How to Eat, Move, and Find Your Groove for Optimal Wellness
5:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Are you looking for simple, positive ways to increase energy, optimize productivity, and boost your health and well-being? It's amazing what our bodies can do for us. Did you know that by adding quick and easy "wellness piggybacks" to your day can increase energy, boost your wellness, and foster a vibrant health span? Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and author Susie Kundrat will offer 11 simple ways to eat, move, and support your personal well-being every day. **First 25 students in line at 4:30pm will receive a free, signed copy of Susie's book Eat Move Groove!** You must have a valid ISU student ID card.Susie Kundrat, MS, RD, LDN, is the founder of Eat Move Groove (www.eatmovegroove.com) and the author of Eat Move Groove: Unlock the Simple Steps to Lifelong Nutrition, Fitness, and Wellness. She is a life-long well-being advocate with over three decades of experience developing programming focused on nutrition, health, wellness, and disease prevention. She has worked with consumers, corporations, active people, and athletes of all ages and levels (youth to professional) to boost performance and well-being with optimal nutrition, including the Milwaukee Bucks, US Speedskating, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Fighting Illini, and the Northwestern University Wildcats. She is a clinical professor emerita with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health and an adjunct instructor with the University of Illinois Food Science and Human Nutrition Department and Walla Walla Community College. Susie earned her AA from Waldorf University, her BS in Dietetics from Minnesota State University-Mankato, and her MS in Human Nutrition from Iowa State University. 

How to Design Physical Environments that Promote Healing, Justice, and Peace
6:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Architect Deanna Van Buren will speak about how interdisciplinary approaches to design with social workers, game designers, artists and more can play in healing and repair as it relates to supporting inner and outer peace. Her talk will cover research and its associative spatial applications for spaces for survivors of violence to artistic practices that support personal and interpersonal healing and transformation.Van Buren is the co-founder and executive director of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces. An architecture and real estate nonprofit working to end mass incarceration through place-based solutions, DJDS builds infrastructure that address its root causes: poverty, racism, unequal access to resources, and the criminal justice system itself. She is also a socially engaged artist working across media platforms including public art, film and video games.Van Buren has been profiled by The New York Times and has written op-eds on the intersection of design, architecture, mass incarceration and video games in outlets such as Politico, Architectural Record and Gamasutra. Her TEDWomen talk on what a world without prisons could look like has been viewed more than one million times.

Language Inequality and Fight for Free Speech in Haiti: Two Sides of the Same Coin
3:30 PM – Pearson 2105 - Websder Corneille is a Haitian Linguist and Adjunct Lecturer of Haitian Creole Language and Haitian Studies at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. He started his MA in Psychosociology in 2022 at the State University of Haiti where he has earned his BA in Linguistic with a focus on Critical Discourse Analysis. His personal and professional interests include second language acquisition, linguistic hybridity and cultural identity in the Caribbean, storytelling, and literature. He is the founder and director of the flagship Haitian Creole Language and Culture Program, which aims to break barriers and bridge communities through language and culture. He co-founded the Haitian Midwest Scholars Society which is located at the University of Michigan. He is the Haitian Creole ESL Reading Interventionist at Promise Prep Elementary School in Indianapolis, and he serves as an ad hoc interpreter for Haitian parents with limited English proficiency (LEP).There will be Q&A following the lecture.Please note: this lecture will not be recorded.

IPR's Politics Day on the Road
6:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Join Ben Kieffer, host of IPR's River to River, and a panel featuring Iowa State University students and political science professor Karen M. Kedrowski, as he takes the weekly talk show "Politics Day” on the road to Iowa State. During the event, we'll aim to capture the perspectives of young voters -- considered to be swing voters -- as we approach the 2024 election. Attendees can register to vote at the event thanks to the Catt Center's #CyclonesVote program.Please note: this lecture will not be recorded.

The Immigrant Survival Guide to Silicon Valley
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Carlos Quezada will share his transformative journey from humble beginnings in Degollado, Jalisco, Mexico to a top Latino executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. His life's narrative is a powerful testament to the extraordinary outcomes that stem from curiosity, boldness, and authenticity. Carlos, now a father, technologist, mentor, and public speaker, intertwines his personal journey with a commitment to community upliftment.  Quezada’s book, The Immigrant Survival Guide to Silicon Valley, shares his story and insights from other professionals who share their experiences to help other immigrants succeed in any challenging industry. His book emphasizes expanding your horizons beyond your comfort zone to achieve ambitious goals. This lecture will be recorded and ready to view on the Available Recordings page approximately 24-36 hours after the conclusion of the event.

Daymond John's 5 Shark Points: Fundamentals for Success in Business and Life
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his business operation into its basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with over $6 billion in product sales world-wide. Former President Barack Obama appointed Daymond John a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) to harness his energy, ideas, and experience to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs both at home and abroad.John is an award-winning entrepreneur and has received 100s of awards including the Brand Week Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and was named #2 on LinkedIn’s Top 20 Voices, a list of the top influencers, who are using their voice to help us analyze today’s changing world of work, navigate our industries, and find balance. Most recently, Real Leaders Magazine named Daymond John one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World in 2023, a list of “real teachers — people who speak from experience.”His marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands have made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker today. His marketing firm The Shark Group offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means and connects brands with the world’s top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions.John is also the author of 6 best-selling books including his latest New York Times best-seller, The Power of Broke (2016) and Rise and Grind (2018). In 2020, John released his fifth book, Powershift, which walks through his tried-and-true process of how to transform any situation, close any deal, and achieve any outcome. John's most recent book, Little Daymond Learns to Earn (2023) is his first for kids, and reached the New York Times and Amazon best-seller list the first week of its release. The book addresses the current void of educating our children about money in a fun and engaging story for parents and kids to connect. John’s mission is to continue challenging the status quo and leave a lasting legacy of inspiring other leaders to do the same.Finally, John is celebrating his 14th season on ABC TV’s critically acclaimed business reality show Shark Tank by renowned producer Mark Burnett, which has reinvigorated entrepreneurship around the world. Shark Tank has now gone on to win five Emmy® in the US and millions of weekly viewers worldwide tune into the show as John demonstrates his marketing prowess and entrepreneurial insights.The University Book Store will be onsite selling Little Daymond Learns to Earn, The Power of Broke, Rise and Grind, and Powershift at the event.This lecture will be recorded and added to the Available Recordings site only for those with an ISU Net ID for two weeks following the conclusion of the event.This event will include a 70-minute lecture followed by a brief book signing.

RESCHEDULED How to Grow (Almost) Anything: The Use and Future of Synthetic Biology
6:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - This event will now be on Oct. 24 @ 6pm in the Great Hall. We apologize for any inconvenience. Synthetic Biology is an emerging field of research where researchers construct new biological systems and redesign existing biological systems. Synthetic biology can change the genetic material in viruses, bacteria, yeasts, plants, or animals to give them useful new characteristics. For example, integrating spider DNA makes a silkworm produce super strong, ultra-lightweight silk (per the Government Accountability Office).The technology could help address challenges in areas such as medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, and the environment.Dr. David Sun Kong empowers diverse communities through biotech, which means asking broad, vital questions. How do we design a future in which biotech, and science are generally accessible to everyone? How do we demolish artificial divisions between culture and engineering, science and art? How can we involve underrepresented people in cutting-edge STEM fields?Biotech is arguably the major science of the 21st century. But to expedite its arrival, Kong argues, we need new models of knowledge production—diverse, distributed groups doing vital work away from traditional labs—much like the homebrew computing groups that gave way to Apple. It’s all about getting communities engaged now while the tech is still being shaped. But that also means the movement hinges on accessibility of tools, spaces, and infrastructure. Kong champions grassroots labs away from college, federal, and corporate structures, designed specifically to be available and appealing to people who might never encounter biotechnology. He’s the co-founder and managing faculty of “How to Grow (Almost) Anything,” an MIT course on synthetic biology that reaches labs in places like Switzerland, Latin America, and Japan, yet still demonstrates how to perform fruitful genomic experiments.David is a synthetic biologist, bio designer, community organizer, musician, and photographer based in Lexington, Massachusetts. He is the Director of the MIT Media Lab's Community Biotechnology Initiative. His research explores the multidisciplinary domains of synthetic biology, biological design and art, collective intelligence and movement building, and STEAM learning.David conducted his graduate studies at MIT’s Media Lab, receiving a Master's degree for developing technology for printing nanostructures with energetic beams and a Ph.D. for demonstrating the first gene synthesis in a microfluidic (“lab-on-a-chip”) system. He was recognized as an emerging leader in synthetic biology as a "LEAP" fellow, and served as a guest faculty member at the Marine Biology Lab. He founded and chaired new Microfluidic and Hardware Tracks for the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM) and is the official iGEM DJ. He was Technical Staff in the Bioengineering Systems & Technologies group at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory and a founding member of the synthetic biology team.David’s work has been covered via outlets such as The Washington Post, Science, Showtime, the Boston Globe, NEO.Life, NPR Boston, Gizmodo, STAT News, Chronicle, and WBZ News. He has performed as a DJ, beat-boxer, vocalist, and rapper at hundreds of venues, including South by Southwest, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and Brooklyn Bowl, where he opened for The Tonight Show bandleader and hip-hop legend Questlove. He teamed up with DJ Jazzy Jeff to make beats from the human microbiome. He is also an award-winning vocal arranger and producer. His photography has been exhibited at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian, the Japanese American National Museum, and other museums and galleries across the country. This lecture will be recorded and ready to view for those with an ISU Net ID on the Available Recordings page approximately 24-36 hours after the conclusion of the event.

2024 Norman Borlaug Lecture: So Our Children Can Eat: Conserving and Protecting Crop Biodiversity
5:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - 2024 Norman Borlaug LectureDr. Geoffrey Hawtin and Dr. Cary Fowler will receive the 2024 World Food Prize for their extraordinary leadership in preserving and protecting the world’s heritage of crop biodiversity and mobilizing this critical resource to defend against threats to global food security. Over the last 50 years, their combined efforts as researchers, policy advisors, thought leaders and advocates have succeeded in engaging governments, scientists, farmers and civil society towards the conservation of over 6,000 species of crops and culturally important plants.A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Sun Room/South Ballroom, Memorial Union. Posters will address world issues and are submitted by undergraduate and graduate students. This lecture will be recorded and ready to view on the Available Recordings page approximately 24-36 hours after the conclusion of the event.