Thursday, 02 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"Parts, Devices,and Chassis in Support of Metabolic Engineering" by Kristala Jones Prather, MIT
Computer science colloquia: Yan-Bin Jia
Yan-Bin Jia, associate professor of computer science, will present "Modeling Deformations of General Parametric Shells Grasped by a Robot Hand."
Tuesday, 07 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"A Vision for Carbohydrate-Based Therapeutics and Diagnostics" by Nicola Pohl, Iowa State University
Wednesday, 08 Sep 2010
Feeding the world seminar series
"Climate Change and Animal Diseases: How will this affect our food supply?" Montserrat Torremorell, chair in swine health and productivity, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Part of the international seminar series, "Feeding the World: Are Me Making Progress?"
Thursday, 09 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"The Role of Topology and Electrostatics in Folding Catalytic RNA's" by Alain Laederach, University of Albany
Lecture: Brown Bag
"Ten Great Gardens to See Before You Die" presented by Ann Marie VanDerZanden, ISU Horticulture Department
Ramsey Lecture Series, College of Veterinary Medicine
"Bluetongue and Orbivirus Emergence In the U.S.," David Stallknecht, department of population health, University of Georgia. A research poster session and lunch begin at 11:15 a.m.
Oh No, It's Monday, and I've Run Out of Ideas: A Cartoonist's Crisis
"Oh No, It's Monday, and I've Run Out of Ideas: A Cartoonist's Crisis," Nicole Hollander. Creator of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sylvia, Hollander will address the challenges of staying creative from her own artistic career and life. She will also share strategies for coping with creative crises.
My Life in the Comics
"My Life in the Comics: Thirty Years of Graphic Misbehavior from Reagan to Obama," Nicole Hollander. She is the creator of Sylvia, an internationally syndicated comic strip that appears in over 80 newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Detroit News, Boston Globe and Seattle Times.
Friday, 10 Sep 2010
Where in the World is Architecture?
Robert Ivy, editor of Architectural Record, will present "Where in the World is Architecture?" the Architecture Advisory Council's inaugural Charles "Chick" Herbert Lecture. The lecture will be followed by the opening reception for the 2010 Architecture Rome Show in Gallery 181, College of Design.
Late Night Comedy with The Sklar Brothers
Laugh twice as hard with this comedy duo. Twins Randy and Jason are frequent guests on E's Chelsea Lately and appear regularly on ESPN SportsCenter's "The Bracket." The creators and stars of the ESPN cult hit series Cheap Seats, the Sklar Brothers have many TV credits. ISU After Dark Series.
Tuesday, 14 Sep 2010
Workshop: Floral Design Series
"Garden Style Arrangements"
Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010
OLLI at ISU Members-only Lecture
Lecture for OLLI at ISU members only. "Information Technology and the Future," by George Strawn, Associate Professor of Compouter Science; Director of Computation Center, ISU.
Mid-West Mechanics Seminar
"Size Dependence of Strength of Metals," presented by William Nix, Stanford University. This is part of the Mid-West Mechanics Seminars series.
Film and discussion: "Can't Go Native"
Ames native and Iowa State alum L. Keith Brown will discuss his documentary Can't Go Native, which captures contemporary rural life in Shinjo, Japan. David Plath, the film's producer, will join Brown for a discussion after the screening.
Thursday, 16 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"Approaches for Resolving Fluorescence Excited States from Single Cytometric Events," Jessica Houston, New Mexico State University.
Teenager at Alcatraz
"Teenager at Alcatraz: The Clarence Carnes Story." Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw, was the youngest man ever sent to The Rock, and was a key player in the historic Battle of Alcatraz, when armed prisoners seized control. Native American storyteller Tim Tingle recounts Carnes's story based on several hours of recorded interviews with an elderly prison inmate who accompanied Carnes on his Oklahoma crime spree.
An Engineering Approach to Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases
"An Engineering Approach to Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases," Chih-Ming Ho, director of the Center for Cell Control, an NIH Nanomedicine Roadmap Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research offers an engineering approach to determining optimal drug cocktails for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series.
Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense
"Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense," Pico Iyer. One of our most respected observers of our changing world, Iyer is the author of nine books about cultures converging. Part of the World Affairs Series.
Friday, 17 Sep 2010
Reiman Entrepreneur Forum
Avello Bioenergy co-founders Anthony J.S. Pollard, Jared Brown and Cody Ellens will tell their story. The Iowa-based company uses fast pyrolysis to produce low-carbon products (bioasphalt, boiler fuel, biochar) from renewable biomass resources. This event is free and open to the public.
Virtual Reality Experience
Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center will be showing off its 3-D technology during its "Virtual Reality Experience." The tour is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.
Saturday, 18 Sep 2010
Performance: Comedy on the Edge
"Comedy on the Edge," Reggie Watts. Watts is far from your traditional stand-up comedian, with an act -- and a head of hair -- that defies audience expectations.
Sunday, 19 Sep 2010
President of the Government of Southern Sudan General Salva Kiir Mayardit
The President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) General Salva Kiir Mayardit will discuss the January independence referendum that will determine if the country of Sudan will remain united or South Sudan will secede. Mayardit is also the Vice President of Sudan and previously served as chief of staff for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). He took over as president of Southern Sudan following the death of General John...
Monday, 20 Sep 2010
Open forum: Vet Med dean candidate Stuart Reid
Stuart Reid is currently dean of the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He also holds the first appointed joint chair between the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, and the second professorship in veterinary epidemiology in the United Kingdom.
University convocation
President Gregory Geoffroy will give remarks on the academic year ahead and awards will be presented to university faculty and staff.
Horticulture Seminar
"Professional Development Related to Food Safety Education," Vikram Koundinya, Ph.D. graduate student, and Robert A. Martin, professor, ISU agricultural education and studies.
Tuesday, 21 Sep 2010
How Higher Gas Prices Will Change Our Lives
"$20 Per Gallon: How Higher Gas Prices Will Change Our Lives," Chris Steiner, civil engineer and staff writer at Forbes magazine. He regularly writes on energy, technology and innovation. Part of the Technology, Globalization & Culture Series.
The Future of Opinion Journalism
"Business Reporting," Paul Gigot, editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal. He is responsible for the newspaper's editorials, op-ed articles and Leisure & Arts criticism and directs the editorial pages of the Journal's Asian and European editions and the OpinionJournal.com website. The 2010 Chamberlin Lecture.
Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010
OLLI at ISU Members-only Lecture
Lecture for OLLI at ISU members only. "The Evolving World of Biotech Crops," by Neil Harl, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and emeritus professor of economics at ISU.
Thursday, 23 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar, Hoppe Lecture
"Electrolyte-Dependent 2-D Aggregation of Colloidal Particles on a Planar A/C Electrode" by Dennis C. Prieve, Carnegie Mellon University