Schedule of Events

Destination Iowa State Presents the Comedy of Jeff Dye
Sat, 22 Aug 2009, 9:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium - 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 p.m. - 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.

Your Global Mortgage – James Bernard Jr.
Wed, 09 Sep 2009, 6:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - James Bernard, Jr. is general manager of MarketWatch.com, where he is responsible for driving product development and innovation, design, operations, and general management of the web business. It is part of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, the digital arm of Dow Jones's consumer media division. Part of the Globalization, Technology, and Culture Series.

Health Care Reform - A Faculty Forum
Thu, 10 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Iowa State faculty will share their research contributing to the current debate on health care reform. Participants include associate scientist in Economics Liesl Eathington, author of a recent report on the uninsured; economist Mark Imerman with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who has conducted research on nursing labor markets and patient hospital choices; and marketing professor Doug Walker, who has researched the impact of pharmaceutical advertising. They will be joined by Dr. Michael Kitchell, McFarland Clinic physician and president of the Iowa Medical Society, who has testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will moderate the discussion, with opening remarks on the role of political rhetoric in this process. Part of the Faculty Forum Series.

Numbers in the Court of Law – A Panel Discussion
Fri, 11 Sep 2009, 7:30 PM @ Campanile Room, Memorial Union - This panel concludes the daylong event “Should We Trust the Numbers? A Workshop on Philosophy, Mathematics and Statistics in the Court of Law,” which brings together multiple perspectives on the question of whether we can—or should—count on numbers in a court of law. Iowa State faculty Alicia Carriquiry, Statistics, and Kevin de Laplante, Philosophy, will join guest speakers Susan Haack and Joseph Kadane. Wolfgang Kliemann, chair of Mathematics, will moderate. Susan Haack is a noted expert on the philosophy of mathematics and the use of numbers. She is the Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences and a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Miami. Joseph Kadane is an authority on legal statistics and the Leonard J. Savage University Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, at Carnegie Mellon University. Part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration.

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. Whelan will discuss changing dating and marriage patterns in the United States and explore the myth of soul mates and talk about the implications of the hookup culture for young adults. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture.

The Battle for Whiteclay: A Documentary and Panel Discussion
Tue, 15 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - The State of Nebraska’s refusal to halt alcohol sales to the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from its border town of Whiteclay gets an in-depth look in this new documentary. Four off-sale beer stores in this 14-person hamlet sell over 11,000 cans of beer a day to an Indian clientele with virtually no legal place to drink it. Struggling with crippling poverty and epidemic alcohol abuse that afflicts four out of five families, the Oglala Sioux Tribe has for decades banned the sale and possession of alcohol on their reservation. The Battle for Whiteclay follows Indian activists Frank LaMere, Duane Martin Sr. and Russell Means through the streets of Whiteclay to the halls of Nebraska’s State Capitol in their efforts to end alcohol sales in the place many have dubbed “skid row on the prairie.” A panel discussion will follow the showing of this documentary with the director-producer Mark Vasina and Frank LaMere, one of the orchestrators of the movement and a member of the Winnebago tribe of Nebraska.

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, director of University Library Special Collections Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Greenlee School of Journalism faculty member Barbara Mack, Mary Greeley Medical Center physician Tim Leeds, 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.

Live Webcast: The World Before Darwin - Everett Mendelsohn,
Wed, 16 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ E164 Lagomarcino - A live webcast of a lecture by Everett Mendelsohn, Harvard University. A celebration of the 150th anniversary of Darwin's "Origin of the Species."

Access to Education Denied: Are Iowa Public Universities Excluding Low-Income Students? Thomas Mortenson
Wed, 16 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Gallery, Memorial Union - Thomas Mortenson is Senior Scholar at the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington DC and an independent higher education policy analyst living in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He is editor and publisher of Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY, a monthly research letter devoted to analysis and reporting on the demographics, sociology, history, politics and economics of educational opportunity after high school. He provides consulting services on higher educational opportunity policy to state and national organizations and makes presentations on opportunity throughout the country.

Stories of the First Nations - Dovie Thomason
Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 4:00 PM @ Gold 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.

Torture, Detention and the Rule of Law: A Panel Discussion
Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Clark Wolf is director of the Bioethics Program, and much of his published work is in political and legal philosophy, including a forthcoming project covering torture and human rights. He will lead a discussion with Alex Tuckness, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and Ben Stone, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa. The American Civil Liberties Union recently won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit forcing the release of a report providing a detailed description of torture and abuse of detainees. A Constitution Day Event and part of the World Affair Series.

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: Iowa in the Global Community.

Failure Is Not An Option - Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise
Sat, 19 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - Admission Free - doors open at 6 p.m. - Astronaut Fred Haise served as the lunar module pilot during the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 space mission. Soon after, he survived another harrowing ordeal: in 1973, he was burned over 65 percent of his body following an aircraft crash during filming of the Pearl Harbor epic, Tora! Tora! Tora! Haise went on to become one of the first astronauts to pilot the space shuttle in test missions. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on October 4, 1997. Haise will use NASA footage of the Apollo 13 flight during his presentation. Join us for an autographing session in the Celebrity Café immediately following the lecture. Books will be available for purchase. Part of Engineers' Week 2009.

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.

Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism - Richard Longworth
Tue, 22 Sep 2009, 6:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Journalist Richard Longworth is the author of Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism. For twenty years Longworth was a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and United Press International and was the Tribune's Chief European Correspondent. He is the author of Global Squeeze, one of the first books on globalization, as well as the MacArthur Foundation report "Global Chicago.” Longworth is a two-time recipient of the Overseas Press Club Award for series on globalization and the UN and was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and distinguished visiting scholar at DePaul University. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series: Iowa in the Global Community and the Globalization, Technology, and Culture Series.

Taking Control of Your Financial Future in Tough Times - Jeanne Hogarth
Tue, 22 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jeanne Hogarth is a program manager for the Federal Reserve Board in Consumer Education and Research, specializing in consumer finance. She will discuss ways people can become more financially competent in today's financial markets, with a special focus on access and affordability of higher education and student loan debt loads. Hogarth has authored articles on electronic banking, patterns of financial behavior, and connections between knowledge and behavior in household financial management. She also prepares consumer information materials with a focus on information that is clear and understandable. Hogarth is on the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She worked previously with the Cooperative Extension System and has taught at the university and high school levels. She holds a doctorate in family and consumer economics from The Ohio State University. The Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences Lecture.

Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon & Other Stories : A Fiction Reading - Dean Bakopoulos
Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Dean Bakopoulos is a new faculty member in the Iowa State Creative Writing Program and author of the novel Please Don't Come Back from the Moon, a New York Times Notable Book. He has lectured at many universities about the economic and environmental problems facing the post-industrial Rust Belt and has published related essays and criticism. His one-act plays "Phonies" and "Wayside" have been produced at Alley Stage in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. 

The winner of a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2006 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, he is the former director of both the Wisconsin Book Festival and the Wisconsin Humanities Council. Bakopoulos earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Part of the Eco-Voices Series.

Toward a Post Carbon Food System - Richard Heinberg
Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow in Residence at the Post Carbon Institute, is the author of eight books including The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies; Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World; The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse; and Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. He writes a regular column for the Ecologist magazine and has authored scores of essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as The American Prospect, Public Policy Research, European Business Review, Earth Island Journal, Yes! Magazine, and The Sun, as well as on websites such as Alternet.org, EnergyBulletin.net, and Counterpunch.com. He has been featured in many film documentaries, including End of Suburbia and Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour. Part of the Live Green! Sustainability Series and the National Affairs Series.

The True Price of Victory: Curator's Lecture - Lea Rosson Delong
Sun, 27 Sep 2009, 2:00 PM @ Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall - Lea Rosson Delong discusses her scholarship on Christian Petersen and explores the strong side of this gentle sculptor. She received her B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. In addition to contemporary art, she has concentrated on American art of the Depression era, curating exhibitions and writing about the southwestern painter Alexandre Hogue and about New Deal art of the Midwest.

Global Warming and Public Policy: The Impact of President Obama’s G-20 Address on Climate Change - Mark Bryden
Tue, 29 Sep 2009, 7:00 PM @ Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - President Obama addressed the G-20 Summit leaders and organizations of industrial and emerging-market countries on September 24, in Pittsburgh. The focus was securing a sustainable future for all countries, including progress on long-term issues such as climate change. Kenneth "Mark" Bryden, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State, will offer commentary and lead a discussion on Obama's address. He has an active research and teaching program in the areas of sustainable engineering, appropriate technology, decision science, and simulation based engineering science. Bryden is also the president of Engineers for Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities for Service (ETHOS), an international NGO focused on the issues of household energy in the developing world.

Ames City Council Candidate Forum
Mon, 05 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - The Government of the Student Body will host a forum with Ames City Council candidates. Candidates will address issues of concern to Iowa State University students and take questions from audience members. Participants include Mayor Ann Campbell, at-large candidates Sheli Dougherty, Mike Miller and Peter Orazem; Ward 3 candidates Jeremy Davis, Ryan Doll and Brian McLain; and Ward 1 candidates Dan Rice and Tom Wacha. Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, will moderate.

Lessons Learned: Strategies for Success Among Underrepresented Minorities and Women in Undergraduate Engineering - Freeman Hrabowski
Tue, 06 Oct 2009, 9:00 AM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - 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.

Sustainable Energy Innovation at Iowa State
Tue, 06 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Larry Johnson, Director of the BioCentury Research Farm and the Center for Crops Utilization Research, will provide a brief update on the work to be done at the new BioCentury Research Farm and moderate the discussion. Jim McCalley, Harpole Professor in Electrical Engineering, will discuss his ongoing study of the country's energy and transportation infrastructure and how new technologies can best be mixed with elements of the existing power system to produce cost-effective, sustainable energy and transportation systems. Victor Lin, professor of chemistry, director of the ISU Center for Catalysis and a program director for the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, will describe how nanotechnology is being used to re-engineer how biodiesel is refined more cheaply and environmentally friendly. A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Oak Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Live Green! Sustainability Series.

Iowa Traditions in Transition: Negotiating Identity, Performing Folklore - Riki Saltzman
Wed, 07 Oct 2009, 1:00 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: Iowa in the Global Community.

Technology and the Globalization of Opportunity - Mary Jane Hagenson
Wed, 07 Oct 2009, 6:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Mary Jane Hagenson is vice president of technology at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC. She previously served as vice president of specialty chemicals and specialty plastics for Phillips Petroleum Company, now ConocoPhillips. Hagenson holds seven U.S. patents and was nominated for Phillips’ Inventor of the Year in 1991. She earned an MS and PhD in biomedical engineering from Iowa State University. Before joining Phillips, she had research assignments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Iowa, and Iowa State University. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series and the Women in STEM Series.

Audio-Only Broadcast - Celebrating 150 Years of Darwin's THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: Variation - Jonathan Weiner
Wed, 07 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ 333 Science II - Live Audio Broadcast - Professor Jonathan Weiner, author of Beak of the Finch, will deliver the second lecture in the "150th Anniversary of the Origin of Species" Series hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook Project. This lecture is the second of five lectures in the Fall of 2009 to celebrate Darwin's seminal publication. Join fellow listeners at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and sociability. This is a live audio-only broadcast from Columbia University. A Q&A by e-mail will follow.

Against Publication: Rethinking the Reward System within the New Corporate University - Frank Donoghue
Thu, 08 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Frank Donoghue’s The Last Professors examines how the growing corporate culture of higher education threatens its most fundamental values by erasing one of its defining features: the tenured professor. In particular, he observes this trend through the lens of tenured professors in the arts and humanities, the value of whose work does not always lend itself to modes of cost benefit analysis. Donoghue is an associate professor of English at the Ohio State University and the author of The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities and The Fame Machine: Book Reviewing and Eighteenth-Century Literary Careers. He earned his PhD from The Johns Hopkins University. The 2009 Goldtrap Lecture.

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.

Revitalizing Agricultural Research for Global Food Security - Gebisa Ejeta
Mon, 12 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia is the recipient of the 2009 World Food Prize for his work developing sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed, or witchweed. The science has increased the production and availability of sorghum, one of the world’s five principal grains and a staple in the diet of 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa. Ejeta was raised in a one-room thatched hut in rural Ethiopia and through education was able to rise out of poverty. It was during the 1980s while working in Sudan that he developed his first hybrid sorghum. He subsequently worked to integrate seed distribution with farmer education programs and conservation initiatives and to promote economic development in rural Africa. Ejeta earned his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics at Purdue University, where he later became a faculty member and today holds a distinguished professorship. The 2009 Norman Borlaug Lecture and part of the World Affairs Series. A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. in the South Ballroom, Memorial Union. Posters will address world food issues and are submitted by undergraduate and graduate students. The competition is funded by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Human Sciences, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Sowing the Seeds of Victory Gardens: Then and Now - Rose Hayden-Smith
Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Garden Room, Reiman Gardens - Rose Hayden-Smith is a practicing U.S. historian and a nationally recognized expert on victory gardens, wartime food policies and school garden programs. She is the director of the University of California’s Cooperative Extension in Ventura County, which houses the Farm Advisors Office, Master Gardeners and 4-H programs. She is also a 2008-9 Kellogg Foundation Food and Society Policy Fellow. She holds masters degrees in education and U.S. history and is a PhD candidate in U.S. history and Public Historical Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Economic Recovery - A Faculty Forum
Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Iowa State Faculty will share their expertise on topics related to national economic recovery. Participants include Peter Orazem, University Professor in Economics, who has researched and written on labor economics and unemployment; David Peters, assistant professor of sociology, who has studied U.S. poverty rates and recently published "The Typology of American Poverty”; and David Frankel, associate professor of economics, who has written about adaptive expectations and stock market crashes. GianCarlo Moschini, chair of Economics and the Pioneer Chair in Science and Technology Policy, will moderate the discussion. Part of the Faculty Forum Series.

The Role of Engineers in Managing Risks from Natural Hazards - Robert Gilbert
Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Robert Gilbert is the Hudson Matlock Professor in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His expertise is the assessment, evaluation and management of risk in civil engineering, including building foundations, pipelines, dams and levees, and landfills. His recent research has focused on analyzing the performance of offshore platforms and pipelines in hurricanes; managing earthquake and flooding risks for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California; and performing a forensic analysis of the New Orleans levee failures. Gilbert earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and practiced with Golder Associates Inc. as a geotechnical engineer. Sigma Xi Fall Lecture.

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.

People I Wanted to Be: A Fiction Reading - Gina Ochsner
Thu, 15 Oct 2009, 3:30 PM @ 212 Ross Hall - Gina Ochsner is the author of People I Wanted to Be and The Necessary Grace to Fall, and her short stories have been featured in The New Yorker magazine and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Ochsner graduated with a master's degree in English from Iowa State University and a master in fine arts from the University of Oregon. She has won more than twenty awards for her writing, including the Flannery O’Connor Award, the Oregon Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award. Her latest book, The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight, will be published by Houghton Mifflin in 2010. Part of the Eco-Voices Series.

The Early Bear Gets the Goose: Polar Bears, Snow Geese and Climate Change - Robert Rockwell
Thu, 15 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Conservation biologist Robert Rockwell is the director of animal research at La Pérouse Bay Tundra Biology Station, the primary research site of the collaborative Hudson Bay Project. Rockwell’s work focuses on the long-term monitoring of snow geese in this coastal tundra ecosystem. His research is in population dynamics, community ecology, lifetime reproductive success, and the genetic structure and gene flow of migratory waterfowl such as snow geese, emperor geese, northern pintails and spectacled eiders. Rockwell is a research associate with the American Museum of Natural History Ornithology Department and a professor at CUNY City College. He holds a PhD in biology from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. The 2009 Paul L. Errington Lecture.

U.S. Leadership in the Global Fight Against Slavery - Luis CdeBaca
Thu, 15 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ambassador Luis CdeBaca has worked under three presidential administrations to combat human trafficking and modern-day forms of slavery. He was recently appointed by President Obama to direct the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the Department of State, which is dedicated to pressuring foreign governments to free persons forced to work, under threat of violence, for no pay beyond subsistence. He served formerly as Counsel to the House Committee on the Judiciary, where his portfolio included national security, intelligence, immigration, and civil rights. CdeBaca attended Iowa State University and received his law degree from the Michigan Law School. World Affairs Series, Constitution Day Speaker and part of the Latino Heritage Month Celebration.

From Honduras in Crisis: A View from the Rural Poor - John Donaghy
Mon, 19 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Donaghy will report on the condition of the Honduran poor during the ongoing political crisis following President Zelaya's forced departure. Efforts continue to set up talks between interim leader Roberto Micheletti and deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who is in the Brazilian embassy. John Donaghy is the former Director of Campus Ministry and Coordinator of Charity, Justice, and Peace Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center at Iowa State University. In June 2007 he began ministry in southwestern Honduras with the diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán. He is now associate director of the local diocesan social development agency. Part of the World Affairs Series: Can We Save the World?

The Future of American Agriculture - Kathleen Merrigan
Tue, 20 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, is the former director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at Tufts University, where she was on faculty in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. As a staffer on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, she helped shape the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, which created national standards for organic foods and a federal program to accredit them. She has also served as administrator of the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, which oversees the agency's organic program. Merrigan holds a doctorate in Public Policy and Environmental Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She will speak about her initiatives in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she is second in command. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Workshop - Finding Purpose and Direction in Your Life - Virginia Blackburn
Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 12:00 PM @ Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Virginia Blackburn’s research and teaching expertise is in Business Strategy, and she has expanded on these theories to develop a framework for helping people determine their unique Life Strategy. The short session is designed to be very interactive and entertaining. Dr. Blackburn is an associate professor of management who has published widely and won a number of university -wide teaching awards. For more information on Work/Life please visit www.provost.iastate.edu/worklife.

U.S.-Spanish Relations in the 21st Century - Jorge Dezcallar
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.

Farmscape – A Docu-Drama
Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 6:00 PM @ Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Join Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander and a cast of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences “Celebrities” for a special performance of Farmscape. The production documents our changing rural environment by recreating interviews with people involved in how we grow our food and live our lives in rural America. You'll take delight in a sip of Zinfandel at a new winery, savor the taste of organic vegetables on the way to a local farmer's market, gaze at restored wetlands and prairie, visit a hog confinement and a slaughtering plant, and experience the David and Goliath story of a family farmer up against the economic forces of the 3,500-acre agribusiness operation next door. In the end, you'll understand that farming completely changed the ecosystem of the prairie. A hundred and fifty years later, this landscape is dramatically changing again. Part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Preparing Leaders to Meet Future Global Challenges - Charles Manatt
Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Iowa State alum Charles Manatt has had a distinguished career in law, business, and politics, holding such positions as chair of the Democratic National Committee in 1981, cochair of the 1992 Clinton-Gore presidential campaign, and U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic under President Clinton. An attorney who earned his J.D. from George Washington University, Manatt is the founder of the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, which offers international legal and consulting services for a variety of industries. He also founded First Los Angeles Bank and served as its chairman from 1973 to 1989. Manatt's professional service extends to the educational and nonprofit sectors as well. He is an Emeritus Governor of the ISU Foundation, was a national vice-chair of Iowa State's Campaign Destiny and is now an executive committee member for Campaign Iowa State: With Pride and Purpose. The William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture.

The Environmental Significance of Biodiversity - Shahid Naeem
Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Shahid Naeem is professor and chair of Columbia University's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. He leads a research group studying the ecological consequences of biodiversity loss and has been actively involved in bringing the science of biodiversity to conservation, restoration, and policy development. In particular, his work has demonstrated how an ecosystem’s loss of species affects its ability to resist invasion by other species, its production and nutrient cycling, and its overall stability. Naeem is coauthor of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. He earned a PhD in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, and has held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and the University of Washington. Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture.

Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Aerospace Market - Dennis Muilenburg
Tue, 03 Nov 2009, 6:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Dennis Muilenburg is president of Boeing Corporation’s Global Services & Support division. He leads all aspects of the company's $8 billion business providing after-delivery support for military platforms and systems and a broad array of defense and government services. Prior to his current assignment, Muilenburg served as vice president and general manager of the Boeing Combat Systems division and program manager for Future Combat Systems (FCS), a major U.S. Army modernization initiative. Muilenburg earned a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University and a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Washington. Part of the Globalization, Technology, and Culture Series.

End Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Let Gays and Lesbians Serve Their Country Honorably - Lt. Dan Choi
Tue, 03 Nov 2009, 6:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lt. Dan Choi is a West Point graduate, Iraq war veteran and Arabic linguist - and a gay American. He served as platoon leader, company executive officer, battalion and brigade staff officer, Iraqi Arabic language instructor, civil-military and reconstruction engineer serving in 10th Mountain Division (Ft. Drum, NY) and South Baghdad, Iraq (The Triangle of Death). Then Lt. Choi announced he was gay on The Rachel Maddow show on March 19, 2009. Less than one month later, the Army announced they would initiate discharge proceedings against Lt. Choi for violating Don't Ask Don't Tell. Lt. Choi is fighting his discharge proceedings and is a founding member of the organization KNIGHTS OUT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender West Point Graduates.

The Sky Begins at Your Feet: A Reading and Discussion of Bioregionalism - Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Tue, 03 Nov 2009, 7:00 PM @ Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate and one of the founders of the Bioregional Congress, will read from her book The Sky Begins at Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community, and Coming Home to the Body. Mirriam-Goldgerg is an instructor at Goddard College, where she teaches transformative language arts. Her books include four collections of poetry, the writing guide Write Where You Are, and the anthology The Power of Words. Part of the Eco-Voices Series.

Global Climate Change - A Faculty Forum
Tue, 03 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Gene Takle, professor in the Departments of Agronomy and Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, will lead a discussion with other members of Iowa State's Climate Science Initiative team that was established in response to the public concern over global climate change and its impact on every segment of society. Faculty participants include agricultural economics professor John Miranowski, professor of economics and member of the National Academies Panel on Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels; William Gutowski, professor of geological and atmospheric sciences; and Ray Arritt, professor of agronomy. A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Oak Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Faculty Forum Series, the Live Green! Sustainability Series, and the World Affairs Series.

Surviving the Rwandan Genocide: Immaculee's Story of Faith, Hope and Forgiveness - Immaculee Ilibagiza
Wed, 04 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Immaculee 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. Immaculee 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 Immaculee. 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. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture and part of the World Affairs Series.

American Intelligence and the Continuing Threat from al-Qaeda: Strategic and Ethical Implications - Tom Twetten
Mon, 09 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Tom Twetten served thirty-four years in clandestine services for the Central Intelligence Agency before retiring in 1995. He worked under diplomatic cover in such locations as Libya, Ghana, India, and Jordan, and was Chief of the CIA’s Near East and South Asia Division during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He served nearly six years as the CIA’s Deputy Director for Operations, commanding the agency’s worldwide clandestine network. During this time he directed intelligence resources in support of new democracies in Eastern Europe, supported a coalition of allied forces in the Gulf War following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and placed new emphasis on fighting international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Twetten received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State, a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Part of the World Affairs Series

Engineering In The Coming Era of Insufficient Plenty - John Voeller
Tue, 10 Nov 2009, 6:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - John Voeller, a member of the corporate management team at Black & Veatch, is a ASME White House Fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. He is the principal architect of POWRTRAK, the automated engineering system of Black & Veatch that was used to build over 500 power facilities around the world. Voeller also serves as CEO and president of Data Discovery, Inc., which sells his recursive, search technology; CEO and president of General Integration Corp., specializing in highly collaborative environments; and CEO and president of Nuhands Corp., a firm specializing in products for aiding senior citizens and the handicapped. He holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Part of the Engineering Thematic Year on Sustainable Infrastructure and the Globalization, Technology, and Culture Series.

My Hollywood Career - Corey Moss
Thu, 12 Nov 2009, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Corey Moss codirected, wrote and produced a 78-minute feature documentary Dear Jack about the Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate singer Andrew McMahon and his bout with leukemia at the age of 22. He is an executive producer at Yahoo! Originals, where he created "Primetime in No Time," the highest-rated show on the Web. He has also written and directed short films starring Jackie Chan, Brett Ratner and Jamie Kennedy. debuted in front of the cameras on MTV and was their resident American Idol expert for several year. He later appeared on Fuse's "Videos that Rocked the World," "10 Great Reasons" and "Live Through This." Moss, who graduated from Iowa State with a journalism degree, is also an entertainment journalist who has been published in Spin, Rolling Stone and Vibe. A screening of DEAR JACK will follow at 8 p.m.

DEAR JACK: A Screening with Corey Moss
Thu, 12 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Corey Moss codirected, wrote and produced this 78-minute feature documentary Dear Jack about the Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate singer Andrew McMahon and his bout with leukemia at the age of 22. Moss is an executive producer at Yahoo! Originals, where he created "Primetime in No Time," the highest-rated show on the Web. He has also written and directed short films starring Jackie Chan, Brett Ratner and Jamie Kennedy. He graduated from Iowa State with a journalism degree.

Mississippi River Water Quality: Policy, Farm Landscapes and Hypoxia - R. Eugene Turner
Thu, 12 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - R. Eugene Turner is a Distinguished Research Master in the Coastal Ecology Institute and Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University. A hybrid oceanographer and wetland ecologist, he is active in the scientific aspects of coastal environmental management. In particular, his work addresses hypoxic zones, or Dead Zones, in which water oxygen levels are reduced to a level that can no longer support living aquatic organisms. Turner works regularly with The Land Institute and the Green Lands, Blue Waters Project on land use issues within the Mississippi River watershed. A reception will precede the lecture in the South Ballroom at 7:00 pm. The Dennis Keeney Distinguished Lecture.

Cooking, Fishing and Jogging through Phase Space: A Practical Guide to Discovering and Understanding New Materials - Paul Canfield
Thu, 12 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Paul Canfield, Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Robert Allen Wright Chair in Physics, has spent over has spent over a score of years in condensed matter physics, earning an international reputation for discovering and developing new materials. His work combines physics, chemistry, and metallurgy and is specifically focused on the properties of conducting and magnetic materials. In this lecture he will outline the basic philosophy and techniques needed to search for novel materials. These include a combination of intuition, experience, compulsive optimism and a desire to share discovery. The lecture will be general and include side comments, mildly slanderous asides and references to philosophers living and dead. Sigma Xi Lecture.

Free Markets, Sound Money and Non-Intervention - Ron Paul
Fri, 13 Nov 2009, 7:00 PM @ Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building, Iowa State Center - Ron Paul is a physician, eleven-term Republican congressman from Texas, and former presidential candidate. He has devoted his political career to limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies. Paul’s latest book, End the Fed, challenges the role of the Federal Reserve in American economic policy. His other publications include The Revolution: A Manifesto, Pillars of Prosperity, and A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship. Ron Paul founded the advocacy group Campaign for Liberty as an extension of his 2008 presidential campaign and the grass roots support it generated. Since there are multiple events scheduled at the Iowa State Center complex, please enter parking lot from Beach Ave. or South 4th St. Traffic attendants will be available to direct guests to the appropriate parking lot.

The Superstition Bash - Performance and Interactive Displays
Fri, 13 Nov 2009, 7:00 PM @ Molecular Biology 1414 – Free admission - Nathan Allen, the Maniac of Magic, will open the evening with a performance that is part magic, part comedy, and totally dysfunctional. NO rabbits, NO tuxedos, and NO sparkly boxes, just a combination of a twisted sense of humor, sleight-of-hand magic skills, and hilarious audience participation. During the reception following the performance, audience members will have an opportunity to interact with displays about common superstitions and enjoy appetizers, desserts, and hot cider and cocoa. Part of the Atheist and Agnostic Society 10th Anniversary Celebration.

Understanding Islam: The Message of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad - Dr. Sabeel Ahmed
Sat, 14 Nov 2009, 2:00 PM @ South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Dr. Sabeel Ahmed is the Director of the GainPeace Project, an outreach project of the Islamic Circle of North America. The Islamic Circle of North America is one of the largest, non-profit, independent, grass roots organizations of Muslim Americans. It has twenty-five chapters and affiliates with the mission to promote understanding of Islam and Muslims. GainPeace.com conducts many of those outreach projects in Chicago and other cities, and Dr. Sabeel has given numerous presentations and workshops on dawah, the Arabic word for "outreach." Before working with the GainPeace Project, Dr. Sabeel completed his medical education and worked in that field.

Putin's Russia and the Ideology of Glamour - Olga Mesropova
Tue, 17 Nov 2009, 7:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Olga Mesropova, associate professor of Russian Studies in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, researches popular culture in the post-Soviet Union, including Russian film, comedy, and popular performance. She is particularly interested in Russian standup comedy from its early days to the post-Perestroika era, focusing on humor and satire under Yeltsin and Putin. Mesropova is the author of the cinema-based textbook, KINOTALK: Cinema for Russian Conversation. She is currently working on a book on Russian standup comics and another on images of women in post-Soviet Russian film and television as well as coediting a collection of essays entitled “Uncensored? Reinventing Humor and Satire in Post-Soviet Russia.” Mesropova earned a PhD in philology from Russian State Hertzen University. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Dean's Lecture.

What's New Since 1492? Eugene Fracek
Tue, 17 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Multicultural Center, Memorial Union - Eugene Fracek is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. He served for ten years as Director of Indian Education in the South Dakota Department of Education and is currently the principal of Studebaker Elementary in Des Moines and lecturer in the Department of Social Science, Indians of Americas Program, at Simpson College. A storyteller and a singer, he will discuss current events, economic realities, cultural issues, and other topics related to Native Americans and their cultural legacy. Part of the Celebration of American Indian an Alaskan Native Heritage Month.

Postville USA: Surviving Diversity in a Small Town - Panel Discussion
Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - In May 2008, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led a raid on the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, a community of 2,000 called home by Orthodox Jews, immigrant workers, and native Iowans alike. The raid resulted in 20 percent of the town’s residents being arrested and closure of the plant. It also exposed the disastrous enforcement of immigration policy, the exploitation of Postville by activists, and disturbing questions about the packing house's operators. Coauthors of the recently published Postville USA: Surviving Diversity in a Small Town will share their personal experiences with this community in crisis. They are UNI professor of anthropology and founder of the Iowa Center on Immigrant Leadership and Integration Mark Grey, Michele Devlin, professor of public health at UNI and director of the Iowa Center on Health Disparities, and Aaron Goldsmith, former city councilman of Postville, who received a rabbinical degree from Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim in Klar Chabad, Israel, and is currently president and owner of Transfer Master Products.

Evolution: Why It Is True and Why It Matters - Panel Discussion
Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - A panel discussion with Drena Dobbs, Professor of Genetics, Development & Cell Biology; Jill Pruetz, Associate Professor of Anthropology; and Justin Rice, graduate student in EEOB. Professor Dobbs compares protein structure/function in different organisms to see what is conserved and what evolves to give new functions. Professor Pruetz is a primatologist studying the behavior of nonhuman primates and is especially interested in the influence of ecology on the feeding, ranging, and social behaviors of primates and early humans. Justin Rice is a graduate student whose work focuses on science education at the undergraduate level, particularly the teaching of biological evolution. Part of the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the publication of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species.

Live Webcast - Celebrating 150 Years of Darwin's THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: Frontiers of Evolution - E.O. Wilson and Everett Mendelsohn
Tue, 24 Nov 2009, 12:00 PM @ E164 Lagomarcino - A live webcast of a panel of scientists led by E. O. Wilson and Everett Mendelsohn will discuss Darwin's legacy and talk about the frontiers of evolutionary and molecular biology as part of the the "150th Anniversary of the Origin of Species" Series hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook Project.This lecture is the fourth of five lectures in the fall of 2009 to celebrate Darwin's seminal publication. This is a live webcast being broadcast from Harvard University.

Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics & the Future of Food - Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak
Thu, 03 Dec 2009, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak are the authors of Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food, which discusses the potential combination of biotechnology and sustainable farming methods. Pamela Ronald is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis. Her laboratory has genetically engineered rice for resistance to diseases and flooding. Raoul Adamchak has grown organic crops for twenty years and has served as an inspector for California Certified Organic Farmers. He now works at the University of California, Davis, as the Market Garden Coordinator at the certified organic farm on campus. Part of the Women in STEM Series. An informal discussion with Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak has been scheduled for 12:00 p.m. in the Gold Room, Memorial Union. Bring your lunch!

CANCELLED! Exercise as the Antidote to Aging: Reversing the Aging Process - Barry A. Franklin
Thu, 10 Dec 2009, 7:30 PM @ CANCELLED - CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Barry A. Franklin is director of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise laboratories at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, and a noted author and scholar in combining exercise physiology with cardiology, heart disease prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction, obesity and metabolism. He coauthored Contemporary Diagnosis and Management in Cardiovascular Exercise, which features state-of-the-art strategies for patients to help them avoid lifestyle choices that may put them at risk for cardiovascular disease. The Pease Family Scholar.

Let Freedom Ring - Carillon Concert
Wed, 13 Jan 2010, 11:50 AM @ Central Campus - A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King with Dr. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Program
Thu, 21 Jan 2010, 4:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Musical performances and speakers celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Speakers include retired Curriculum and Instruction faculty member Lenola Allen-Sommerville, Government of the Student Body President Jonathan Turk, and Black Student Alliance President Bryan Woodson. The Gospel Soul Innovators will perform. Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman will present the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Advancing One Community Awards. Birthday cake graciously donated by Campus Dining Services.

ICYIZERE: Hope - A Documentary about Trauma, Reconciliation and Forgiveness after the Rwandan Genocide
Thu, 21 Jan 2010, 5:30 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - ICYIZERE: Hope is a 90-minute documentary by filmmaker Patrick Mureithi, who traveled to Rwanda to film a gathering of ten survivors and ten perpetrators of the l994 genocide. It documents the experience of the participants as they are taught about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and go through a series of group exercises to help build trust. Director Patrick Mureithi will lead a discussion about ICYIZERE: Hope on Tuesday, January 26, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. The event will begin with a screening of a shortened version (45 min) of the film.

Who Will Tell the Story? The Black Architects’ Epic Journey toward Equal Opportunity - R. Steven Lewis
Mon, 25 Jan 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - R. Steven Lewis is the president of the National Organization of Minority Architects, an organization that promotes not only the value of expressing cultural identity through architecture and design but the importance of mentoring minorities in an under-represented profession. Lewis cofounded the Los Angeles–based RAW Architecture in 1984 and was with the firm twenty years. In 2004 he joined the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of the Chief Architect, where for four years he worked on the Design Excellence Program. He recently joined the Pasadena office of the engineering and construction company Parsons Corp. In 2006, Lewis was named a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, where his topic of study was race and the profession of architecture. NOMA statistics reveal there are less than 2,000 licensed Black architects in the United States. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Series.

Trauma, Reconciliation and Forgiveness after the Rwandan Genocide - Film and Discussion with Director Patrick Mureithi
Tue, 26 Jan 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - ICYIZERE: Hope is a documentary by filmmaker Patrick Mureithi, who traveled to Rwanda to film a gathering of ten survivors and ten perpetrators of the l994 genocide. It documents the experience of the participants as they are taught about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and go through a series of group exercises to help build trust. The film also explores how the media was used to incite fear, hatred and ultimately, genocide, and the filmmaker's belief that media can similarly be used to unite and to heal. The first version of the film was shared with audiences at the 2008 Rwanda Film Festival and on Rwanda National Television. Director Patrick Mureithi will lead a discussion after the 45-minute screening. Part of the World Affairs Series and the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Series.

Can We Save the World? Wendy Chamberlin
Wed, 27 Jan 2010, 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 gaining 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.

The Girls on the Roof: A Poetry Performance - Mary Swander and the Eulenspiegel Puppet Company
Fri, 29 Jan 2010, 7:00 PM @ Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Avenue - Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander teams up with the Eulenspiegel Puppet Company to perform a poem based on selections from Swander's latest book of poetry, The Girls on the Roof. The book-length narrative poem features the story of a mother and daughter stranded on the rooftop of Crazy Eddie's Cafe on the banks of the Mississippi River for three days during the flood of 1993. While stranded, they discover things about each other they would prefer never to have known. The performance features Swander reading poems while puppeteer Monica Leo bringx the scenes alive through the use of hand, rod, and shadow puppets. This production is for an adult audience. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

Under Our Skin: There's No Medicine for Someone Like You - Documentary Film
Sat, 30 Jan 2010, 10:00 AM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Under Our Skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease. It looks not only at the science and politics of the disease but also at the personal stories of those who have been affected, from doctors who risk their medical licenses to patients who once led active lives but now can barely walk. While exposing a broken health care and medical research system, the film also gives voice to those who believe that instead of a crisis, Lyme is simply a "disease du jour," over diagnosed and contributing to another crisis: the looming resistance of microbes and ineffectuality of antibiotics. Under Our Skin was produced and directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson and won Best Documentary Award at the Camden International Film Festival. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

The Wilding: A Fiction Reading - Benjamin Percy
Sat, 30 Jan 2010, 1:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ben Percy, assistant professor of creative writing at Iowa State, was raised in the high desert of Central Oregon. He is the author of the novel The Wilding, forthcoming from Graywolf Press, and two books of stories, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His fiction and nonfiction have been read on National Public Radio, performed at Symphony Space, and published by Esquire, Men’s Journal, the Paris Review, the Chicago Tribune, Glimmer Train, and Best American Short Stories. Percy's honors include a Whiting Award, the Plimpton Prize and a Pushcart Prize. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

Writers Grow Here: FLYWAY's Home Voices Reading
Sat, 30 Jan 2010, 2:15 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Sponsored by Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment, the Home Voices event showcases creative work focused on themes of environmental imagination - poetry, fiction, and nonfiction - from writers in the Iowa State MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment. The Home Voices readers are selected from a competitive pool of submissions by the staff of Flyway, and the top winners' work will be published in a forthcoming issue of Flyway in 2010. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

Meaningful Work: The Writer as Citizen - Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass
Sat, 30 Jan 2010, 3:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Join symposium keynotes Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass in a conversation about the responsibility of writers in an ever-changing and imperiled environmental landscape. Terry Tempest Williams is a conservationist, advocate for free speech, and author of Refuge. Her most recent book is Finding Beauty in a Broken World. Rick Bass is the author of twenty books, including the autobiographical Why I Came West and the short story collection The Lives of Rocks. He lives in the Yaak Valley in the northern Rockies, where he has been active in protecting the land from roads and logging. The discussion will be moderated by Dean Bakopoulos, an assistant professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination Symposium.

Mosaic: Finding Beauty in a Broken World - Terry Tempest Williams
Sat, 30 Jan 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Terry Tempest Williams is a conservationist, advocate for free speech, and author of Refuge, a classic in environmental literature. She has been called "a citizen writer," a writer who speaks and speaks out on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. She has testified before Congress on women’s health issues, camped in the remote regions of Utah and Alaska wildernesses and worked as "a barefoot artist" in Rwanda. Williams publications include An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field; Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert; and The Open Space of Democracy. Her most recent book is Finding Beauty in a Broken World. Williams’s many awards and achievements include a Guggenheim Fellowship in creative nonfiction, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, the Robert Marshall Award from The Wilderness Society, and the Wallace Stegner Award from the Center for the American West. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination and the Eco-Voices Series.

Crude Independence - Documentary Film Screening & Director's Talk
Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 10:00 AM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Crude Independence documents the impact our nation’s demand for oil and global energy markets are having on America’s heartland. Director Noah Hutton takes us to the town of Stanley, North Dakota, population 1300, which sits atop the largest oil discovery in the history of the North American continent. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates there to be more than 200 billion barrels of crude oil resting in a previously unreachable formation beneath western North Dakota. Armed with new drilling technologies, oil companies from far and wide are descending on towns like Stanley. Through interviews and imagery, Crude Independence captures the effect this modern-day gold rush is having on small-town life. Director Noah Hutton will discuss the film and take questions following the screening. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

Blood Dazzler: A Poetry Reading - Patricia Smith
Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 1:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Patricia Smith’s fifth book of poetry, Blood Dazzler, chronicles the human, physical and emotional toll exacted by Hurricane Katrina and the disaster’s lasting spiritual and political impacts. It was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award. Recognized not only as a writer and poet but also as a performer, Smith is a four-time national individual champion of the notorious and wildly popular Poetry Slam - the most successful competitor in slam history. She was featured in the film Slamnation and appeared on the award-winning HBO series Def Poetry Jam. Smith’s other works include Teahouse of the Almighty; Close to Death; Big Towns, Big Talk; and Life According to Motown. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination. Smith will also participate in the panel "Aftermath: Narrating Disaster" following her talk, at 2:00 p.m. in the Sun Room.

Aftermath: Narrating Disaster - A Panel with Patricia Smith
Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 2:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Poet Patricia Smith and Iowa State faculty members Benjamin Percy and David Zimmerman will discuss how themes of violence, destruction, and disaster - personal, cultural, environmental - factor into their writing. The works of all three writers suggest strategies for facing and surviving the aftermath of catastrophic and violent events. Patricia Smith’s Blood Dazzler, chronicles the human, physical and emotional toll exacted by Hurricane Katrina and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

Over & Over: Performance by Jennifer McClung
Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 3:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jennifer McClung is a poet, artist, and musician. As a Pushcart Prize nominated poet and English instructor at Iowa State, she puts lyricism first. But as a long-time musician and the daughter of a working steel guitar player, she knows it takes more than good lyrics to make a great song. She turned down a development contract with a major record label to stick to her own fiercely independent style. And more than a decade later she has released two albums and toured the country. Join symposium participants for an informal reception following the performance. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination.

The Lives of Rocks: Field Notes on Finding Home - Rick Bass
Sun, 31 Jan 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room/South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Author and environmentalist Rick Bass is the author of twenty books, including the autobiographical Why I Came West and the short story collection The Lives of Rocks. His first short story collection, The Watch, set in Texas, won the PEN/Nelson Algren Award; and his 2002 collection, The Hermit’s Story, was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize and an O. Henry Award, Bass started writing short stories during his lunch breaks while working as a gas and oil geologist in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1987 he moved to the Yaak Valley in the northern Rockies, where he has been active in protecting the land from roads and logging and serves on the board of the Yaak Valley Forest Council and Round River Conservation Studies. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination Symposium. Join us for a wine-and-cheese reception, with cash bar, preceding the lecture at 6:30 p.m.

What You Can Learn Sleeping in the Residence Halls - Graham Spanier
Tue, 02 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall/South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Iowa State alum Graham Spanier has served as president of Penn State since 1995. His prior positions include chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Oregon State University, and vice provost for undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A family sociologist, demographer, and marriage and family therapist, he is the author of ten books and the founding editor of the Journal of Family Issues. Spanier earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and his bachelor's and master's degrees from Iowa State University. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration Keynote

Difficult Dialogues - A Forum with Robert J. Nash and DeMethra Bradley
Mon, 08 Feb 2010, 12:00 PM @ Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Robert J. Nash and DeMethra Bradley are coauthors of How to Talk about Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation. They will outline a model for engaging the university community in productive and civil dialogue on the most difficult and controversial social, religious, political, and cultural topics. Their ideas reach across disciplines and are applicable to most any issue that could be uncomfortable to discuss, cause participants to be disrespectful of differing opinions, and ultimately be divisive to a campus community. This Spring Faculty Forum is open to the entire university community.

** RESCHEDULED - March 2 ** Creating Opportunities for Independence - Karen Keninger
Mon, 08 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - This event is being rescheduled for March 2 due to weather. Karen Keninger is the director of the Department for the Blind, an independent state agency with employees throughout the state of Iowa. Keninger speaks about what it is like to be blind and how the department’s services help people regain confidence and get back to living full, productive lives. She addresses misconceptions about blindness, public perception and many of the hurdles a blind person must overcome in order to live an independent life. Keninger has been visually impaired since birth and completely blind since age twenty. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Drake University, a master’s degree in English at Iowa State, raised six children, and has worked as a freelance writer.

Unclaimed Legacy: A Call to Service for the Post-Civil Rights Generation Jeff Johnson
Mon, 08 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - **THIS LECTURE IS TAKING PLACE AS SCHEDULED.** A journalist, social activist, and political commentator, Jeff Johnson has a commitment to fostering broad-based communication about issues related to race, politics, pop culture, and socioeconomics. Originally known as "Cousin Jeff," he has earned a reputation as the "conscience voice" of BET Networks. His new book, Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am, is a call to service for the post-Civil Rights generation. Johnson has worked as senior advisor for Media and Youth Outreach for People for the American Way, as national director of the Youth & College Division of the NAACP, and as the vice president of Russell Simmons’s Hip Hop Summit Action Network. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Series.

Innovation in Global Agriculture in the Twenty-first Century - Ed Schafer
Tue, 09 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer has served as an elected official, business executive, and entrepreneur. As governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000, Schafer worked to promote trade relations with China and develop that nation as an export market for North Dakota farm products. He also led efforts to upgrade the state's communications infrastructure and make high-speed voice and data networks available to farmers, ranchers and rural businesses. Schafer was elected chair of the Republican Governors Association in 2000 and that same year cofounded the Governors Biotechnology Partnership. Before entering public life, he was a business executive with the Gold Seal Company in Bismarck. He also cofounded Extend America to provide wireless voice and high-speed data services in five rural Midwestern states.

Is Everybody Stupid(?) A One Man Show with Ise Lyfe
Wed, 10 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ise Lyfe is a spoken word artist and community leader. His artistic work includes a 2006 debut album spreadtheWord, his latest CD Prince Cometh, the play Who’s Krazy?, and his forthcoming book, Pistols and Prayers. From local and national poetry slams to Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on HBO, his performances also include over sixty universities all over the country and in the United Kingdom and Ghana, West Africa. In addition to performing, he works with local organizations addressing the educational, social and political needs of young people in San Francisco and Oakland.

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 - Sean Carroll, a professor of molecular biology and genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin, is known for his ability to popularize molecular genetics and their explanation for the process of evolution. He is the author of four 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. 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.

How Our Bodies Fight Infection: The Basics of Molecular Immunology – Amy Andreotti
Thu, 11 Feb 2010, 7:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Amy Andreotti is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology at Iowa State. Her research is in molecular immunology, specifically how the principles of physics can be used to understand the three-dimensional shapes of those molecules that control our immune response. Her team is looking at how these molecules change in the context of diseases such as autoimmune disorders or viral infections with the hope of improving their treatment. Andreotti earned a PhD in chemistry at Princeton University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Lecture Series.

College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series - Vallabh Sambamurthy
Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 10:00 AM @ Schaller Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building - Vallabh Sambamurthy is the Eli Broad Professor of Information Technology at Michigan State University and former executive director of the Center for Leadership of the Digital Enterprise. He is the coauthor of Winning the Three Legged Race: When Business and Technology Run Together, which advocates the necessity for firms to integrate their business and information technology management processes. Sambamurthy is currently the editor-in-chief of Information Systems Research. He earned a PhD from the University of Minnesota and has served on the faculties of the business schools at the University of Maryland and Florida State University. Part of the College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series

Innovation in Sustainable Engineering and Energy: A Whole Foods Perspective - Kathy Loftus
Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Kathy Loftus is Global Leader for Sustainable Engineering, Maintenance and Energy Management for Whole Foods Market, the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods. She coordinates strategic energy procurement, efficiency upgrades, engineering and maintenance best practices, and green building efforts for the chain. Her work includes coordinating program partnerships and efforts with the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and U.S. Green Building Council. Loftus holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is a Certified Energy Manager through the Association of Energy Engineers. Part of the National Affairs Series: Innovation and Ethics and the Women in STEM Series.

The Super Bowl: The Field Isn't the Only Thing That's Green - Jack Groh
Thu, 18 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jack Groh is the director of the NFL Environmental Program, which was created to minimize the environmental impact of NFL events on the communities in which its games are played. The program evaluates the impact of events like the Super Bowl and then partners with local organizations and agencies to develop cost-effective ways to address those impacts. Efforts include reducing solid waste, increasing recycling and landfill diversion, tapping renewable energy for game-day usage, food recovery from Super Bowl parties for distribution to local food banks, and donations of materials used to construct and decorate temporary structures. The program also initiated a carbon-neutral initiative, a first in U.S. sports history. Part of the National Affairs Series: Innovation and Ethics.

Charting our Course: Technology and Learning for the 21st Century - Malcolm Brown
Thu, 18 Feb 2010, 8:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Malcolm Brown is the director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Prior to assuming the position of director of the Learning Initiative, Brown was the Director of Academic Computing at Dartmouth College. He is a graduate of the EDUCAUSE Frye Leadership Institute and the Harvard Management Development Program and is currently serving as the editor of the New Horizons column for the EDUCAUSE Review. Brown holds a PhD in German studies from Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar at Albert Ludwigs Universitat in Freiburg, Germany. The 2010 ComETS Symposium Keynote Lecture. ComETS is an Iowa State University community that promotes dialog on educational technology.

The Problem of Evil and Suffering - Peter Kreeft
Fri, 19 Feb 2010, 7:30 PM @ Stephens Auditorium - Peter Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and the author of over forty books, including Making Sense Out of Suffering. His writings tackle questions related to the nature of suffering, the existence of God, and ecumenism. He is a regular contributor to several Christian publications, and his first novel, An Ocean Full of Angels, will be published next year. Kreeft earned a PhD from Fordham University.

Recovering from an Eating Disorder and Falling in Love with Life - Jenni Schaefer
Mon, 22 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jenni Schaefer, a recovered bulimic, has helped change the face of eating disorder awareness and recovery. She coauthored her first book, Life Without Ed, with her psychotherapist, who taught her to treat her eating disorder as a relationship rather than an illness or condition. Schaefer actually named her anorexia/bulimia "Ed," an acronym for "eating disorder." Her new book, Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life, tackles the transition from recovery to liberation. Jenni Schaefer is a consultant with the Center for Change in Orem, Utah, and a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul. She is a regular guest on national radio and television, including appearances on Dr. Phil and Entertainment Tonight. Part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

Strange as This Weather Has Been: A Reading - Ann Pancake
Mon, 22 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ Gallery, Memorial Union - Ann Pancake’s first novel, Strange as This Weather Has Been, features a southern West Virginia family devastated by mountaintop removal mining. Based on interviews and real events, the novel was one of Kirkus Review's Top Ten Fiction Books of 2007, won the 2007 Weatherford Award, and was a finalist for the 2008 Orion Book Award. Pancake's collection of short stories, Given Ground, won the 2000 Bakeless Award, and she has also received a Whiting Award, an NEA Grant, and a Pushcart Prize. She currently teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University. Part of the Eco-Voices Series.

Feeding Africa and South Asia: The Role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – David Bergvinson
Mon, 22 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - David Bergvinson is a Senior Program Officer in Agricultural Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Before joining the foundation, Bergvinson spent over a decade at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, where he led a program to develop insect-resistant maize varieties for Africa and Asia. He also managed CIMMYT’s drought breeding network in Southeast Asia that resulted in the development of several stress-tolerant lines that have since been released through national programs. Bergvinson currently manages seven crop improvement grants within the Science & Technology division of the foundation.

Innovation and Ethics - Yvon Chouinard
Tue, 23 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Yvon Chouinard is founder and owner of Patagonia, a maker of environmentally conscious, high-performance outdoor apparel. A leader in corporate social responsibility, Chouinard capitalized on his company’s success in the late 1980s to tackle the looming environmental crisis. He instituted the Patagonia Earth Tax, which pledges 1 percent of company sales to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment. And in 2001 he helped start One Percent For The Planet, an alliance of businesses that contribute at least 1 percent of their net annual sales to approved environmental organizations. Chouinard, who began in business by designing, manufacturing, and distributing rock climbing equipment, is also the author of Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman. Part of the National Affairs Series and the Iowa State University Symposium on Sustainability. A reception and poster session will precede the lecture at 7:00 p.m. in the Oak Room. Also featured will be sculptures created from trash removed from Iowa’s rivers. The “Riverse” exhibit is an annual collaboration between Ogden artist David Williamson and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Project AWARE, a weeklong volunteer river cleanup.

Iowa State University Symposium on Sustainability
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - The second annual Iowa State University Symposium on Sustainability offers students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to learn about Iowa State's sustainability accomplishments, initiatives, and activities of the past year; hear from those who have taken an active role in ISU's Live Green Initiative; and gain awareness from internationally recognized speakers. Leith Sharp, founding director of Harvard University's Green Campus Initiative, will deliver the keynote address. For a full schedule of events and registration go to: www.livegreen.iastate.edu/symposium/schedule.html

Green Economy Campus: Change Management for Sustainability - Leith Sharp
Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 8:00 AM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Leith Sharp is the founding director of Harvard University's Green Campus Initiative, recognized as the largest green campus organization in the world and a global leader in campus sustainability. Sharp has eighteen years of experience greening universities. She began her career as the first paid environment officer of the University of New South Wales, where she earned her undergraduate degree in environmental engineering. Sharpe has an ongoing affiliation as a visiting scholar with Harvard School of Public Health and teaches courses in organizational change management for sustainability and green building design through Harvard's Extension School. Part the 2010 Iowa State University Symposium on Sustainability. For a full schedule of events and registration go to: www.livegreen.iastate.edu/symposium/schedule.html

A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story - Film and Discussion with Producer Lane Wyrick
Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story explores the way we as a society have treated people with disabilities, from institutional abandonment to community embrace. Bill Sackter’s life story was made famous by the made-for-TV movie Bill (1981) starring Mickey Rooney as Bill, and Dennis Quaid as the young filmmaker Barry Morrow who had befriended Bill in 1972 and began filming their relationship and adventures. At Morrow’s prompting, documentary filmmaker Lane Wyrick took on the project of using his original video footage as well as photographs, film and interviews to produce the documentary A Friend Indeed. Wyrick, who is a graduate of the University of Iowa Film School, worked for four years in Los Angeles before returning to Iowa City to pursue his filmmaking career and start his own production company, Xap Interactive. A discussion with producer Lane Wyrick will follow a screening of the 90-minute documentary film.

What Can Slimy Rocks in the Deep Sea Tell Us about Microbial Survival Strategies at High Temperatures? Matt Schrenk
Thu, 25 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Matt Schrenk is an assistant professor of microbiology at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Most of his research has focused upon the growth of microorganisms on mineral surfaces, in communities known as biofilms. He is particularly interested in the ecological and evolutionary roles of biofilms in some of the highest temperature ecosystems on Earth - at the deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Schrenk participated in the recovery of the largest sulfide chimney structures to date from the Juan de Fuca Ridge in 1998 and later had the opportunity to conduct the first microbiological analyses of the newly discovered carbonate towers from the Lost City Field in 2001. He received his B.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ph.D. in Oceanography with a certificate in astrobiology from the University of Washington.

America's Energy Future - Lawrence Papay
Thu, 25 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lawrence Papay is the National Academy of Engineering Sigma Xi Lecturer, with a distinguished career in the energy sector, including business management, technology integration, nuclear and electric power, and system planning. He is CEO and Principal of PQR, a management consulting firm for a variety of clients in electric power and other energy areas. His previous positions include Sector Vice President for SAIC's Integrated Solutions Sector; Senior Vice President and General Manager of Bechtel Technology & Consulting; and Senior Vice President at Southern California Edison. Papay has served on the Department of Energy's Energy Research Advisory Board, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Advisory Committee as well as the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He holds an Sc.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT. Sigma Xi Lecture.

TO BE RESCHEDULED! The Relevance of John Henry Cardinal Newman - Denis Robinson
Thu, 25 Feb 2010, 8:00 PM @ TO BE RESCHEDULED IN THE FALL - TO BE RESCHEDULED IN THE FALL! Cardinal Newman is considered the patron of higher education and was recently beatified, a step toward canonization as an official saint in the Catholic Church. Fr. Denis Robinson is president-rector of Saint Meinrad School of Theology and coauthor of Religious Imagination and the Pluralist Theology of Religion. A Benedictine monk, he is also an assistant professor of systematic theology. He attended Saint Meinrad College and School of Theology, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a Master of Divinity. After serving as the parochial vicar for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis, he joined the Saint Meinrad. Father Denis also attended the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, where he received a master’s degree in theology, a licentiate in sacred theology, and doctorates in sacred theology and philosophy. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture.

Wisdom of the Last Farmer - David Mas Masumoto
Sun, 28 Feb 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - The author of eight books, David Mas Masumoto grows organic peaches, nectarines, and grapes on his eighty-acre farm in Del Rey, California. He is perhaps best-known for Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm. His latest book is Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies From the Land. Masumoto is a third generation Japanese American and self-described artist farmer, capturing the stories of family and the land through literature. Every year he hosts an Elberta Peach Tree Adoption program in hopes of educating others about the joy of heirloom produce and the realities of organic farming. The 2010 Shivvers Memorial Lecture.

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.

Women, Leadership and Service -Jackie Norris
Mon, 01 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jackie Norris is a senior adviser to the Corporation for National and Community Service, which includes Teach for America and Americorps. She previously served as chief of staff for First Lady Michelle Obama. Her other Washington credentials include serving as scheduler for Vice President Al Gore, director of scheduling and advance for HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo and service on the staff of U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter. Her Iowa credentials include serving as Barack Obama's senior advisor on the Iowa caucus campaign and state director on the general election, Tom Vilsack’s gubernatorial campaign, and Al Gore’s political director for Iowa during the 2000 presidential election. Norris received her undergraduate degree from SUNY at Geneseo and a teacher certification and master's degree in political science from Iowa State University. Part of the Women’s Leadership Series.

Creating Opportunities for Independence - Karen Keninger
Tue, 02 Mar 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Karen Keninger is the director of the Department for the Blind, an independent state agency with employees throughout the state of Iowa. Keninger speaks about what it is like to be blind and how the department’s services help people regain confidence and get back to living full, productive lives. She addresses misconceptions about blindness, public perception and many of the hurdles a blind person must overcome in order to live an independent life. Keninger has been visually impaired since birth and completely blind since age twenty. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Drake University, a master’s degree in English at Iowa State, raised six children, and has worked as a freelance writer.

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 7:00 PM @ Gallery, Memorial Union - First Amendment Day Celebration event being planned.

Postmen, Poets, and Priests: Literary Responses to the Holocaust - Alan Rosen
Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Alan Rosen is the author of Sounds of Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism and the Problem of English; the collaborator on a French edition of I Did Not Interview the Dead, by David Boder; and the editor of Approaches to Teaching Wiesel’s Night. He has held fellowships at the Center for Advance Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; The International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem; and the Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently Rosen was a research fellow at the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah. He earned his doctoral degree in literature and religion at Boston University.

Free Land: Race and Land in America - Ariel Luckey
Fri, 05 Mar 2010, 12:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ariel Luckey’s multimedia presentation provides background information on the Homestead Act, post-Slavery Reconstruction programs, and the Indian Wars, illustrating how racially discriminatory federal land policies of the nineteenth century directly established the patterns of land ownership present today. Ariel Luckey is a hip hop theater artist who weaves storytelling, spoken word poetry, dance, acting, and hip hop music into compelling narratives of personal and political transformation. Luckey's diverse performance locations have included the WTO demonstrations on the streets of Seattle, Café Cantante in Havana, Cuba, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City. Part of the Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE.

Laughing Without an Accent - Firoozeh Dumas
Mon, 08 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi and Laughing without an Accent, is a humorist with a serious message. She was born in Abadan, Iran, and moved to Southern California with her family in the 1970s. Dumas grew up listening to her father, a former Fulbright Scholar, recount the many colorful stories of his life in both Iran and America and decided to write her stories as a gift for her children. She was a finalist for the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor, the first Middle Eastern women to be considered for this honor. Funny in Farsi was a 2004 finalist for the PEN/USA award and a 2005 finalist for an Audie Award for best audio book. Her memoir Laughing without an Accent began as a one-woman show, opening to sold-out audiences. Part of the International Women’s Day Celebration and Women’s History Month.

The Crisis in American Foreign Policy - Seymour Hersh
Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Seymour Hersh is an investigative journalist, author, and regular contributor to the New Yorker on topics of U.S. military operations and national security. In 2004 he broke the story of the U.S. military’s mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, which he also covered in his book Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. His most recent New Yorker report, "Defending the Arsenal," questions the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons. Hersh has won more than a dozen major journalism prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and five George Polk Awards. His books include The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House; The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and America's Foreign Policy; The Dark Side of Camelot; and Against All Enemies: Gulf War Syndrome. Part of the World Affairs Series.

College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series - Morgan Swink
Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 10:00 AM @ Schaller Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building - Morgan Swink is the Eli Broad Legacy Fellow of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. His research interests include product/process innovation, operations strategy, and supply chain decision support systems. He is coauthor of Value-Driven Operations Management: An Integrated Modular Approach and the forthcoming Managing Operations across the Supply Chain. Before his academic appointment, Swink worked for ten years in manufacturing and product development at Texas Instruments. He earned a PhD in operations management from Indiana University. Part of the College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Event being planned.

Be Not Afraid: An Alternative to the War on Terror - Tom Cordaro
Thu, 25 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Tom Cordaro, the author of Be Not Afraid: An Alternative to the War on Terror, has been involved with faith-based peace and justice work for over thirty years as a local, regional and national organizer. He was named as an Ambassador of Peace by Pax Christi USA, a national Catholic peace and justice organization, and he is a member of the Pax Christi Anti-Racism Team. Cordaro has authored many publications, including To Wake the Nation: Nonviolent Direct Action for Personal & Social Transformation; Reading the Signs of the Times: The Challenge of Peace Continues; and A Shoot Shall Rise Up: Building An Alternative to the New World Order. Cordaro is an Iowa State alum and worked Father Supple as a student leader and later a campus minister at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish & Catholic Student Center in Ames. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture.

College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series - Shyam Sunder
Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 9:30 AM @ Schaller Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building - Shyam Sunder is the James L. Frank Professor of Accounting, Economics, and Finance at the Yale School of Management. An accounting theorist and experimental economist, he is a pioneer in the fields of experimental finance and experimental macroeconomics. Sunder’s current research includes the problem of structuring U.S. and international accounting and auditing institutions to achieve balance between regulatory oversight and market competition. Sunder is the author of six books, including Experimental Methods: A Primer for Economists and Theory of Accounting and Control. Part of the College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series

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

Climate Change and Grasslands: What We Think We Know is NOT What We Need to Know - Alan Knapp
Sat, 27 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Alan Knapp's research on plants focuses on understanding ecological patterns and processes from the leaf to the landscape. It reflects his training as a plant physiological ecologist and a twenty-year association with the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. He is also involved with the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research Program, which looks at the dynamics and sustainability of grasslands as they are influenced by phenomena such as changes in land use, climate change, nutrient enrichment and invasive species. Knapp is the coauthor of Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. He is a professor and senior ecologist in the Department of Biology at Colorado State University. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference Keynote Address.

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

No Apology: The Case for American Greatness - Mitt Romney
Mon, 29 Mar 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will speak on his new book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness. Romney was CEO of Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, and cofounder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He left the private sector to organize the 2002 Winter Olympics as President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. As Massachusetts governor from 2003 to 2007, he presided over a reversal of the state’s economy, enacted education reform, and proposed and signed into law private, market-based healthcare reform. Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

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Mon, 29 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Event to be announced.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Event to be announced.

Catholicism on Eco-justice - Anne Clifford
Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 7:00 PM @ South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Anne Clifford is the Msgr. James Supple Chair of Catholic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State. In recognition of the fortieth anniversary of the first Earth Day, she will discuss Catholic eco-justice teachings, with a focus on their roots in creation theology and their call to responsibility for the environment. Clifford is a former consultant for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Environmental Justice Program and has written on the topic of Catholicism and environmental stewardship. She is also the author of Introducing Feminist Theology and coeditor of Christology: Memory, Inquiry, Practice. Msgr. James Supple Lecture

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Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 7:00 PM @ Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - 2010 Barbara (Mounds) Hansen Lecture to be announced.

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Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Event to be announced.

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Tue, 06 Apr 2010, 8:00 PM @ To be announced - Event to be announced.

How to Pass the Flaming Baton: Managing, Mentoring, and Moving On - Regenia Bailey
Wed, 07 Apr 2010, 12:00 PM @ Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Regenia Bailey is the founder and principal of the Bailey Leadership Initiative. She has worked for over twelve years in the not-for-profit sector and was the founding director of the Iowa Women’s Foundation. Regenia teaches business courses as an adjunct faculty member at Kirkwood Community College. She has an MBA from The University of Iowa. In addition to her consulting work, Regenia is serving in her second term as an Iowa City City Council member and her first term as Mayor. Another presentation - "The Time to Relax is When You Don't Have Time For It: Finding More Balance in Your Life," 7 p.m., Cardinal Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Women's Leadership Series

Balancing the Rights and Responsibilities of the Press - Panel Discussion with Richard Doak
Wed, 07 Apr 2010, 7:00 PM @ South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Richard Doak, retired editor and columnist for the Des Moines Register, teaches at Iowa State University and Simpson College. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.

The Time to Relax is When You Don't Have Time For It: Finding More Balance in Your Life - Regenia Bailey
Wed, 07 Apr 2010, 7:00 PM @ Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Regenia Bailey is the founder and principal of the Bailey Leadership Initiative. She has worked for over twelve years in the not-for-profit sector and was the founding director of the Iowa Women’s Foundation. Regenia teaches business courses as an adjunct faculty member at Kirkwood Community College. She has an MBA from The University of Iowa. In addition to her consulting work, Regenia is serving in her second term as an Iowa City City Council member and her first term as Mayor.

President's Lecture in Chemistry - Geraldine L. Richmond
Wed, 07 Apr 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - 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. Part of the Women in STEM Series.

Where Do You Find the Most Credible News Source? Panel Discussion
Thu, 08 Apr 2010, 4:00 PM @ Gallery, Memorial Union - Participants to be announced. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.

Watchdog Journalism in the 21st Century - Joe Mahr
Thu, 08 Apr 2010, 8:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Joe Mahr is a journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Previously, he worked for the Toledo Blade, where he was part of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning team that uncovered the U.S. Army’s 36-year cover-up of Tiger Force during the Vietnam War. He has written award-winning stories on subjects ranging from Ohio’s lax efforts to fix dangerous stretches of highways to allegations that Toldeo police refused to arrest or investigate abusive priests. More recently he has written a series of stories looking at abuse and neglect in the mental health system. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.

From GILBERT GRAPE to THE HEIGHTS: Peter Hedges on Writing and Directing
Wed, 14 Apr 2010, 7:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Peter Hedges, who grew up in West Des Moines and attended Valley High School, is a novelist, screenwriter, and film director. He wrote both the novel and the screenplay What's Eating Gilbert Grape and is the writer-director of Pieces of April and Dan in Real Life. His screenplay for About a Boy was nominated for an Academy Award well as a BAFTA and a Writers Guild of America Award. His other novels include An Ocean in Iowa and the forthcoming The Heights.

College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series - Mark Flannery
Thu, 15 Apr 2010, 10:00 AM @ Schaller Seminar Room, 3164 Gerdin Business Building - Mark Flannery is the Bank of America Eminent Scholar in Finance at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration. His research is in the areas of government regulation of the financial sector, information content of security prices, financial management of financial institutions, and asset pricing. Flannery is the editor of Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He earned a PhD from Yale University and has served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Carolina, and as a visiting professor at the London Business School. Part of the College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series

What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison: A Poetry Reading - Camille Dungy
Thu, 15 Apr 2010, 7:00 PM @ Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Camille Dungy is cofounder of From the Fishouse, a nonprofit organization that promotes the oral tradition of poetry. She is coeditor of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great, and her poetry collection What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison was a finalist for the PEN Center USA 2007 Literary Award and the Library of Virginia 2007 Literary Award. Dungy lives in San Francisco, where she is an associate professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University. She is assistant editor of Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade, editor of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, the recipient of several prominent writing fellowships, and a former artist-in-residence at Rocky Mountain National Park. Part of the Eco-Voices Series.

VEISHEA Opening Ceremony
Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 12:00 PM @ Central Campus - VEISHEA 2010 is scheduled for April 12-18. VEISHEA is an annual celebration held at Iowa State each spring, and one of its oldest traditions. It serves as a showcase and display of the Iowa State community with a wide variety of educational and entertainment events.

VEISHEA Event Being Planned
Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 11:00 PM @ Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - Admission Free - Speaker to be announced!

VEISHEA Event Being Planned
Sat, 17 Apr 2010, 11:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - Entertainment to be announced.

Food Science and Humanitarianism - Alex Buchanan
Wed, 21 Apr 2010, 8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Alex Buchanan is a food scientist who has developed such products as infant foods and high-protein biscuits for use in developing countries and disaster relief. He is a former executive director of the Crawford Fund, a division of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering that promotes technological expertise and agricultural research to increase sustainable global food production. For over a decade he managed food research projects for the ASEAN-Australia Economic Corporation. Buchanan was named a member of the Order of Australia for his research supporting aid programs in the South East Asia region, and is the 2008-9 recipient of the Rotary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award. He earned his MS from Iowa State in dairy bacteriology and agricultural economics and a PhD in biochemistry at the University of London. He is currently a consultant editor at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.

Equal Pay Is Not Only About Fairness - It's About Survival - Lilly Ledbetter
Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 7:30 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lilly Ledbetter gained national recognition when in 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a jury’s ruling in the pay equity law suit she had won almost a decade before. Ledbetter had worked for nearly twenty years at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Gadsden, Alabama, and despite receiving top performance awards discovered that she had been paid significantly less than male co-workers in the same position. In a 5-4 decision, Supreme Court justices ruled that employees could only file a wage discrimination complaint within 180 days of the original pay decision. In January 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill that President Obama signed into law. The law restores the long-standing interpretation of civil rights laws and EEOC policies that allows employees to challenge any discriminatory paycheck they receive.

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

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

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

Event Being Scheduled
Wed, 30 Jun 2010, 7:00 PM @ To be announced - The Rastetter Chair in Agricultural Economics Annual Lecture to be announced.