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...
Monday, 11 Nov 2024
No Fashion Without Disability: Embracing Disability as Knowledge and Access as an Aesthetic
There has been a rise in clothing and accessories designed for disabled people under the moniker of adaptive fashion. Accompanied by increased representations of disabled models in fashion media and the introduction of disabled mannequins in fashion exhibitions, adaptive fashion is often celebrated as evidence of the industry's commitment to diversity. However, my lecture challenges this assumed inclusivity strategy. I propose a new...
Tuesday, 12 Nov 2024
Seminar: The dual role of CAND1 in regulating cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Xing Liu, associate professor in biochemistry at Purdue University, discuss research using biochemical, biophysical, and cell biological approaches to study the dynamic assembly and disassembly of cullin-RING ligase complexes.
Under the Influence... of Stress
As Bill Daniels Professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver, Corey Ciocchetti is one of the University’s most popular and highest-rated professors. Corey joined DU after graduating with a law degree from Duke University School of Law, a master's degree in Religious Studies, and two bachelor's degrees in Finance and Economicsâ€"summa cum laudeâ€"from the University of Denver. Corey is a talented speaker...
Wednesday, 13 Nov 2024
Gold Star Hall Ceremony
Gold Star Hall is the "memorial" in the Memorial Union. In World War I, when a family had a son or daughter in the service, they displayed a card with a simple blue star in their window. When life was lost, the card with the blue star was changed to one with a gold star - hence the name Gold Star Hall. The blue/gold star tradition continues, with military families still displaying these symbols. When the Memorial Union opened in 1928,...
Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports
For the past several yearsâ€"and during the summer Olympicsâ€"the issue of trans athletes’ participation in sports has never been far from the headlines. State legislatures, sports’ governing bodies, celebrities, and political leaders have all gotten involvedâ€"particularly when the topic is about who can compete in girls’ and women’s sports. This panel will discuss the current issues about trans athletes participating in...
Thursday, 14 Nov 2024
Visiting Artist Talk: Jennifer Scheuer
Artist Jennifer Scheuer will present on their scholarship and work as a contemporary fine arts printmaker and book artist. . Students will have the opportunity to see their fine art prints in person. Scheuer's work will be on display in the College of Design's Gallery 181 from Nov. 18-Dec. 6.
Friday, 15 Nov 2024
Lecture: Glad Tidings to the Strangers
with Shaykh Oosman Mustoofa, an instructor at the Miftaah Institute, Warren, Michigan.
Monday, 18 Nov 2024
Native American Cuisine, Foods, and the Way of Life
Chef Freddie Bitsoie (bit-sue-ee) will discuss the cultural progression of foods in the western hemisphere, and how native foods of the western hemisphere have been claimed, misused, appropriated and overlooked for centuries. Chef Bitsoie will discuss how these foods survived through migration, colonization, and cuisine culture. Initially pursuing cultural anthropology at the University of New Mexico, a conversation...
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024
Seminar: Deciphering the brain lipidome: From fats to functions
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. John Vaughen, Sandler Fellow and assistant professor of anatomy at University of California, San Francisco, discuss research that combines genetics, lipidomics, microscopy, behavior and biophysical modeling to prove the developing brain lipidome. This research aims to identify the enzymes and signaling cascades that generate appropriate brain lipidomes and more!
Visiting Artist Talk: Nick Phan
Nick Phan, a Vietnamese-American printmaker born in Kansas City Missouri, will host an artist talk from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Design 0011 (Printmaking Studio). Phan's artwork has been nationally and internationally exhibited. He primarily works with relief prints and book arts, and often finds ways to combine the two into his work. Phan uses his artwork as a means to enhance his life and to connect to those around him. His pieces often po
Thursday, 21 Nov 2024
Visiting Artist Talk: Thomas Wharton
Thomas Wharton, a painter, sculptor, and artist, will lead an artist talk from 2:10-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Design 0011 (Printmaking Studio). His artwork explores how light and shadow define physical space, create illusions, reflections, and moods. To that end, he sculpts wooden "spindles," which he uses as dimmer switches for modernly inspired luminaires to create sets for still-life images.