Thursday, 06 Oct 2016
Increasing Awareness of Disease Effects on Grain Quality and Yields
Alison Roberts Iowa State University Plant Pathology and Extension
Toward a Digital Design Practice of Landscape Architecture
Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann, co-authors of "Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-Conceptualising Design and Making" (Routledge, 2016), will speak about the book and their work. Part of the Department of Landscape Architecture Lecture Series.
Grant Wood's Murals: Inspiration for the Common Threads III Exhibition
Join Nancy Gebhart, University Museums visual literacy and learning educator, for a gallery talk on the Parks Library's Grant Wood murals "When Tillage Begins" and "Other Arts Follow," which served as inspiration for the work in the "Common Threads III" exhibition on display in the College of Design's Design on Main Gallery in downtown Ames.
Lecture: A Conversation with Black Alumni
"How We Got Here: Challenges & Achievements" - African American alums will have an honest discussion about the challenges they faced at Iowa State as well as describe the support they received and the sense of community they were able to develop that led to their achievements on campus and in their careers. Participants: Modupe Labode, Keecha Harris, Mohamed Omer.