Thursday, 11 Oct 2018
Caterpillar Club
Join us this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a nature-based theme.
Voices from Ellis Island
From 1890 to 1930, Ellis Island was the first experience of life in America for millions of immigrants. First and second class passengers who arrived in New York Harbor were not required to undergo the inspection process at Ellis Island. However, the process was far different for "steerage" or third class passengers; they were transported from the pier by ferry to Ellis Island where they underwent medical and legal inspections.
Brown Bag: Nature at Noon - Social Movement through Art
Bring your lunch to learn from Nancy Gebhart of University Museums about the new and socially relevant ReACT Gallery in Morrill Hall. Attend each month and experience a new topic presented by local and regional professionals and lecturers.
Lunch and Learn: Money Management
A money management workshop for undergraduate and graduate students. The lunch-and-learn includes an introduction to the basics of student loans, the repayment process and how loan borrowing and other financial decisions may affect personal credit. Attendees will be entered into the drawing to win a $2,500 scholarship. Presented by the Student Loan Education Office.
True Colors Walk-in Craft
National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBTQIA awareness day observed on October 11. Celebrate with us by making a throwback craft - a Perler bead keychain - brought to modern day by using colors from the flag with which you identify, including Allies.
Workshop, Flexible Faculty Policies: Why They Matter, How They Work
This workshop will focus on the flexible faculty policies available that help foster the continued success of our faculty. Policies to be covered include part-time tenure track, extension of the tenure clock, arrival of a child and how the Faculty Modified Duties Assignment policy can be of assistance, as well as how these intersect with other HR policies and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Register online.
CALS Study Abroad Fair
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Study Abroad Fair offers a variety of resources, including information about programs and financial aid.
Refugee Stories at Iowa State
Each work of art in the exhibition Unpacked: Refugee Baggage is a chance for viewers to better empathize and come to understand the struggles of individuals, to eliminate the stigma, and to truly see the people who carry the stamp of refugee. ISU faculty, staff, and students will share their own personal narratives on the refugee experience, allowing their lived experiences to further understanding, empathy, and inclusion at Iowa State.
Understanding Today's Landscape of Iowa Farmland by Corby Fichter of Farm Credit Services
As a leader and a lender who is employed by one of the largest agricultural lenders in Iowa, Farm Credit Services of America, Corby Fichter, would like to share many facts and facets of our Iowa farmland landscape. He will talk about the factors that drive investors and owner/operators to purchase land. He will talk about land ownership trends and how agricultural cycles help determine land values and return on investment.
Structure-properties relationship in transition metal-phosphorus clathrates
Kirill Kovnir, Iowa State University Department of Chemistry
Stained Glass Class
Create a small panel using an array of beautifully colored glass.
Cyclone Cinema
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that's about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinosaurs, while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.
ISU Symphony Orchestra
Talented ISU student musicians will play the music of some of your favorite composers.
Divide and Conquer: Stopping Cancer One Cell at a Time - Robbyn Anand
Personalized medicine may be the key to curing cancer, and Iowa State Assistant Professor of Chemistry Robbyn Anand is helping pave the way. Advanced technologies can now discriminate minute differences between cancer cells in a patient, allowing physicians to determine the best therapy or combined therapies to eradicate all the various types of cancer cells present. Unfortunately, the high cost of the required instrumentation remains a...
Cyclone Cinema
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that's about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinosaurs, while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.