Public Events Calendar

Enjoy a night of Bollywood dancing, hosted by the Indian Students Association.

Student projects from the College of Design's introductory design and drawing studios will be showcased from April 13–21 in locations throughout the first and second floors of the Design building.

A public reception and studio open house will be from 5:30–7 p.m. Thursday, April 16.

The “Core Exhibition Spring 2026” will feature a current selection of two- and three-dimensional projects completed this spring semester in the Design Studies 1020: Design Studio I and Design Studies 1310: Drawing I courses in the college’s first-year Core Design Program.

Student work will be on display in the atrium, room 111, the Pickard Chilton Gallery (first-floor corridor of the King Pavilion), second-floor hallways, and Design Studies classrooms 226, 230, 234, 240, 246, 252, and 258.

DSNS 1020 and 1310 studio classrooms will be open during the reception.

"50 Views from St. Plasticine," the Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition of work by integrated visual arts graduate student Michael Vitha Nolan, will be on display from noon on Monday, April 13, through 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16. A closing reception and stamp rally will be from 5–7 p.m. April 16. All are welcome to participate. Read more about the artist and the show in the news release
Artist Statement
Modern living is propped up by plastic convenience. We eat, breathe, and live in and around plastic each day without realizing it. Plastic has become so interwoven into society and yet, we tend to not think about what we are using or where it goes after it has outlived its purpose. Plastic has become so universal and yet, we do not fully comprehend its impact on the world around us.

"50 Views from St. Plasticine" is a body of work that aims to do two things: bring awareness to the overwhelming presence of plastic in our daily lives and how plastic can and will appear in places we lease suspect it. St. Plasticine itself is a fictional beach that places this plastic pollution on a pedestal for the world to see. Each object depicted contains or transfers microplastics and has contributed to a growing problem in our environment. At the end of the day, we cannot undo the damage that we have caused, but we can at least become more aware of plastic pollution and the dangers that has posed for over a century.

The 20th annual symposium is a showcase of undergraduate research across all of Iowa State's colleges. Students will present posters and oral presentations in moderated sessions. Multiple rooms will be in use: 3310, 3512, 3534, 3538, 3560, 3580 and the Cardinal Room. Additionally, the Campanile Room will serve as a welcome center where guests can pick up a program and receive directions. Light refreshments will be available.

Closing reception and stamp rally celebrating "50 Views from St. Plasticine," integrated visual arts graduate student Michael Vitha-Nolan's Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition. All are welcome to attend and participate.

A public reception and studio open house will be from 5:30–7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 16, for an exhibition of student projects from the College of Design's introductory design and drawing studios (DSNS 1020 and DSNS 1310) in locations on the first and second floors of the Design building.

The "Spring 2026 Core Exhibition" will be on display April 13–21 in the atrium, room 111, the Pickard-Chilton Gallery (first-floor corridor of the King Pavilion), second-floor hallways and Design Studies classrooms 226, 230, 234, 240, 246, 252 and 258.

DSNS 1020 and 1310 classrooms will be open during the reception.

Every recipe has a story! Recipes often reveal cultural identity, childhood memories, and traditions passed through kitchens.

Speaker: Elizabeth Wardle
Dr. Elizabeth Wardle is a scholar and organizational facilitator whose work helps groups clarify their values, articulate their ways of thinking and practicing, and strengthen their approaches to teaching, learning, writing, and workplace collaboration. Grounded in the belief that shifting our conceptions leads to meaningful improvements in practice, she brings deep expertise shaped by a PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication from Iowa State University and earlier degrees in English and Philosophy from the University of Louisville. Wardle has led writing programs at both public and private institutions, chaired a large writing department, and now directs the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University. Her background also includes professional experience as a nonprofit fundraiser and grant writer. Widely recognized for designing and publishing research on successful deep‑change initiatives, she frequently delivers talks and workshops nationwide, drawing on threshold concepts and theories of learning, writing, leadership, and organizational change.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.

The University Book Store will be onsite selling the speaker's book at the event.
Co-Sponsors: Student Innovation Center, English Department, University Library, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Speaker: Katrina Pedrick
Katrina Pedrick offers an inside look at the path from fashion‑obsessed student to full‑time corporate designer, sharing how she broke into the industry and what she’s learned along the way. In this talk, she walks students through the realities of a designer’s day-to-day—both the creative highs that keep her inspired and the unexpected challenges she faced as a new graduate. She also highlights her work with Aerie, reflecting on why the brand’s mission and culture continue to energize her. With plenty of time for audience questions, Katrina’s session gives students a candid, practical, and encouraging window into what a career in fashion design really looks like.

Please note: This lecture will not be recorded.
Co-Sponsors: The Fashion Show, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of Marty Supreme!

ISU Theatre presents "Peter and the Starcatcher"

Build/Innovate is a forward-looking symposium that brings together faculty and students to explore the intersection of design, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. Through keynote talks, hands-on workshops, and project showcases, participants will engage new tools, ideas, and collaborative approaches shaping the future of creative practice. Join us to experiment, exchange knowledge, and help define how innovation can expand the role of design in an evolving technological landscape. See schedule of events listed below.

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Keynote speaker: Sheng-Hung Lee
Sheng-Hung Lee is a designer, engineer, and educator whose interdisciplinary work integrates design, technology, and systems thinking to address complex societal challenges. Currently an Assistant Professor of Urban Technology at the University of Michigan and Director of the d-mix lab, his research advances human-centered service innovation and “Design for Longevity,” exploring how design can shape more sustainable and impactful futures. His globally recognized work—spanning industry collaborations, academic research, and award-winning design—positions him at the forefront of innovation across design and emerging technologies.

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Speaker: Peter Byck
Soil Science Seminar Series

The Pierre Lecture seminar is a headliner for the Soil Science Seminar Series at Iowa State University. The guest lecturer, Peter Byck, is a world-renowned director and current professor at Arizona State University, whose documentaries have won numerous top awards at film festivals across the United States. Peter will show clips from his latest docu-series while discussing his groundbreaking research on sustainable agriculture, grazing management, environmental health, and carbon sequestration. This event is expected to appeal to many groups at Iowa State and beyond: soil scientists, animal scientists, film producers, agricultural communicators, environmental scientists, and practical farmers, to name a few.

Co-Sponsors: Soil Science Seminar Series, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of Marty Supreme!

ISU Theatre presents "Peter and the Starcatcher"

Fast-rising indie pop band The Whips are bringing their tour from Kansas (w/ love!) to the M-Shop!

Design/Shift is a fast-paced, high-impact design-a-thon where creative thinking powers real-world change. In one intensive day, student design teams partner directly with nonprofit organizations to tackle real branding challenges — translating mission, values, and community impact into bold, usable visual identities. Guided by professional designers and faculty mentors, teams move quickly from discovery to concept to pitch, competing to deliver the most compelling solution.

Design/Shift isn’t a classroom exercise; it’s a live, civic-minded design experience that mirrors professional practice while proving how thoughtful design can fuel change that matters.

In this year's event, 140 students from Iowa State and several other Iowa colleges and universities will work together in teams to develop logos and brand identities for 12 Iowa nonprofit organizations. Several teams will be assigned to each nonprofit and will compete to have their logo concepts selected by the organization for further development.

Iowa State Soccer vs North Dakota State
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Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of Marty Supreme!

The Fashion Show is produced entirely by students. Students from any major can apply to work on The Fashion Show, joining one of 15 committees. In addition, over 100 student design entries are showcased in the show each year. The Fashion Show provides students with enriching leadership opportunities, connections with other students, and an outlet to express their creativity.

The Fashion Show 2026 will take place on April 18 at 7 p.m. in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.

ISU Theatre presents "Peter and the Starcatcher"

ISU Theatre presents "Peter and the Starcatcher"

Classes meet every Sunday in room 3512 in the MU. Drop-ins are welcome!

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of Marty Supreme!

Speaker: Brian Wright
The Beatles’ global popularity was the single most significant development in popular music of the mid to late 1960s, so much so that it is difficult to fully convey the immensity of their impact. Over the course of their short career, they had seventeen No. 1 hits in the UK and twenty in the US. Millions and millions of young people bought their records, and their commercial success was so vast and unprecedented that it fundamentally altered the direction of both the British and American music industries. To this day, music historians continue to obsess over the trajectory and significance of the Beatles’ career. Yet relatively few have explored Paul McCartney’s development as a bass player.  

Building on the work of Jack Hamilton, Andrew Kellett, and Andy Babiuk, this presentation chronicles the wider cultural, social, and technological factors that shaped McCartney’s bass playing across the Beatles’ recorded output, from their early days in Hamburg up through Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). In particular, it chronicles how McCartney’s fascination with American pop styles, especially African American styles, led him to develop his own melodic approach to bass playing, as well as the inherent complexities of his cross-cultural borrowing. 

Dr. Brian F. Wright is Associate Professor of Music History at the University of North Texas, where he specializes in the history of American popular music. He holds a Ph.D. in historical musicology from Case Western Reserve University and is a former research assistant for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archive. His book-length history of the electric bass, “The Bastard Instrument,” received the 2025 Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Award, and his work has appeared in the “Journal of the Society for American Music and the Journal of Popular Music Studies,” as well as in “Vintage Guitar and Bass Player Magazine.”

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Music and Theatre Department, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Iowa State Softball vs Iowa
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ISU Student Singers compete in the preliminary round of the annual CYCLONE VOICE competition!

Speaker: AJ Jacobs
2026 First Amendment Days Keynote
Part of the America250 lecture series.

A.J. Jacobs is a best‑selling author and famously adventurous “human guinea pig” whose immersive, often hilarious experiments explore the edges of behavior, belief, and culture while uncovering deeper insights about how we live and learn. Blending philosophy, Gonzo journalism, and performance art, he has outsourced his entire life to a team in Bangalore, attempted Radical Honesty, read the entire "Encyclopedia Britannica", lived for a year following every rule in the Bible, and conducted countless other curiosity‑driven quests. His books combine sharp wit with thoughtful reflection, revealing what these extreme experiments teach about gratitude, creativity, empathy, and human nature. A sought‑after speaker, Jacobs brings humor, insight, and a spirit of playful inquiry to audiences of all kinds.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.

The University Book Store will be onsite selling the speaker's book at the event.
Co-Sponsors: Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Center for Cyclone Civics, University Library, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Treat your senses to a harmonious combination of visual and musical arts. Iowa State University Museums is proud to present a musical performance in partnership with the ISU Opera Studio within the Department of Music and Theatre. With a combination of song and art, see the Art on Campus Collection in a new light through a selection of student vocal performances that each pair with a different work in the Art on Campus Collection.

In partnership with the Office of Sustainability, join University Museums for Iowa State’s Earth Day Celebration, where campus and community organizations come together to showcase sustainability in action. Visit the University Museums table at Iowa State’s annual Earth Day Celebration to learn about upcoming programs and explore how art and nature connect through the Anderson Sculpture Garden — now featuring a New Perennial Movement Garden rooted in sustainable design. 🌱✨ Enjoy free giveaways and treats while they last!

Speaker: Gary Wells
A True Crime ISU Series Lecture

Confident eyewitness identification testimony in court has long been highly persuasive to judges and jurors. Starting in the late 1970s, however, lab-based experiments by psychological scientists started uncovering highly troubling concerns with eyewitness identification evidence. The legal system largely ignored this growing eyewitness science until mid-1990s when forensic DNA testing was developed and used to exonerate large numbers of innocent people who were convicted by juries. Approximately 70% of these DNA exonerations involved mistaken eyewitness identifications and Wells uses some cases he has been involved with that illustrate key problems. Wells then describes the progress made by psychological scientists in helping the legal system improve ways to collect, preserve, and interpret eyewitness identification evidence and how this has changed crime investigator and courtroom practices.

Gary L. Wells is an internationally recognized research psychologist whose work has shaped how legal systems handle eyewitness evidence. For decades he has combined laboratory research, field studies, policy work, and direct training for police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and judges. Wells has authored over 150 scientific articles, received major national awards (including lifetime achievement recognition), led federal and national panels (including Department of Justice), secured substantial funding from NSF and other agencies, and disseminated his findings to the public via mass media (e.g., New York Times, 60 Minutes). Courts and law enforcement agencies frequently consult him on improving identification procedures.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Psychology Department, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Speaker: Justice Christopher McDonald
America's founding charter was not designed to produce consensus. It was designed to make disagreement governable. This address by Iowa Supreme Court Justice Christopher McDonald explores the Constitution's deliberate architecture of tension, the judiciary's growing centrality to the resolution of those tensions, and the ongoing dialogue between state and federal courts that embodies the Founders' vision of productive institutional competition.

Justice McDonald was born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Des Moines. He graduated from Des Moines Lincoln High School, and he earned his undergraduate degree from Grand View University. Justice McDonald earned his law degree, with highest distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2001. At the College of Law, he received the John F. Murray award given to the class valedictorian and was elected to the Order of the Coif academic honor society.

After graduating from law school, Justice McDonald served as a law clerk to the Honorable David R. Hansen, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Justice McDonald worked in private practice at Faegre & Benson and Belin McCormick and then as National Litigation Counsel for an international life and annuity company. In 2012, he was appointed to serve as a judge of the District Court, Fifth Judicial District of Iowa. In 2013, he was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals. In 2019, he was appointed to the Supreme Court.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Cyclone Civics, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Don't miss GRANDMA MOJO's, Iowa State's premier improv comedy troupe, for nights of hilarity, every other Wednesday all semester!

Speaker: Matty Glasgow
This reading and lecture by poet and community organizer, Matty Layne Glasgow, invites us to consider the paradoxical—how we might deconstruct established taxonomic categories of genre, science, and cultural identity to help us innovate new practices that can embrace the queer and fluid, the lyric, joyful, and connective.

Rethinking established taxonomic categories can create an imaginative space that not only obscures and “queers” rigid binaries, but also helps us cultivate kinship relationships that can transcend difference—whether those differences be gendered and cultural, or species-based. Through this reimagining, we can find creative practices that foster community and forge new intersections of experience that connect, rather than enforce previous separations of identity and subculture.

Matty Layne Glasgow is the author of the award-winning poetry collection "deciduous qween", published by Red Hen Press in 2019, He is an Assistant Professor of English at the College of Charleston where he teaches poetry and nonfiction. A 2022-2025 Black Earth Institute Fellow, Glasgow co-edited the About Place Journal’s “Strange Wests” and served as Editor of Quarterly West, as well as the coordinator of the Wasatch Writers in the Schools program in Salt Lake City.

A graduate of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State, Glasgow also received a PhD in Creative Writing & English Literature from the University of Utah where he was awarded a Vice Presidential Fellowship, a Jeff Metcalf Humanities in the Community Fellowship, and a Fellowship from the Tanner Humanities Center. Matty’s poems and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from "Crazyhorse", "Copper Nickel", "Denver Quarterly", "Ecotone", "Gulf Coast", "Houston Public Media", "Kenyon Review", the "Missouri Review", "Pleiades", "Poetry Daily", "Third Coast", and elsewhere.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.

The University Book Store will be onsite selling the speaker's book at the event.
Co-Sponsors: Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Recharge with Yoga in the Garden! As the end of the semester approaches, take a break and reset with a free yoga session in the Anderson Sculpture Garden. Let the creativity around you inspire your movement and calm your mind. No experience needed—just bring your mat and meet in the Christian Petersen Art Museum (1017 Morrill Hall) before we head to the great outdoors! Museum Meetups are free and open to all. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held indoors.

Speaker: Melinda Myers
Nationally known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author & columnist Melinda Myers has over 40 years of horticulture experience and has written more than 20 gardening books, including her most recent Midwest Gardener's Handbook, 2nd Edition. She hosts the “Melinda’s Garden Moment” radio program and The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” instant video series. Myers is a garden columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms and hosted “The Plant Doctor” radio show for over 20 years and 7 seasons of “Great Lakes Gardener” on PBS.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Horticulture Department, Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department, Reiman Gardens, University Library, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Cece Winans’ More Than This Tour will be one of the most comprehensive tours of CeCe’s entire career! Each night will feature the worship moments you have come to expect, Goodness of God, Believe For It, and Alabaster Box; while also introducing you to the new standards, That’s My King, Holy Forever, Come Jesus Come, and more.

“I pray that this new tour, More Than This, will remind people of God’s greatness, not just His goodness. I want God to give us more of Himself and in return we give Him all He deserves,” says Winans. “We are praying with expectation of what is coming and we hope you’ll join us." What should attendees expect when they arrive for the concert?

Concert attendees should expect a night of worship that is unapologetically honest, celebratory, and unifying, where the full body of Christ can come and worship our King, Jesus, TOGETHER!

Tickets go on sale now at 10am at the Stephens Ticket Office or at www.ticketmaster.com.

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants!

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants!

The M-Shop brings in Iowa punk-pop favorites Lipstick Homicide along with Des Moines rockers Bat Problem!

Join us for a 4K route around campus to raise awareness for suicide prevention. The event will feature live music, a resource fair, face painting, honor beads, and speakers. Coffee and baked goods will be available for purchase from The Bell Bottom Cafe and the Piece and Freedom Bakery.

Explore new stories and create your own at the Brunnier Art Museum! Activities and crafts for children and families will focus on imagination and storytelling. Enjoy the exhibition Tell Me a Story and the many works of art on view. Participants are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite fairytale character. Activities geared for grades K-5; all are welcome. Stop by any time during the three-hour window, while supplies last. No admission fee or registration. Free, easy parking.

Registration includes a T-shirt and snacks. Online registration is open until April 24 at noon. In-person registration will be available at the event.

Run or walk to support Stead Family Children's Hospital and the local families treated there. The First 150 registrants will get a t-shirt!

SUB and The Pride Alliance present the Spring Drag Show!

Iowa State Soccer vs UNI
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Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants!

SUB and The Pride Alliance present the Spring Drag Show!

Classes meet every Sunday in room 3512 in the MU. Drop-ins are welcome!

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants!

Speaker: Arti Singh
Rossmann-Manatt Lecture

The focus of this presentation is to highlight the Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development Award, supported activities, and achievements of the Workforce in Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence (WIAA) group at ISU. My presentation will showcase how research at the interface of agriculture and AI has produced novel findings that motivated my team and me to design hands-on learning activities for K–16 students, with the goal of building an AI‑literate, highly skilled next generation of agricultural professionals. These immersive modules and learning games, grounded in real-world agricultural contexts, aim to inspire Iowa and U.S. youth to become future innovators, scientists, practitioners, educators, and thoughtful land stewards. The outputs from the Rossmann Manatt award address the growing needs of the future workforce by deepening awareness of AI’s role in tackling agricultural challenges, enhancing food security, and supporting national security.

Note: This lecture will not be recorded.
Co-Sponsors: College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student GovernmentRossmann-Manatt Lecture)

Monday Monologues is a lunchtime performance series hosted by the University Library and spotlights Iowa State community voices. The University Library and University Museums invite you to a Monday Monologue in honor of National Poetry Month, featuring an Art Walk with special guest Deb Marquart, Distinguished Professor and former Poet Laureate of Iowa. 

The University Library and University Museums invite you to a Monday Monologue in honor of National Poetry Month, featuring an Art Walk with special guest Deb Marquart, Distinguished Professor and former Poet Laureate of Iowa.

Throughout its 50-year history, University Museums has commissioned numerous talented Iowa writers to craft poetry inspired by the Art on Campus Collection. Walk with us to enjoy readings of some of these poems beside the artworks that inspired them. The tour will conclude in the Christian Petersen Art Museum, with a chance for participants to share their own poetry or writing.

The tour will begin on the second floor in the Parks Library rotunda. 

This guided tour will move between indoor and outdoor areas. In case of inclement weather, the tour will be moved indoors.

Art Walks are a regular event series highlighting the University Museums’ Art on Campus Collection, offering audiences the opportunity to explore the breadth of public art across Iowa State University's campus. Led by University Museums staff, these guided tours are free and open to the public. For parking and accessibility information, please visit the University Museums website.

Speaker: Paul Canfield
Sigma Xi Spring 2026 Lecture

The lecture explores how the design, discovery, characterization, and control of novel materials underpin solutions to some of the 21st century’s most urgent challenges, from energy and clean water to air quality and medicine. Advancing these breakthroughs requires blending traditionally separate disciplines—physics, chemistry, metallurgy, and materials science—with intuition, experience, and a spirit of shared discovery. The talk outlines this philosophy and the techniques used to search for new compounds, then turns to superconductivity as a case study, highlighting how recent discoveries such as MgB₂ and FeAs‑based materials are shaping a clearer roadmap for finding the next generation of superconductors.

Paul C. Canfield is a Senior Scientist at Ames Laboratory and a Distinguished Professor and Robert Allen Wright Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State, where he leads influential research on the design and discovery of novel electronic and magnetic materials, particularly single‑crystal compounds with superconducting, ferromagnetic, and fragile magnetic states. Over three decades, his work has advanced fundamental understanding of magnetic behavior and earned major national and international recognition, including election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the DOE Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, the Humboldt Research Award, and multiple American Physical Society prizes honoring breakthroughs in new materials and materials physics.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Sigma Xi

Iowa State Softball vs St. Thomas
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The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State University and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. The senate has legislative responsibility for general academic and educational policy, serving to facilitate communication among faculty, students, and administration. It also cooperates with the administration in conflict resolution, and advises the administration on budgetary and other policy matters. Meetings are open to the public.

Iowa State Softball vs St. Thomas
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Speaker: Pam Johnson
Year of the Woman Farmer Lecture

Pam Johnson is a sixth‑generation Northern Iowa farmer and longtime advocate for agriculture and rural communities. After beginning her career as a registered nurse in Minneapolis, she returned to Iowa to farm alongside her husband for more than five decades, raising corn, soybeans, and hogs while building a multigenerational family operation now led by their sons and families. A respected national and international leader, Johnson has served as Chair of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, the first woman President of the National Corn Growers Association, a founding member and Vice President of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, and President of MAIZALL, the international alliance of corn grower leaders from the U.S., Argentina, and Brazil. Her service also includes roles with the U.S. Grains Council, CommonGround, and the Global Farmer Network. Johnson has been a key voice in securing congressional support for agricultural research, advancing the 2014 Farm Bill, and strengthening global market opportunities. Guided by her enduring pillars—faith, family, friends, and the farm—she remains committed to elevating the voice of farmers and addressing the challenges and opportunities shaping agriculture today.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Speaker: Farzane Omidi
A Research Showcase Series lecture

Telehealth has rapidly transformed how patients and providers interact, yet little attention has been given to how technological devices and physical environments shape the quality of these interactions and, consequently, the quality of care. This lecture explores how different telehealth technologies and spatial design factors influence interaction dimensions such as communication, trust, and emotional connection in healthcare settings. Drawing on an experimental study with qualitative findings, Dr. Farzane Omidi will show how small design decisions can significantly affect patient experience and provider engagement. These insights inform the future design of virtual and hybrid care environments and have implications not only for healthcare design, but also for how we think about technology-mediated human interaction more broadly.

Farzane Omidi is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Interior Design program at Iowa State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Interior and Environmental Design from Texas Tech University and has professional experience in architectural practice, with a research focus on healthcare design, evidence-based design, and human well-being.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Lojo Russo has been making music along the muddy waters of the Mississippi since she first picked up a guitar at the age of ten. With a self-taught approach to music, Russo has developed a unique understanding of genres and songwriting. Russo has played a range of instruments in a range of musical styles. From her days playing in jam, Celtic, blues and folk bands around the Twin Cities (MN), she defined and refined her own writing and music style. These days, Lojo Russo makes her home in the Quad Cities (IA), where she still lives along the mighty Mississippi writing, creating, and performing her free-spirited blend of rhythm & roots at home, around the Midwest, and the country.

1 voice, 2 guitars and a suitcase drum is all it takes to turn this one-woman-show into a "one-woman-show that shows you only need one woman."

https://lojorusso.com/epk

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ISU students - are you looking to impress your fellow Cyclones with your amazing talents? Then don't miss Open Mic Night at the M-Shop!

Speaker: David R. Legates
The lecture explains that the science behind climate change is not especially complex, despite frequent misconceptions in popular media. The speaker will provide an overview of observed climate change in the United States, outline points of scientific consensus and areas of disagreement, clarify what climate models actually project, and illustrate why they do not identify as a climate change alarmist.

David R. Legates is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, retired Professor of Climatology in the Department of Geography and a retired Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics at the University of Delaware. He received his PhD in climatology from the University of Delaware, and he has taught at Louisiana State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Virginia. He is former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Observation and Prediction and former Executive Director of the United States Global Change Research Program; and he has been Research Scientist at the Southern Regional Climate Center, Chief Research Scientist at the Center for Computational Geosciences, and Visiting Research Scientist at the National Climate Data Center.

This lecture will not be recorded.

The University Book Store will be onsite selling the speaker's book at the event.
Co-Sponsors: Pat Miller Lecture Fund, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

This show has unfortunately been canceled.

Join ISU faculty and University Museums in a conversational roundtable to learn about the impact of storytelling on teaching and research. Participants will also discuss personal connections to the works of art in the exhibition, Tell Me a Story.

Speaker: Seongyeob Kim
A Research Showcase Series lecture

This research introduces "Product Purchasing Contests," emerging market practices widely adopted in loyalty-driven industries such as music, fashion, luxury goods, livestreaming platforms (e.g., Twitch), and crowdfunding, where firms directly monetize consumer competition. For example, in the K-pop industry, fans who purchase more albums gain a higher chance of winning opportunities to meet their favorite artists. As a result, despite the rise of digital streaming, music companies sell enormous quantities of otherwise outdated physical albums, raising public concerns about consumer exploitation through wasteful spending. Unlike traditional money-based contests, consumption-based competition imposes production costs on firms while also delivering some utility to consumers. To study how such practices can be profitable and how regulatory intervention may affect them, Seongyeob Kim develops a mathematical framework that analyzes firms’ optimal design choices and welfare implications.

Seongyeob Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics and studies how firms act as institutional designers, strategically designing market rules beyond solely setting price. His research highlights firms’ growing ability to use consumer competition to reshape consumer behavior and market outcomes. From this perspective, he analyzes the structural and policy implications of emerging market institutions and practices.

This lecture recording can be found on the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
Co-Sponsors: Economics Department, Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

Don't miss this FREE Cyclone Cinema showing of Avatar: Fire and Ash!