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Thursday, 03 Oct 2024

The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America

Date Oct 03, 2024

Time 6:00 PM

Location Dolezal Auditorium, 0127 Curtiss Hall

Channel Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

This lecture will be based on the eponymous book that pinpoints forces behind the rise of the “rural voterâ€â€"a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns. Combining a historical perspective with the largest-ever national survey of rural voters, Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea uncover how this overwhelmingly crucial voting bloc emerged and how it has roiled...

Friday, 04 Oct 2024

A One on One with ESPN’s Clinton Yates

Date Oct 04, 2024

Time 11:00 AM

Location 2630 Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures

Join ESPN host Clinton Yates and Journalism and Mass Communication Professor Tony Moton for a conversation about how success in today's sports media market depends on versatility and a multitude of skill sets. Yates is a columnist, television commentator, and host for ESPN. In March 2024, Yates was named host of the ESPN Daily podcast. He joined ESPN in February 2016 as a member of the editorial team that launched Andscape, the Black...

Wednesday, 09 Oct 2024

Threat Investigations and Analysis: A Conversation About Diplomatic Security Careers

Date Oct 09, 2024

Time 5:30 PM

Location Cardinal Room, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures

The Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) leads worldwide security and law enforcement efforts to advance U.S. foreign policy and safeguard national security interests. Careers include special agents, security engineering officers, security technical specialists, and diplomatic couriers. Paul R Houston is a Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Assistant Director of the DSS, Directorate of Threat...

Thursday, 10 Oct 2024

Sustainable Art Using Natural Materials

Date Oct 10, 2024

Time 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location Garden Room, Reiman Gardens

Channel Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Hear from several local artists that are using natural materials to create sustainable works of art. Please note: This lecture will not be recorded.

Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024

Criminalizing Difference in the Holocaust and Beyond: Jews, Roma, African Americans, and Latinx People

Date Oct 15, 2024

Time 6:00 PM

Location Sun Room, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures

In order to subjugate or in some cases destroy racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, a state or governing body often criminalizes whole communities through the mobilization of legal and societal discrimination. This panel brings together experts on criminalization and state discrimination against European Jews, Roma communities and individuals, and Native Peoples of the U.S. and Canada that occurred during overlapping periods. As part...

Wednesday, 16 Oct 2024

Making Space for Peace

Date Oct 16, 2024

Time 6:00 PM

Location Great Hall, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Architect Deanna Van Buren will speak about how interdisciplinary approaches to design with social workers, game designers, artists and more can play in healing and repair as it relates to supporting inner and outer peace. Her talk will cover research and its associative spatial applications for spaces for survivors of violence to artistic practices that support personal and interpersonal healing and transformation. Van Buren is the...

Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

Language Inequality and Fight for Free Speech in Haiti: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Date Oct 17, 2024

Time 3:30 PM

Location Pearson 2105

Channel Lecture Series Lectures

Websder Corneille is an adjunct lecturer of Haitian Creole Language and Haitian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington and the founder and director of the flagship Haitian Creole Language & Culture Program.Â

IPR's Politics Day on the Road

Date Oct 17, 2024

Time 6:00 PM

Location South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures

Join Ben Kieffer, host of IPR's "River to River" program, and a panel featuring Iowa State University students and political science professor Karen Kedrowski, as he takes the weekly talk show "Politics Day" on the road to Iowa State.

The Immigrant Survival Guide to Silicon Valley

Date Oct 17, 2024

Time 7:00 PM

Location Sun Room, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures

Carlos Quezada will share his transformative journey from humble beginnings in Degollado, Jalisco, Mexico to a top Latino executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. His life's narrative is a powerful testament to the extraordinary outcomes that stem from curiosity, boldness, and authenticity. Carlos, now a father, technologist, mentor, and public speaker, intertwines his personal journey with a commitment to community...

Thursday, 24 Oct 2024

RESCHEDULED How to Grow (Almost) Anything: The Use and Future of Synthetic Biology

Date Oct 24, 2024

Time 6:00 PM

Location Great Hall, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Synthetic Biology is an emerging field of research where researchers construct new biological systems and redesign existing biological systems. Synthetic biology can change the genetic material in viruses, bacteria, yeasts, plants, or animals to give them useful new characteristics. For example, integrating spider DNA makes a silkworm produce super strong, ultra-lightweight silk (per the Government Accountability Office). The technology...

Friday, 25 Oct 2024

Sensory-Friendly Concert: ISU Wind Ensemble

Date Oct 25, 2024

Time 5:30 PM

Location Tye Recital Hall, 0140 Simon Estes Music Hall

Cost free

Channel College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances

The ISU Wind Ensemble will perform a 45-minute, sensory-friendly concert for individuals with special sensory needs and their families. Admission is free.

Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024

Multifunctional Hierarchical Materials: Taking Inspiration from Nature

Date Oct 29, 2024

Time 7:00 PM

Location Sun Room, Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Biological systems in nature have evolved over millions of years to adapt to environmental and ecological challenges. Nature seeks to leverage available materials with an emphasis on hierarchy and local control of microstructure to meet functional needs using the least amount of material. As such, biological systems incorporate intelligent, unique, and complex structural design concepts. Where general principles have been identified...

Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024

Journey to the Future: How an ISU Alum Leads Investment in Game-Changing Cancer Research

Date Oct 30, 2024

Time 6:00 PM

Location 2630 Memorial Union

Channel Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

The future of cancer research is today. And this impacts all of us tomorrow. Iowa State University alum Shane Jacobson, CEO of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, will share insights on the work of the V Foundation for Cancer Research and how their distinctive approach to investing in game-changing research advances the field of cancer research. He will also share insights on his career journey, leadership principles, and lessons...