Monday, 03 Feb 2025
George Washington Carver Day of Recognition Program
Carver’s story is one of extraordinary resiliency. Born into slavery in Missouri around 1864, he sought higher education in Iowa, at Simpson College and Iowa State University. He was Iowa State’s first Black student, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees. After graduation, he became Iowa State’s first Black faculty member. Carver left Iowa for the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where he spent the rest of his life applying his...
Tuesday, 04 Feb 2025
Seminar: Epigenetic regulation of development plasticity and environmental adaptation
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Seminar to hear Dr. Xuehua Zhong, professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar and program director in plant and microbial biosciences, discuss research to determine how cellular machines sense extrinsic and intrinsic cues and alter chromatin landscapes to generate adaptive responses.
Finding Their Voices: How Vocal Coach Mary Jo DuPrey Trains Award-Winning Singers
Mary Jo DuPrey is the Private Touring Vocal Coach for Jon Bon Jovi. She also trained Daveed Diggs for his star making and Tony Award winning performance as Lafayette/Jefferson in Broadway’s “Hamilton.†Mary Jo served on the faculty at the Ray Bolger Program in Musical Theater at UCLA from 2006- 2017 where her renowned Rock Musical Theater Class has helped usher countless students onto the Broadway and National Tour Stages.
Wednesday, 05 Feb 2025
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist who researches how human activity influences the behavior of wild animals.
The 1000 Farms Initiative: Lessons from America's Regenerative Farmers
Jonathan Lundgren is an agroecologist, director of the EcdysisFoundation and CEO for Blue Dasher Farm.
Thursday, 06 Feb 2025
The Secret Life of Bears
Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist who researches how human activity influences the behavior of wild animals. As an active scientist, she spends long periods in the wilderness tracking and observing black and grizzly bears in the western United States, and African lions in rural Kenya and Tanzania. Her wildlife exploration and media work has taken her to six of seven continents and over 25 countries. A native Californian,...