Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021
Seminar: No Country for old flies: The role of p38 MAPK in aging
Join us for this Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Seminar to hear Dr. Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer, associate professor of aging and physiology at Illinois State University, discuss her research studying the relationship between protein aggregation, aging and oxidative stress.
Lecture: Immigration and Sino-U.S. Foreign Relations
Through the lens of Chinese immigration and its regulation, this lecture explores key values and approaches applied by the U.S. government in managing racial and cultural diversity in its population and how immigration policy interacts with economic and international relations priorities.
Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021
Scenes of Production: Landscape, Infrastructure and Capitalist Development
Doug Spencer, Pickard Chilton Professor in Architecture, will discuss work on his third book, "Scenes of Production: Architecture and the Subject of Capital," in this Architecture Research Exchange presentation sponsored by the Department of Architecture. Zoom link in description.
Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Lecture: Soil Erosion in Biochemical Cycling of Essential Elements
Dr. Asmeret Berhe will discuss how the accurate estimation of the global soil carbon stock and the potential of soils to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide are complicated by the effects of soil redistribution on both net primary productivity and decomposition.
"Left in the Dust? Environmental and Labor Effects of Rural-Urban Water Sales"
Joint Labor-Public Economics Workshop/Economics Department Seminar: Eric Edwards (North Carolina State University)
Friday, 19 Nov 2021
Flagship Friday Innovators Forum: Crying in the Bathroom
"Crying in the Bathroom," Ana Pinto da Silva, CEO and co-founder of Minka, a radical alternative to traditional senior housing, building intergenerational communities that seek to strengthen connections, improve health and increase wellbeing.
Professional Practices Forum: How Engineering Thinking Promotes Innovation Mindset
Mani Mina, associate professor of industrial design and electrical and computer engineering. Part of the Professional Practices Forum series. Registration (free) required.
Monday, 29 Nov 2021
"Information Rigidities in USDA Forecasts"
Michael Adjemian (Associate Professor, University of Georgia) will give a virtual seminar on "Information Rigidities in USDA Forecasts."
Seminar: Quantifying the effects of nitrogen form, fertilizer type, and fertilizer concentration on North American herbaceous perennials.
Join this Horticulture Graduate Seminar to hear Boston Swan, graduate student in the Department of Horticulture at Iowa State University, discuss research into optimized fertilizer concentration and nitrogen forms for six tall grass prairie species and six woodland spring ephemerals.