Public Events Calendar

ISU students can build their own mental health kit with stress-relieving fidget toys, candy, and more. Students can enter to win a grand prize as well!

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.

The ISU Brew Lab stops by the M-Shop to celebrate their expanded ventures on campus!

Closing reception for "Lessons Learned: Explorations in Metal," an exhibition of sculpture, vessels, wearables and other objects by metalsmith Joe Muench, Iowa State University professor emeritus of art and visual culture, and 18 former students. The show is on display April 10-30 in the Community Gallery at the Octagon Center for the Arts in downtown Ames.

Read more in the news release about the exhibition

StratAA, the student run architecture publication at Iowa State University, will host this lecture by alumnus Colin Behr, a multidisciplinary designer who received a Bachelor of Industrial Design and a Bachelor of Science in Apparel, Merchandising, and Design from Iowa State in 2015. All are invited to attend!
About the lecture
Colin Behr presents a perspective on design through the lens of systems thinking, using Wardrobe Theory Project as a case study. The talk explores how value emerges not from individual objects, but from the relationships between them—within wardrobes, products, and broader creative practices. By shifting focus from designing things to designing systems, the lecture offers a framework applicable across disciplines, from apparel and industrial design to branding and business.
About the speaker
Behr is the founder of Wardrobe Theory Project, an independent print publication exploring personal style, clothing systems, and the cultural value of what we wear. He spent a decade at Nike and Jordan Brand working across footwear design and creative direction, shaping products and narratives at a global scale. Through his studio, Gōmbehr Studios, Behr works across design, publishing, and strategy, with a focus on systems thinking, circularity, and long-term relationships between people and the things they own.

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!

Students, staff and faculty are invited to stop by the pop-up exhibition of work by students in the spring 2026 ARCH 5300 Formworks elective seminar taught by architecture associate professor Firat Erdim. The exhibition is open to all, and you're invited to stop by, take a look at the work on display, and enjoy complimentary donuts and coffee.

The Formworks Seminar seeks to uncover critical dialogues between architecture and sculpture on corporeality, materiality, form, and action. Rather than models or mock-ups, students are asked to fabricate a series of constructions that interrogate the values embedded in how we build. These speculative constructions accompany discussions of texts on architectural detailing and craft, as well as works by artists such as Walter Pichler, Gordon Matta-Clark, Matthew Barney, Rachel Whiteread, and Eva Hesse, among others. The ARCH 5300 course progresses from weekly assignments toward a self-defined project, in which students develop a research agenda articulated in matter as well as words.

Join the Water Resilience Collaborative (WRC) for networking over coffee and pastries, followed by a 10 a.m. seminar led by Dr. Patrick Belmont, department head of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University. Grad students and postdocs can stay after the seminar to hear more about Patrick's perspectives and ask questions over a free lunch.

The Iowa State University Foundation, in partnership with the Office of the President, presents Iowa State University’s most distinguished awards in this annual celebration.

Iowa State Softball vs UCF
Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/90df683c-d78e-44c2-8ef5-d5c5fea6…
https://cyclones.com/calendar.aspx?game_id=18510&sport_id=7

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

The Farm House Museum isn't typically open on Saturdays, but thanks to a special event, the public is invited to visit between Noon to 3 pm!

Iowa State Softball vs UCF
Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/39c02ad8-39aa-4c44-8ae8-e57e0b05…
https://cyclones.com/calendar.aspx?game_id=18511&sport_id=7

Indie pop band SAINT MOTEL host SUB's annual student singing competition - CYCLONE VOICE!!

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