Monday, 03 Mar 2025
Demystifying AI: What Adoption Success Looks Like for Humans
One of the first movers in Responsible AI, Olivia Gambelin is a world-renowned expert in AI Ethics and product innovation whose experience in utilizing ethics-by-design has empowered hundreds of business leaders to achieve their desired impact on the cutting edge of AI development. Olivia works directly with product teams to drive AI innovation through human value alignment, as well as executive teams on the operational and strategic...
Thursday, 06 Mar 2025
Dragons & Rayguns: Book Reading with the Iowa Poet Laureate
Vince Gotera is the Poet Laureate of Iowa and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Northern Iowa, where he taught for almost 30 years. He was editor of the North American Review (2000-2016) and Star*Line, the print journal of the International Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (2017-2020). His poetry awards include a Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Global...
Saturday, 08 Mar 2025
From Global Experience to National Transformation: A Call to Lead and Inspire
Ghana's Independence Day Celebration and LectureManasseh Azure Awuni is an author and investigative journalist whose work has resulted in the passage of a law by Ghana’s parliament, cancellation of government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and prosecution and jailing of persons. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Fourth Estate, a non-profit, public-interest journalism project founded by the Media Foundation for...
Sunday, 09 Mar 2025
Artist Josh Simpson and Astronaut Cady Coleman Discuss Science, Art, and Space Exploration
NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, a veteran of two shuttle missions and a 6-month Space Station expedition, is the author of "Sharing Space." Josh Simpson is a contemporary glass artist who uses old techniques to hand-shape fanciful planets.
Lecture and Reception with glass artist Josh Simpson & former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman
Renowned glass artist Josh Simpson and former NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman will discuss their lives in art and science together and how they have influenced each other throughout their careers.
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2025
Seminar: Regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in neurons
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology department seminar to hear Dr. Katie Drerup, University of Wisconsin - Madison assistant professor in the department of integrative biology, discuss research into determining the communication between mitochondria and the nucleus of neurons especially as it pertains to mitochondrial biogenesis.
Mural Painting: Community Connections with Anna Segner
Anna Segner, assistant teaching professor of art and visual culture, will talk about the mural she created with Iowa State alumna Naomi Friend for the Iowa Lake Park Nature Center.
Textural and Timbral Influences on Storytelling Narrative in Pop/Rock Music
The prototypical modern pop/rock song has grown out of a long tradition of verse/chorus form that often features delineated sections where verses and pre-chorus/choruses are juxtaposed in a way to aid in the narrative of the song. The sections are contrasting, with the verses exhibiting a sparse texture and timbre that makes the listener feel privy to a deep thought or private conversation, while a chorus generally has a thickening of the...
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
College of Design Lecture: Sculptor Yeni Mao
Yeni Mao is a Chinese-American sculptor based in Mexico City. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and subsequently trained in foundry work in California and the architectural industries of New York. Hosted by the College of Design Lectures and Exhibitions Committee and Department of Art and Visual Culture, Mao's lecture is free and open to all.
Archimedes and the Dial of Destiny
Nicholas Nicastro is an American writer, filmmaker, and film critic, born in 1963 in Astoria, New York. He holds a BA in English from Cornell University, an MFA in filmmaking from New York University, an MA in archaeology, and a PhD in psychology from Cornell. Nicastro has had a diverse career, working as a film critic, hospital orderly, newspaper reporter, library archivist, college lecturer, animal behaviorist, and advertising...
Tuesday, 25 Mar 2025
Seminar: How to make a blood vessel insight from the zebrafish
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology seminar to hear Dr. Saulius Sumanas, professor in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the University of South Florida, discuss research using zebrafish as a model system to study molecular mechanisms involved in vascular development and promote the development of strategies aimed at vascular regeneration.
Hearing the Will of the People in the Vote: The Mathematics of Quantifying Gerrymandering
The U.S. political system requires redrawing districts every 10 years based on the census, often manipulated for partisan gain through gerrymandering. Identifying and understanding gerrymandering involves questions of fairness, proportional representation, and geopolitical influences. Jonathan Mattingly, a professor at Duke University, focuses his research on gerrymandering's implications on fairness and representation. Mattingly has...
Sustainability in Ames and the Climate Action Plan
Over the last several years the City of Ames has been responding to the climate emergency by setting a target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and rethinking how we support community and energy needs responsibly. Hear from Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Ames Nolan Sagan as he shares information about the plan, sustainability efforts in Ames, and resources for citizens and businesses about reducing GHG's and/or...
Thursday, 27 Mar 2025
EVENT CANCELED - One Way Back
Christine Blasey Ford is a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a clinical professor and consulting biostatistician at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Monday, 31 Mar 2025
Vietnam 50 Years Later: Insurgency, Genocide, Dissent & Peace Through Agriculture
Ambassador Kenneth Quinn is a distinguished diplomat and humanitarian. He served as the 10th United States Ambassador to Cambodia from 1995 to 1999 under President Bill Clinton. Before his ambassadorship, he had a 32-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, including roles such as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and a member of the National Security Council staff at the White House. Ambassador Quinn will be joined in conversation...