Tuesday, 12 Sep 2023
Training: Organic practice standards
This all-day training will provide a review of organic opportunities offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service's EQIP and CSP programs, as well as information on the new 823 Organic Management Practice Standard. Lunch will be provided. Come ready to learn about all the NRCS opportunities which exist for organic farmers. Registration (required) is free and open to the public.
Thursday, 14 Sep 2023
Poetry and Conflict Resolution
Poet and theologian, Padraig O Tuama's work centers around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. Working fluently on the page and with groups of people, Padraig is a skilled speaker, teacher and group worker. His work has won acclaim in circles of poetry, politics, religion, psychotherapy and conflict analysis. In this lecture, he will explore conflict resolution through the lens of contemporary poetry.
Friday, 15 Sep 2023
Why They Come
This talk will explore why immigrants are crossing our southern border. Contrary to popular belief, it is not in search of a better life or to take advantage of U.S. generosity. This immigration crisis is a product of foreign colonialist policies which began in the 1840s. Dr. Miguel De La Torre serves as professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023
Do Rivers Have Rhythm? Describing the Energetic Regimes of Flowing Waters
Freshwater scientists asked the deceptively simple question: Are there river biomes? We wanted to understand if there were characteristic rhythms of productivity and respiration in river ecosystems. This talk will explore the answers after taking the "pulse" of hundreds of rivers through the StreamPULSE project. Emily S. Bernhardt, PhD. is the James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry and current Chair of the Department of Biology at Duke...
Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023
When a Dream Dies: Iowa's Experience of the Farm Crisis of the 1980s
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg is Distinguished Professor of History at ISU, and a Fellow of the Agricultural History Society. Her lecture, based on her book of the same title, will explore the trauma the people of Iowa faced in the 1980s when two-thirds of its farmers were in distress, and half of those were in imminent danger of foreclosure.