All Lectures

Wedding of the Foxes: Antidotes for Despair in a Time of Crisis

Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025
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7:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Katherine Larson
How Space Tech Is Enabling Sustainable Development on Earth

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Danielle Wood
iNaturalist: How One App Is Engaging the Public in Citizen Science and Conservation

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025
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7:00 pm

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Speaker: Scott Loarie
Developing Effective Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Value Chains Through a Gender Transformative Integrated Intervention

Monday, Oct 20, 2025
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4:25 pm to 5:15 pm

118 Horticulture Hall

Speaker: Jan Low
SOILutions for Food and Nutrition Security: A MicroGreen Revolution in Agriculture

Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025
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7:30 pm

Dolezal Auditorium, 0127 Curtiss Hall

Speaker: Mariangela Hungria
Diary of an Entrepreneur: The Need for Resiliency When Running an Iowa Small Business

Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Kori Heuss
Impact and Insights: 25 Years of Languages and Cultures for Professions at ISU

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025
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3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Campanile Room, Memorial Union

Panel: Chad Gasta, Dawn Bratsch-Prince, Mark Rectanus
Democracy According to Jazz

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: Otis Moss
Solved? The Enduring Mystery of Jack the Ripper

Monday, Oct 27, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Laurie Law
Shattering the Porn Narrative: How Porn Destroys Everything It Touches

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Elisha Krauss
This Is Not Financial Advice

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025
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6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Film Screening: Panel Q&A
Water You Waiting For? "Urinetown: The Musical" and the Urgency of Water Resilience

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025
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6:00 pm

Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Panel: Cason Murphy, Sara McMillan, Cristina Poleacovschi, Catherine DeLong, Mark Delancey
Meskwaki Dance-versity: A Celebration of Culture and Movement

Monday, Nov 03, 2025
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6:30 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Guests: Meskwaki Dance-versity
EVENT POSTPONED Natural Hydrogen: An Overlooked Potential Energy Resource

Tuesday, Nov 04, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Geoffrey Ellis
Ancient Greeks and Romans and the American Founding

Wednesday, Nov 05, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Alexander Hall
Understanding Languages as Cultural Artifacts: Intellectual and Political Consequences

Thursday, Nov 06, 2025
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3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Carver 0305

Speaker: José Del Valle
Artists and Archives: Creating Contemporary Art from History

Thursday, Nov 06, 2025
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5:30 pm

198 Parks Library

Speakers: University Museums Panel
Gold Star Hall Ceremony

Monday, Nov 10, 2025
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4:15 pm

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Ceremony: Presentation
10th Annual Three-Minute Thesis Final Competition

Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: Iowa State Graduate Students
Indigenous Peoples and the American Constitution

Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Sebastian Braun
The Work We Do Together: Scholars as Partners Within and Beyond the University

Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
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5:00 pm

2155 Marston

Speaker: Andrew Klumpp
How Pirates Saved the American Revolution

Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
at
6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Amanda Knief
World Without Cows

Monday, Nov 17, 2025
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5:30 pm to 7:45 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Film Screening: Panel Q&A
The Goal Standard: The Psychology of Defining, Pursuing, and Achieving What Matters

Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025
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5:30 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Charles Chaffin
The Driving Factor? Exploring Parental Influence in Career Choices

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Joseph Ramstad