Monday, 04 Nov 2024
Climate, Communities, & Collaborative Action: Taking a Page from Shakespeare's Playbook
LAS Dean's Lecture The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series highlights faculty excellence in learning, discovery, and engagement in Iowa State’s most academically diverse college. Each semester, the dean invites LAS faculty of distinction to present lectures from their areas of expertise on topics of interest to the general public, designed to stimulate high-quality, intellectual discussion among faculty,...
Extractive Industry, Historic Disinvestment, and the Future of Rural Communities
Presenting her book, Pushed Out, this presentation focuses on what happens to rural communities when their traditional economic base collapses and new money comes in. This presentation offers Dover, Idaho, as a case study of transformation from a “thriving timber mill town†to an “economically depressed small town†to a “trendy second-home location†and discusses how Dover embodies the story and challenges of many other rural...
Tuesday, 05 Nov 2024
Seminar: Cell division in plant development and environmental response
Join the Genetics, Development and Cell Biology department to hear Dr. Arif Ashraf, Howard University assistant professor in biology, discuss research into asymmetrical cell division in plant models that led to the discovery of a 'pause and play' mechanism during environmental stress and stress recovery conditions.
Wednesday, 06 Nov 2024
Bridging Borders: Career Journeys at Bayer, From Germany to the USA
Dr. Anita Kuepper and Dr. Lucas McKinnon will share their career experiences at Bayer Global. This lecture will provide info about international opportunities in the crop sciences and more generally about German-American industry partnerships.
Thursday, 07 Nov 2024
9th Annual Three-Minute Thesis Final Competition
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) celebrates research being conducted by current ISU graduate students. Developed by the University of Queensland, the competition is an opportunity for students to describe their research, in three minutes, in a relatable and relevant way to a non-specialist audience.Â
UFOs and UAPs: The Latest Tech to Detect What’s in Our Skies
UFOs and UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) have captured the world’s imagination for decades. Renewed attention came in 2021 when the U.S. Intelligence community released its first public UFO report. Despite stating that there is no credible evidence for alien-originating craft, the U.S. government admitted there are objects unknown to us in the atmosphereâ€"foreign government spy balloons, unregistered drones, and other earth-based...