All Lectures

The National Geographic Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals

Thursday, Mar 26, 2026
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: Joel Sartore
Simon Estes: A Heart & A Voice: Documentary and Conversation

Monday, Mar 30, 2026
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5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Speaker: Simon Estes
A Distinctively Christian Approach to Engineering

Monday, Mar 30, 2026
at
6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speakers: Paul Griffioen and Justin Vander Werff
An International Sexual Predator Ring Exposed: How ISU PD Cracked the Case

Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026
at
6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Panel: Chief Michael Newton and Officer Kami Feld
Mathematics for Human Flourishing

Wednesday, Apr 01, 2026
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6:00 pm

South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Speaker: Francis Su
Mental Health Matters

Thursday, Apr 02, 2026
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5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Great Hall, Memorial Union

Speaker: Foster Huggins
Life and Inspiration in Iowa: A Conversation with Nonfiction Author Lyz Lenz

Thursday, Apr 02, 2026
at
7:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Lyz Lenz
How Free Market Thinking Has Blocked Climate Action

Monday, Apr 06, 2026
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: Naomi Oreskes
Democratizing Math and STEM Success: Do Early Math Skills Matter?

Tuesday, Apr 07, 2026
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Namrata Vaswani
Carving the Divine: A Film and Discussion About the 1,400-Year History of Buddhist Woodcarving

Wednesday, Apr 08, 2026
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5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Kocimski Auditorium, 0101 College of Design

Speaker: Yujiro Seki
From Fish to Humans: The Evolution of Vertebrates

Wednesday, Apr 08, 2026
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Neil Shubin
AMOS House Meeting

Wednesday, Apr 08, 2026
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6:00 pm to 7:15 pm

Student Innovation Center Room 2260

Civil Discussion: Community-Based
Artifice & Intelligence: Collective Authorship

Thursday, Apr 09, 2026
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4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Curtiss 0127

Speaker: Dennis Tenen
"Crying in Spanish": Telenovela Memes in Latine Social Media

Thursday, Apr 09, 2026
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Adriana Estill
A Century of Seed Innovation: Insights from Pioneer Leaders

Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026
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4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

0127 Curtiss Hall

Panelists: Geoff Graham, Mark Deterding, and Jeremy Dirks
LECTURE CANCELED: Fashioning the Ideal Woman: Hitchcock’s Galathea

Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026
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1:10 pm

212 Ross Hall

Speaker: Tom Gunning
Natural Hydrogen: An Overlooked Potential Energy Resource

Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: Geoffrey Ellis
Re-Engaging With Writing for Learning and Connection in the Age of AI

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Elizabeth Wardle
Day to Day Life of a Designer

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026
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7:00 pm

Cardinal Room, Memorial Room

Speaker: Katrina Pedrick
Soil Health, Farmer Wealth

Friday, Apr 17, 2026
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2:00 pm

1001 Troxel Hall

Speaker: Peter Byck
Paul McCartney’s Evolution as a Bass Player: From Emulation to Innovation

Monday, Apr 20, 2026
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6:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Brian Wright
America @ 250 Presents: Exploring Originalism: A Year of Living Constitutionally

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: AJ Jacobs
True Crimes and Mistaken Eyewitnesses: “Whodunnits” and How Psychological Science Changed Our Understanding of Eyewitness Identification Evidence

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026
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6:00 pm

Sun Room, Memorial Union

Speaker: Gary Wells
Channeling Conflict: The Constitution, the Courts, and the Character of American Self-Government

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026
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7:00 pm

2630 Memorial Union

Speaker: Justice Christopher McDonald
Queering Taxonomy: How to Challenge Categorizations that Divide and Separate

Thursday, Apr 23, 2026
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5:00 pm

Cardinal Room, Memorial Room

Speaker: Matty Glasgow