Thursday, 21 Oct 2021
Undergraduate Agronomy Club Meeting
Food is served at 6:30 pm - Speaker at 7pm
Cyclone Cinema: Black Widow
Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Lead Feet and Worn Brakes: How Motivation and Self-Control Influence Decision-Making
The 2021 Pease Family Scholar in Kinesiology Dr. Epsteinââ'¬â"¢s expertise is focused on health behavior change and determinants of eating, physical activity and drug self-administration. These issues are directly relevant to a university population. Dr. Epstein will explore how aspects of behavior motivate decision making in relation to these issues.
Concert: Tedious & Brief
Chicago-based alternative pop artist Jamie Jacobsen, known onstage as Tedious & Brief, creates nostalgic anthems with her unique airy synth and smooth vocals. With strong family ties to music, Jacobsen took up guitar and songwriting at a young age. Her style evolved to form a more polished sound featuring elements and vocals akin to Maggie Rogers or Lorde. Des Moines-based indie-pop artist EleanorGrace will support the the show.
Performance: Ron White
Comedian Ron "Tater Salad" White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour phenomenon, but now as a chart-topping Grammy-nominated comedian and a feature film actor, Ron White has established himself as a star in his own right. White has always been a classic storyteller.
Friday, 22 Oct 2021
Flagship Friday Innovators Forum: Moving the Masses, Changing Beliefs
"Moving the Masses, Changing Beliefs," Narayan Devanathan, alum and chief client officer at Dentsu International India, a marketing and advertising firm that prides itself on being "champions for meaningful progress."
Meeting, Team-Based Learning (TBL) Teaching and Learning Community (Oct)
This topic-based teaching and learning community meets throughout the academic year. We work as teams to optimize application exercises, readiness assurance tests, peer evaluation, and other aspects of course design, and also invite speakers to facilitate discussions of TBL theory, research and classroom application.
Seminar: From Iowa State to California State University: Early Career Research in Exercise Psychology at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Join this seminar to hear from Dr. Zachary Zenko, Assistant Professor from California State University - Bakersfield and he discusses adapting his research in exercise physiology at three different universities.
Seminar: "International Student Applications in the United Kingdom After Brexit"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (University of California Merced) On June 23, 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. We examine how this decision (henceforth, Brexit) has impacted international student applications in the United Kingdom. Using administrative data spanning from 2013 through 2019, we find evidence of Brexit curtailing the growth rate of international student applications by seven percent.
Seminar: Understanding the mechanisms underlying cytokinin-dependent root responses
Join this Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology Promising Scientist Research Series to hear Dr. Atiako Kwame Acheampong, Postdoctoral fellow in the Kiever lab at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, discuss the intricate interplay between cellular systems such as phytohormone, cytokinin, and protein degradation mechanisms of autophagy to activate organ-specific responses to ever-changing environmental stimuli or physiological cues.
Cyclone Cinema: Black Widow
Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Homecoming: Volleyball vs. Texas
Iowa State Volleyball vs. Texas.
Saturday, 23 Oct 2021
Football vs. Oklahoma State
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State. Game times and dates are subject to change.
Cyclone Cinema: Black Widow
Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.