Tuesday, 03 Sep 2024
Seminar: Illumination of root morphogenesis via predictive phenomics
Join this Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Dior Kelley, asssitant professor in Genetics, Development and Cell Biology at Iowa State University, discuss a novel "proteotype" approach that leverages proteometics data to discover proteins that underpin plant phenotypes. This research is expanding genetic understanding of plant growth in response to molecular cues and generating large-scale phenomic datasets.
Thursday, 05 Sep 2024
Watergate 50 Years Later: What Have We Learned?
President Richard Nixon resigned as president of the United States on August 9, 1974, after the House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment again him. The charges stemmed from Nixon's actions to cover up his administration's involvement in the 1972 burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The political and public pressure forced Nixon to leave...
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024
Seminar: Vascular tissue-mediated molecular responses to low phosphorus
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Cankui Zhang, associate professor in interdisciplinary life science at Purdue University, discuss research into the responses to low phosphorus environments and potential strategies for production crops with increased phosphorus uptake efficiency.
Impacts of Transitioning to a Green(er) Economy
Simon Gilchrist is a professor of economics at New York University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research interests relate to monetary economics and applied macroeconomics. Much of his research focusses on the consequences of financial market turmoil and its impact on real economic activity, with particular focus on the implications for investment behavior, business-cycle dynamics, and the conduct...
Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024
Civil Conversations About Democracy? We Need to Talk
Following a brief introduction about their new book, Raising America: Building a More Perfect Union, former ISU professor Charles R. Kniker and former high school English teacher and current minister Dianne Prichard will discuss ways individuals and groups can hold meaningful conversations about today’s political situations. Responding in a question/answer format, they, along with V. V. Raman, a distinguished physicist and philosopher,...
Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
The History of Presidential Debates, 1960-Present
One of the rituals of American democracy is quadrennial debates between the Democratic and Republican nominees for president. Yet this particular tradition did not evolve until 1960 and was almost not repeated. This lecture will cover the history of presidential debates and what we’ve seen so far in the 2024 election season.
Monday, 16 Sep 2024
Lecture: Challenges and Opportunities of a Shared Society Campus
A panel of distinguished faculty and administrators from Western Galilee College in Israel will discuss the processes of building a shared society in the region and at the college, and the challenges and opportunities that accompany working across religious and ethnic differences. Organized by the ISU Jewish Employee Network.
All the Letters: Understanding LGBTQIA+ Identities and Experiences in 2024
Robyn Ochs is a US-based speaker, grassroots activist, and editor of Bi Women Quarterly and two anthologies: the 42-country collection Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World and RECOGNIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men. An advocate for the rights of people of ALL orientations and genders to live safely, openly and with full access and opportunity, Robyn’s work focuses on increasing awareness and understanding of complex...
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2024
Seminar: Communication is key - regulation of maize ear development by receptor signaling complexes
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Penelope Lindsay, postdoctoral fellow in the Jackson Lab at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, discuss research to better understand how meristems are regulated and target key signaling components to alter maize ear architecture to impact yield-related traits.
Crying on the Camino
Crying on the Camino is an original one-woman show conceived at the Wynn Handman Studios in New York City. This is a true account of an 11 day, 200-mile trek along Spain’s Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrim path leading to the Cathedral of the Santiago de Compostela in Northwest Spain. Each year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world walk or bike various routes to reach this final destination. This show chronicles...
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024
Getting Bi: Challenging Biphobia and Bi Erasure and Creating a Culture of Inclusion
What does it mean to identify as bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, etc.)? What are the challenges to recognizing and understanding bisexuality and other non-binary sexualitiesâ€"the largest yet often-overlooked segment of the LGBTQ+ community? No matter how you identify, come to this engaging and interactive program if you could use some tools for challenging ignorance, biphobia, and bi erasure and finding bi+ joy. Robyn Ochs is a...
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024
Free Fall Lecture: Yoga 101 (What Is It and Why Do We Do It?)
Yoga! What is it? Where did it come from? How many Yogas are there? Which one's for me? Is it for me? Join Dr. Manisha Sharma for this free lecture in partnership with the ISU Lecture Series, as she answers these questions and showcases this practice and her journey with it.
Historical Narratives from a Ho Chunk Perspective
Henry Payer is a Ho-Chunk artist who works primarily with collage and mixed media. Born in Sioux City, IA in 1986, Payer received a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM in 2008. He was invited to study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and obtained an MFA in 2013. Henry has exhibited his work at locations such as the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, NE; All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis, MN;...
Yoga 101: What Is It and Why Do We Do It?
Yoga! What is it? Where did it come from? How many Yogas are there? Which one's for me? Is it for me? Join Dr. Manisha Sharma as she answers these questions and showcases this practice and her journey with it. No matter whether you are a novice or an expert, this program is sure to answer what yoga is all about and why we do it after all these years. For the last thirty years, Manisha Sharma has been practicing yoga. Born in India, she...
Tuesday, 24 Sep 2024
Seminar: Regulation of plant cell-to-cell communication
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Kyaw Aung, assistant professor in genetics, development and cell biology at Iowa State University, discuss research into the regulation of plamsodesmata during plant growth and defense. Learn more about the identification of the PLASMODESMATA-LOCATED PROTEINS (PDLPs) as key regulators of plasmodesmatal function furing plant immunity.
Thursday, 26 Sep 2024
Emily Dickinson at the County Fair: The Land Grant College and the Birth of Agricultural Capitalism
A specialist in U.S. literature from 1850-2000, Maria Farland taught at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Wesleyan Universities before accepting a permanent position at Fordham University in New York City. Her forthcoming book, Degraded Heartland: Antipastoral, Agricultural Reform, and the Rural Modern in U.S. Literature, 1840-1950 (Johns Hopkins UP), is a history of ideas of rural backwardness in terms of antipastoral as a literary...
Tribal Land Management: Balancing the Triple Bottom Line of Environmental Stewardship
2024 Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture Dr. Serra Hoagland (Laguna Pueblo) works for the USDA Forest Service Research & Development branch as the National Program Lead for Tribal Research. She focuses on building local, regional and national partnerships with tribes and intertribal organizations, mentoring students in natural resources, and conducting research that is relevant to Native communities. As the first Native American to...