Friday, 08 Mar 2024
Research & Innovation Roundtable: Community Vitality
Join the Office of the Vice President as we host faculty from across campus to share perspectives and areas of expertise around strategic, global challenges and facilitate research team formation to compete for matching seed grant funding for Community Vitality projects. Lunch will be provided during this event.
Retirement reception: Jeff Thorson
Thorson, who has worked at the Ruminant Nutrition Farm northwest of Ames for more than 40 years, is retiring.
Gymnastics vs. Iowa
Iowa Corn CyHawk Series: Iowa State Gymnastics vs. Iowa. Senior night. Competition times and dates are subject to change.
Sunday, 10 Mar 2024
Sunday Tour
Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Monday, 11 Mar 2024
Spring break
Classes are recessed. University offices are open, but may be operating with adjusted hours.
Tuesday, 12 Mar 2024
Spring break
Classes are recessed. University offices are open, but may be operating with adjusted hours.
Wednesday, 13 Mar 2024
Spring break
Classes are recessed. University offices are open, but may be operating with adjusted hours.
Thursday, 14 Mar 2024
Spring break
Classes are recessed. University offices are open, but may be operating with adjusted hours.
Friday, 15 Mar 2024
Spring break
Classes are recessed. University offices are open, but may be operating with adjusted hours.
Softball vs. Houston
Iowa State vs. Houston. Schedule updates and weather delays are announced on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.
Saturday, 16 Mar 2024
Softball vs. Houston
Iowa State vs. Houston. Schedule updates and weather delays are announced on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.
Sunday, 17 Mar 2024
Softball vs. Houston
Iowa State vs. Houston. Schedule updates and weather delays are announced on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.
Sunday Tour
Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Monday, 18 Mar 2024
Seminar: Post-transcriptional regulation of RNA stability: a central element during hematopoietic development and disease
Join this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology department seminar as we host Dr. Luis Batista, associate professor in the Division of Hematology at John T. Miliken Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Batista will discuss research into better understanding bone marrow failure patients with mutant telomerase and improving their treatment options.
Tuesday, 19 Mar 2024
Professional and Scientific Council seminar series
"Exploring Applications and Ethics of Generative AI in Educational and Professional Settings," Abram Anders, interim associate director of the Student Innovation Center, and associate professor of English. Generative AI tools like ChatGPT provide intriguing opportunities to enhance learning and productivity, but also raise complex ethical questions. Explore emerging use cases and issues regarding AI generation technologies.
Workshop: Build a quick website using Google Sites
Creating a simple website can be frustrating and overwhelming, espeically if you have very little or no web design or coding experience. If you want to quickly create a website with no coding or design experience, but with the ability to collaborate with others in real time, try Google Sites and see if this might benefit your needs. Google Sites is a free web-based web creation tool that will get your website up and running in very little time.
Meeting: Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. Senate meetings are open to the public.
The Foundation of Modern Medicine Is at Risk!
The discovery of antibiotics revolutionized medicine during World War 2 and have served as the foundation of almost every modern pillar of medicine that we take for granted, including organ transplantation, premature birth, chemotherapy, and infectious disease. However, the pipeline of new antibiotic discovery has essentially stopped, and the rate of resistance development threatens the utility of these drugs in maintaining the health of...
Concert: The McCharmlys (surf rock / doo-woop)
The McCharmlys are a five-piece combo from Santa Ana, Calif., currently taking the scene by storm with their stylish blend of doo-wop, surf, beat & 60s style rock 'n' roll. LA Weekly called the band "an absolute joy" as they "recall sounds from the past while adding a contemporary edge that is attractive to punk, new wave and rockabilly fans."
Wednesday, 20 Mar 2024
Matinee: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
A gifted ensemble of actor musicians play instruments and sing live as they embody all the delightful characters, including hilarious sheep and perhaps a scary wolf or two ... all set in a village of knitters with fingers flicking, needles clicking and where every new jumper tells a tale. Ultimately, Silas finds a place for himself (and his imagination) in his warm woolly community. Recommended for children through fifth grade.
Online series: Start Something
"Beyond the Business Plan: Entrepreneurial Health and Well-Being," MichaelLerman, assistant professor of entrepreneurship. This discussion will describe the meaning of founders' health and well-being, review related literature pertaining to these underlying tensions of the entrepreneurial experience, and present tangible suggestions for facilitating greater health and well-being as an entrepreneur. Registration required for link.
Instructors Share Teaching Strategies
Award-winning faculty from a variety of disciplines share their wisdom and personal stories from the classroom.
Leaders Workshop Series: Sustainable Leadership
Sustainable Leadership Learn about sustainable leadership and how to become a sustainable leader in this session's partnership with the Office of Sustainability.
Grandma Mojo's Improv Comedy
Iowa State's premier student improv comedy troupe! They perform in the M-Shop on select Wednesday nights during the semester.
Thursday, 21 Mar 2024
Recital: Music department
Experience the vibrant and dynamic musical community at Iowa State. These exceptional recitals provide supportive space for our talented music majors to share their progress and showcase their musical achievements among their peers.
Workshop: Dust off your Spreadsheet using OpenRefine
This workshop will teach you several powerful features in OpenRefine and you will learn to document your process so you can effortlessly apply the same steps to similar data. This is a beginner level workshop, and no prior experience is needed. You will need to bring a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer to participate.
Workshop: Getting started with EndNote Web
This workshop will introduce the basics of using the free, web-based version of the EndNote citation management system. Participants will be given a demonstration of its use and will have an opportunity for hands-on experience with collecting citations from a variety of online indexes and databases, organizing them within their EndNote library, and using them in Microsoft Word using EndNote's Cite While You Write plugin.
Exploring Careers in Museums and Archives
Interested in a career in museums, libraries, or archives? Join University Museums staff, University Library archivists, conservators, and many more professionals from around central Iowa for an informal meet and greet to learn more about these unique career paths.