Monday, 27 Feb 2017
Lecture: Seeds of a Sustainable Future
Colin Khoury is a research scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) headquartered in Cali, Colombia, and at the USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado. Khoury studies diversity in the crops people grow and eat worldwide and the implications of change in this diversity on human health and environmental sustainability. University Symposium on Sustainability keynote...
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017
Plant Breeding Seminar Series
Construction and potential applications of engineered minichromosomes in plants by Jim Birchler from the University of Missouri
Short Films & Panel Discussion: Millennials Empowering a Resilient Future
Part of the University Symposium on Sustainability.
Wednesday, 01 Mar 2017
Soil Science Seminar Series
Evapotranspiration partitioning in a desert vineyard by Dr. Deliana Kool, Iowa State University
Lecture: Eating Disorders Simplified
Eating Disorder and Body Image Awareness Week speaker Buck Runyan is executive director for Remuda Ranch at the Meadows eating disorders critical care units and in-patient, residential programs.
Thursday, 02 Mar 2017
Lecture: Using Exercise to Treat Depression
2016-17 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series. James Blumenthal, a clinical psychologist at the Duke University Medical Center, will discuss the relationship of exercise and physical activity to mental health.
LAS Dean's Lecture: Robyn Lutz
"Programming Molecules in the Age of Nanotechnology," Robyn Lutz, ISU computer science.
Friday, 03 Mar 2017
Lecture: ISCORE Keynote Address
Lakota Harden (Minnecoujou/Yankton Lakota and HoChunk) is an orator, activist, community organizer, workshop facilitator and poet. The daughter of seven generations of Lakota leaders, she has dedicated her life to social justice.
Candidate Presentation: Landscape Architecture Chair Finalist Thomas Oslund
Thomas Oslund is a finalist for the position of chair of the ISU Department of Landscape Architecture. He currently is the principal and design director of Oslund and Associates, a professional design firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He will give a public presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.