Friday, 05 Apr 2019
Public meeting: Plant Sciences Institute advisory board
The public meeting features presentations by ISU faculty, including: Dan Nettleton (statistics), Lizhi Wang (industrial and manufacturing systems engineering), Dermot Hayes (economics), Trevor Nolan (genetics, development and cell biology), Eddy Yeh (PSI), Baskar Ganapathysubramanian (mechanical engineering), Ludovico Cademartiri (materials science and engineering) and Thomas Lubberstedt (agronomy).
Saturday, 06 Apr 2019
Student Conference: Transforming Gender and Society
Presentations will include original research, creative work, pedagogy, activism and thematic pieces. Speakers are Martino Harmon, senior vice president for student affairs, and Katy Jaekel, Assistant Professor, department of counseling, adult and higher education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Friday, 12 Apr 2019
First Amendment Workshop
Expert training for First Amendment champions. Open to students, media advisers, teachers, faculty and administrators, librarians, media professionals and community activists. The workshop is free, but registration is required. Space is limited. More info. Part of the First Amendment Days celebration.
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019
Iowa International Outreach Symposium
Presenters will offer information about activities that are positively impacting rural livelihood in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Rockefeller Foundation's YieldWise Initiative, ISU's Uganda Program and Engineers without Borders' student chapter program in Ghana's upper west region. Networking forums also will be offered, featuring collaboration opportunities with organizations. Registration is free.