Monday, 17 Apr 2023
Monday Monologues series
Ballroom Dance Club members will demonstrate several dances from recent competitions. The club offers weekly beginner lessons before its meeting each Monday. The club hosts a large free group beginner lesson on Wednesday evenings that is open to anyone. Rain location: first floor, Grant Wood mural lobby.
Tuesday, 18 Apr 2023
Leveling the Playing Field in Digital Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are the workhorse of testing new treatments with regards to evaluating the effect they have on health outcomes. The era of digital medicine and the explosion of decentralized studies as a result of the pandemic is a reminder that there is always room for innovation, however, we must simultaneously harness this innovation to address the healthy divide experienced by so many of our communities.
The Farmer's Lawyer: The Fight to Save the Family Farm
A Pearl Hogrefe Lecture Sarah Vogel is an attorney, advocate, and author of The Farmerââ'¬â"¢s Lawyer, a memoir about her landmark class action lawsuit, Coleman v. Block. Vogel brought the historic case against the federal government on behalf of 240,000 family farmers facing foreclosure during the 1980s farm crisis.
Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023
Lecture: A Humorous Guide to Financial Success
Featured everywhere from NPR and PBS to the Moth Radio Hour and Reader's Digest, Colin Ryan is a comedic financial speaker, author, and an award-winning storyteller. He is dedicated to helping talented educators, experts, leaders and public figures become unforgettable communicators. Part of Financial Literacy Month programming.
Thursday, 20 Apr 2023
Ignite Your Spark
Speaker: Magan Lewis, Ph.D. More details to come.
How are We Approaching Cancer Treatment? From Cyclops Sheep to Vaccines
Amy Andreotti, University Professor in the biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, will deliver the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Spring Dean's Lecture. Andreotti, a biochemist with expertise in structural biology and immune cell signaling, will highlight three stories that illustrate how scientists and physicians are devising new approaches to specific types of cancers.
Film and discussion: Tik Tok Boom
The 2022 film TikTok Boom is a documentary that explores the ways in which members of ethnic minorities have been affected, and often marginalized, by this social media phenomenon. Novotny Lawrence focuses his research on film studies, blaxploitation cinema, race, media, and popular culture. He has a joint appointment between the Greenlee School of Journalism and the English Department. Free snacks will be provided.