Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009
Lecture: In Depth at Reiman Gardens
"Plant Records."
ISU ADVANCE: ISU faculty flexibility
"ISU Resources and Policies that Support Faculty Flexibility," Mary Harris, 2008-09 faculty fellow. She will present resources that are available to ISU faculty including policies and guidelines for increased flexibility to balance work/life demands.
Lecture: Glamour in Putin's Russia
"Putin's Russia and the Ideology of Glamour," Olga Mesropova, ISU world languages & cultures. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Dean's Lecture. Mesropova researches popular culture in the post-Soviet Union, including Russian film, comedy, and popular performance. She is particularly interested in Russian standup comedy from its early days to the post-Perestroika era, focusing on humor and satire under Yeltsin and Putin.
Lecture: "What's New Since 1492?"
"What's New Since 1492?" Eugene Fracek, Simpson College, and member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. A storyteller and a singer, he will discuss current events, economic realities, cultural issues, and other topics related to Native Americans and their cultural legacy.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009
Forum: Entrepreneur series
Christian Renaud, Palisades Systems, Des Moines.
Seminar: African Immigrant Dreams and American Realities
"African Immigrant Dreams and American Realities: Revisiting the Black Immigrant Success Story," Abdi Kusow, ISU sociology
Colloquium: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation
"Sentipensante Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation," Laura Rendón, ISU educational leadership and policy studies. Her current research focuses on access, retention and graduation of low-income, first-generation college students and the transformation of teaching and learning to emphasize wholeness and social justice.
Panel: "Surviving Diversity in a Small Town"
"Postville USA: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America," Mark Grey, UNI anthropology; Michele Devlin, UNI public health; and Aaron Goldsmith, Postville.
Thursday, 19 Nov 2009
Lecture: Postville after the raid
"Broken Transnational Villages, the Case of Postville, Iowa, After the Raid," Gerardo Sandoval, ISU community and regional planning; and Griselda, a Guatemalan woman who lived in Postville at the time of the raid.
Panel discussion: Evolution
"Evolution: Why It Is True, and Why It Matters," a panel discussion with Drena Dobbs, ISU genetics, development and cell biology; and Jill Pruetz, ISU anthropology.
Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009
Live webcast: 'Frontiers of Evolution'
A live webcast of a panel of scientists led by E. O. Wilson and Everett Mendelsohn will discuss Darwin's legacy and talk about the frontiers of evolutionary and molecular biology as part of the the "150th Anniversary of the Origin of Species" series hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook Project. This lecture is the fourth of five lectures in the fall of 2009 to celebrate Darwin's seminal publication.
Monday, 30 Nov 2009
Horticulture Seminar
"Service-Learning/School Garden Program Influences Ugandan Children's Agricultural Knowledge and Home Gardening Practices," Lisa Wasko, ISU Horticulture.