker, Margaret Sloss Women's Center; and Audrey Kennis, ISU Design.
Monday, 22 Feb 2016
Film & Discussion: Who Speaks for Islam?
A panel discussion will follow a screening of the 55-minute documentary "Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think."
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2016
Data-Driven Science Distinguished Lecture
"Harnessing Big Data to Build Resilient Communities," Sallie Keller, Virginia Tech University.
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016
Future of Healthy Families Lecture: Gregory Duncan
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.
Lecture: Andrea's Voice, Silenced by Bulimia
Eating Disorder and Body Image Awareness Week Speaker Andrea Smeltzer died in her sleep at the age of 19 after a one-year struggle with bulimia. Andrea's parents, Tom and Doris Smeltzer, now devote their time to eating disorder prevention through Andrea's Voice Foundation.