Schedule of Events

Destination Iowa State Presents the Comedy of Jeff Dye
Sat, 22 Aug 2009, 9:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium - ADMISSION FREE - Doors open at 8:30 pm - Jeff Dye finished third in the last season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, and has opened for Shawn Wayans, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Bill Burr, among others.

COMEDY with Wyatt Cenac from THE DAILY SHOW
Fri, 28 Aug 2009, 8:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium - ADMISSION FREE - Doors open at 7:15 pm - Wyatt Cenac joined Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in 2008 and has been “reporting” on the presidential election, the economy, and black people’s popularity among white supremacists ever since. He honed his talents performing stand-up, improv and sketch comedy at the Los Angeles Upright Citizens Brigade. He spent three seasons writing and contributing voice-over work for King of the Hill, and his movie credits include Medicine for Melancholy.

The Difficulty of Dating in a Hook-up Culture – Christine Whelan
Mon, 14 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Gallery, Memorial Union - Christine Whelan is a professor, journalist and author of Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women and Marry Smart: The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to True Love. She also writes a bi-weekly relationship advice column for BustedHalo. Whelan is a visiting assistant professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Iowa. She earned a master’s and doctorate from the University of Oxford and has held teaching positions at Princeton University in the Sociology and Politics Departments. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture.

Banned Book Jeopardy!
Wed, 16 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Join a Banned Book Week battle between two teams of literary mavens as they attempt to answer questions about banned books and their authors. Panelists include Ames Tribune editor Alexandra Hayne, Memorial Union Director Richard Reynolds, Greenlee School of Journalism faculty member Barbara Mack, and English assistant professor Ben Percy. Ames Tribune reviewer Steve Sullivan will emcee. Questions developed by Iowa State's very own $10,000 Pyramid winner, Fern Kupfer, associate professor of English. Banned books will be on display and available for purchase.

Stories of the First Nations - Dovie Thomason
Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 4:00 PM @ Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Dovie Thomason is a storyteller, recording artist and author. As a child she grew up hearing stories and Indian legends from her Kiowa Apache and Lakota relatives, especially her Grandma Dovie and her dad. Her love of stories and her cultural heritage inspired her to use storytelling as a tool to educate people about the cultures of the First Nations of North America. She began sharing stories in public settings while teaching literature and writing at an urban high school in Cleveland. Thomason considers herself the product of mixed background - urban Chicago and rural Texas, the Internet and Native American elders, family teachings and university classrooms – and draws on those contrasts in her work. In cooperation with Story City’s STORY! Celebrating the Art of Storytelling Festival, September 18-20, 2009.

Global Hopscotch: The Borderless World and the Search for Home – Rekha Basu
Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rekha Basu has been a columnist for the Des Moines Register since 1991, focusing on human rights, racial and gender issues and commenting on cultural trends. Born in India to United Nations parents, Basu grew up internationally. She has worked as a reporter, editorial writer and columnist at newspapers in Iowa, New York State and Florida. Basu’s column appears three times a week on the Register’s opinion pages and is syndicated by Gannett News Service. Her byline has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, The International Herald Tribune and The Nation among other publications. Her many awards include the 2008 Women of Influence Award, the Iowa Interfaith Alliance Award, and the Iowa Farmers Union Media Award. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a master’s degree in political economy from Goddard Cambridge Graduate School. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series: Imagining Iowa in the Global Community.

E-Week Event Being Planned
Sat, 19 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - E-Week speaker to be announced.

Emotional Intelligence Technology and Autism - Rosalind Picard
Mon, 21 Sep 2009, 1:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Rosalind Picard is the author of Affective Computing, a book instrumental in starting a new field by that name. She is teaching machines to sense and respond more intelligently to people’s emotions and to behave in ways that make more expressive communication possible. Picard is founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory, codirector of the Things That Think Consortium, and leader of the new and growing Autism Communication Technology Initiative at MIT. She holds a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Part of the Women in Human Computer Interaction Series and the Women in STEM Series.

Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences Lecture Being Planned
Tue, 22 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences to be announced.

College of Engineering Diversity Fair Keynote Speaker - Freeman Hrabowski
Tue, 06 Oct 2009, 9:00 AM @ To be announced - Freeman Hrabowski has served as President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, since 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. Hrabowski is coauthor of Beating the Odds and Overcoming the Odds, both of which focus on parenting and high-achieving African American males and females in science. He was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report in 2008 and is a recipient of the prestigious McGraw Prize in Education and the U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four Little Girls, on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. College of Engineering Diversity Fair Keynote Speaker.

Iowa Traditions in Transition: Negotiating Identity, Performing Folklore - Riki Saltzman
Wed, 07 Oct 2009, 12:00 PM @ Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Riki Saltzman has been the Folklife Coordinator for the Iowa Arts Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, since 1995. She works with a variety of communities and individuals to provide assistance with multicultural and diversity issues, project development, event planning and the presentation of traditional arts and artists. In collaboration with Iowa Public Radio, Saltzman produces “Iowa Roots,” a radio series and website that explore the state’s cultures and traditions. She has also researched and developed a website on place-based food in Iowa with funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Her most recent work is Iowa Folklife 2, an online multicultural folklife curriculum and a companion to Iowa Folklife: Our People, Communities, and Traditions. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series: Imagining Iowa in the Global Community.

Following the Money: From Enron to Hedge Funds - Bethany McLean
Thu, 08 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Before joining Vanity Fair as a contributing editor in 2008, Bethany McLean was an editor-at-large for Fortune magazine, where she wrote an article in March 2001 that raised questions about the immense profitability of Enron, then a darling of the stock market. Her article "Is Enron Overpriced?" was the first in a national publication to openly question the company's dealings. In 2003 she cowrote a book about the scandal that led to the energy company’s collapse, The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, which was developed into a documentary in 2005. McLean graduated from Williams College with a double major in math and English. She worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs until 1995, when she joined Fortune as a reporter. The 2009 Chamberlin Lecture.

Mobile Technologies for Children - Allison Druin
Fri, 09 Oct 2009, 12:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Allison Druin is the director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and an associate professor in the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. Her work includes developing digital libraries for children, designing technologies for families, and creating collaborative storytelling technologies for the classroom. Druin's most active research is the International Children's Digital Library (www.childrenslibrary.org), now the largest digital library in the world for children, which she and colleagues expanded to a nonprofit foundation. She is the author or editor of four books, including Mobile Technology for Children. Druin received her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. Part of the Women in Human-Computer Interaction Series and the Women in STEM Series.

Norman Borlaug Lecture
Mon, 12 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Speaker to be announced. A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. in the South Ballroom, Memorial Union.

Trade and Food Policy Alternatives for Developing Countries - Will Martin
Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Will Martin, the World Bank's research manager for rural development, will speak on trade policy options for developing countries and the use of trade policy to fight poverty. He has published extensively on such topics as the World Trade Organization and economic development as well as agricultural trade reform. His recent work examines how such factors as changes in the prices of staple foods or improvements in agricultural technology can have an impact on poverty in low-income countries. Martin teaches frequently in World Bank training courses and is manager of a number of large World Bank research projects. He obtained his Masters and PhD degrees from Iowa State University. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Paul L. Errington Lecture Being Planned
Thu, 15 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - The annual Paul L. Errington Lecture to be announced.

2009 Manatt Phelps Lecture in Political Science - Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo
Mon, 26 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jorge Dezcallar, ambassador of Spain to the United States, joined the diplomatic corps in 1971. During his professional career, he has been posted in Spanish diplomatic representations in Poland, New York, Uruguay, Morocco, and the Holy See. He has served in the Technical Cabinet of the Prime Minister as well as in such positions of Deputy Director General for North Africa and the Middle East, Director General of Foreign Policy for Africa and Continental Asia, Director General of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador in Special Mission for the Foreign Policy and Common Security, and director of Center of Defense Information. Before his assignment in the United States, he was working for a private company. Born in Palma de Majorca, he has a degree in law. The Manatt Phelps Lecture in Political Science.

Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture Keynote Speaker
Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Speaker to be announced.

Event Being Planned
Thu, 29 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lecture to be announced.

Can We Save the World? Wendy Chamberlin
Tue, 03 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Wendy Chamberlin is president of the Middle East Institute and a twenty-nine-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service. She was the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan from 2001 to 2002 and played a key role in Pakistan’s cooperation for the U.S.-led campaign against al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan following 9/11. From 2002 to 2004 she directed civilian reconstruction programs in Iraq and Afghanistan and development assistance programs in the Middle East and East Asia for USAID. She has also served as Deputy High Commissioner for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. A graduate of Northwestern University, Chamberlin has an MS in education from Boston University and participated in the Executive Program at Harvard University. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Surviving the Rwandan Genocide: Immaculée’s Story of Faith, Hope and Forgiveness - Immaculée Ilibagiza
Wed, 04 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Immaculée Ilibagiza is a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and author of Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. She and seven other women spent 91 days huddled together silently in the bathroom of a local pastor's house - a trauma from which she emerged half-starved and to find her entire family had been brutally murdered. Immaculée used her time in hiding to teach herself English with only the Bible and a dictionary; once freed she was able to secure a job with the United Nations. In 1998 she immigrated to the United States, where she continued her work with the UN. Her story has been made into a documentary titled The Diary of Immaculée. She recently hosted a documentary titled Ready to Forgive, An African Story of Grace, broadcast on NBC and the Hallmark Channel. She is also the author of Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide.Part of the World Affairs Series.

Thanksgiving Break
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 @ NA - No events planned the week of Thanksgiving Break, November 23-27.

Event Being Planned
Sun, 24 Jan 2010, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Event to be announced.

Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species - Sean Carroll
Wed, 10 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - An academic by profession, Sean Carroll is known for his ability to popularize molecular genetics and their explanation for the process of evolution. He is the author of three books, including Remarkable Creatures and The Making of the Fittest, as well as coauthor of two scientific textbooks. Major discoveries from his laboratory have been featured in such publications as TIME and U.S. News & World Report, he has been featured on such programs as NPR’s Science Friday, and he recently helped produce a PBS NOVA special marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s publication of Origin of Species. Carroll is a professor of molecular biology and genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin. He earned his B.A. in biology at Washington University in St. Louis and his Ph.D. in immunology at Tufts Medical School. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Symposium Being Planned
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Event to be announced.

Portion Size Me: Why We Eat More Than We Think - James Painter
Mon, 01 Mar 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Move over Morgan Spurlock. Nutrition expert Jim Painter says it's not so much what you eat but how much you eat, and he aims to prove it in his documentary, Portion Size Me, where he put two of his students on a thirty-day fast food diet. Painter argues most people are not aware of their volume of food intake, a major contributor to over-consumption. He discusses the increase in the size of food portions over the last two decades and ways that food portions can be controlled. Painter is chair of the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University and has over a decade of experience in the food service and hospitality industry. He earned his PhD from University of Illinois, Urbana.

Spring Break
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 @ NA - No events planned the week of Spring Break, March 15-19.

Event being planned.
Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 12:00 PM @ Campanile/Gold/Pioneer - Event being planned.

Event being planned.
Sun, 28 Mar 2010, 12:00 PM @ Sun/South Ballroom - Event being planned.

President's Lecture in Chemistry - Geraldine L. Richmond
Wed, 07 Apr 2010, 8:00 PM @ To be announced - Geraldine Richmond is the Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oregon. She is also the founder and chair of the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists, an organization assisting in the advancement of women faculty in the sciences. Richmond’s research applications of nonlinear optical spectroscopy and computational methods to the chemistry that occurs at complex surfaces and interfaces have relevance in numerous areas, including energy production, environmental remediation, and atmospheric chemistry. Recent awards for her scientific accomplishments include the Spiers Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2004), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2007) and the Bomem-Michaelson Award (2008). Richmond received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in chemical physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Lecture Being Planned
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 @ To be announced - Lecture to be announced

Event to Be Scheduled
Wed, 30 Jun 2010, 12:00 PM @ To be announced - Event to be announced.

Event to Be Scheduled
Wed, 30 Jun 2010, 8:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium - Event to be announced.