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Thursday, 17 Apr 2025

CODAC Spring Art Sale

Apr 17, 2025

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

College of Design Foyer

College of Design

Work by students in the integrated studio arts and integrated visual arts programs will be featured in the CODAC (College of Design Art Club) Spring Art Sale April 16-18, in the central foyer (inside the main entrance) of the College of Design building.

Behind the Scenes of Captain & Blue: A Science Comic About a Species in Decline

Apr 17, 2025

10:30 AM

2630 Memorial Union

Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Science comics hold promise in leveraging new literacies to promote ecological stewardship. Learn how an educational anthropologist and an environmental sustainability expert collaborated with a team of naturalists on this science translation project to tell the story of the Blanding's Turtle, a species threatened in Iowa due to habitat loss.

First Amendment Days: Feast on the First

Apr 17, 2025

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Central Campus

free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Meetings, receptions

Free food, fun and festivities of the five freedoms. Free T-shirts and buttons will be available, along with food prepared by student group Block and Bridle. A First Amendment Days event.

Poetry Pop-Up with Sketch

Apr 17, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Anderson Sculpture Garden

free

University Museums Arts, performances

In partnership with Iowa State's student publication, Sketch, join University Museums for a pop-up reading of student-penned poetry inspired by the Art on Campus Collection in the Anderson Sculpture Garden.

Paint Your Own Pottery: County Fair Week

Apr 17, 2025

2:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union

The Workspace Arts, performances Student activities

Iowans will start gearing up for county fairs later in the summer, but why wait when we have show animals ready to paint? Find sheep, pigs, chickens, horses, and rabbits, as well as garden produce-themed bisque.

Retirement reception: David Spalding

Apr 17, 2025

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Kingland Hub, Gerdin Business Building

Receptions and open houses Meetings, receptions

Spalding is stepping down as dean this summer, after 12 years of service to the Ivy College of Business. A program at 4 p.m. in 1148 Gerdin Business Building will be followed by a reception in the Kingland Hub.

Softball vs. Kansas

Apr 17, 2025

4:00 PM

Cyclone Sports Complex

free

Athletics Athletics

Iowa State vs. Kansas. Schedule updates and weather delays are announced on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.

Garden Q&A with Horticulture Experts Aaron Steil and Jeff Iles

Apr 17, 2025

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Anderson Sculpture Garden

free

University Museums Arts, performances

Gardening can be overwhelming, but Iowa State University Horticulture experts are here to help! You may know them from Iowa Public Radio's Garden Variety, but here is a chance to meet Aaron Steil and Jeff Iles in-person and tour the New Perennial Movement Sample Garden.

Cyclone Cinema: Mufasa: The Lion King

Apr 17, 2025

7:00 PM

Carver 101

free

Memorial Union programs Student activities

Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.

ISU Theatre: Fixing Troilus & Cressida

Apr 17, 2025

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Fisher Theater

$20, free for students

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances

Fixing Troilus & Cressida is an updated version of Shakespeare's play written in contemporary English - including the curse words. Troilus and Cressida is the love story hidden in the center of history's greatest war. Advisory: Contains adult language content.