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Entrepreneurs & Leadership in the Swine Industry
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Howard Hill is president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council and a strategic council to Iowa Select Farms. Hill earned a master's degree and PhD in veterinary microbiology from Iowa State and subsequently joined Iowa State's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. During his twenty-year tenure at the university, he served as an industry leader in the eradication of pseudorabies (PRV). In 2011 Dr. Hill was one of nine veterinarians appointed to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Advisory Committee on Animal Health. William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture

United States and India: How Far Have We Come, What Lies Ahead? Ambassador Nirupama Rao
7:30 PM – Dolezal Auditorium, 127 Curtiss Hall - Her Excellency Nirupama Rao has served as India's ambassador to the United States since September 2011. In a diplomatic career spanning more than three decades, she served in various capitals around the world, including Washington, Beijing and Moscow. She was India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011. After serving in the East Asia Division of the Foreign Ministry at the policy level, she was named India's first female Ambassador to China. She was High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and served as spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science and part of the World Affairs Series. Parking available in the Memorial Union Parking Ramp or in the East Parking Deck behind East Hall.

Dating in a Digital World - Nev Schulman of MTV's CATFISH
11:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - It was love at first type, but will it be love at first sight? MTV's Catfish: The TV Show tackles the mystery and complexities of dating in a digital world. Series hosts Nev Schulman and Max Joseph track "catfish" - people who create a false identity or intentionally misrepresent themselves in online forums - as they follow the first-time, real-life encounters of young couples taking their online-only relationships to a new level, face-to-face. Schulman shares his experiences and some insights on how social media sites, and the always lurking catfish, have both simplified and complicated dating for Millenials. ISU After Dark

The CEOs of Leadership: Clarity, Example and Optimism - Karen Hughes
12:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ambassador Karen Hughes worked for more than thirty years in public administration, public policy and communications. As Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs from 2005 to 2007, she dramatically reshaped the State Department's communications efforts. As counselor to President Bush from 2001 to 2002, Hughes was a strategic adviser to the president on policy and communications and managed the White House offices of communications, media affairs, speechwriting and press secretary. In 2008, Hughes joined Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications firm, and currently serves as worldwide vice chair. Mary Louise Smith Chair for Women and Politics

Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers - Kwame Anthony Appiah
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Kwame Anthony Appiah, named one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 public intellectuals, is the Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is also the president of the PEN American Center, the world's oldest human rights organization. In 2012 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by the White House. Born in London to a Ghanaian father and a white mother, he was raised in Ghana and educated in England at Cambridge University, where he received a PhD in philosophy. As a scholar of African and African-American studies, he established himself as an intellectual with a broad reach. His book In My Father's House and his collaborations with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., including The Dictionary of Global Culture and Africana, are major works of African struggles for self-determination. His latest book is The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen. Part of the Technology, Globalization & Culture Series and the World Affairs Series.

Emerging Powers and the Responsibility to Protect - Ramesh Thakur
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ramesh Thakur, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, currently directs the Centre for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament at Australian National University. He has held academic positions in Australia, New Zealand and Canada; advised the Australian and New Zealand governments on arms control and international security issues; and served as UN Senior Adviser on Reforms as well Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo. He was a principal author of the 2001 Responsibility to Protect report, which the UN later adopted as guiding principles for the prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity. Thakur is coeditor of the newly released Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, the author of more than thirty books, and writes regularly for the international press. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Second Vatican Council and Pope John XXIII's Commitment to Religious Unity - Anne Clifford
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - In 1959 Pope John XXIII called an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, the first in nearly a century. Anne Clifford, the Msgr. James Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State, will examine Pope John's life with a focus on how his years as a Vatican diplomat in Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and France contributed to his vision for the Second Vatican Council and the resulting commitment of the Roman Catholic Church to cultivate relations not only with other Christian churches but also with other religions, especially Judaism and Islam. Anne Clifford earned a PhD in theology from the Catholic University of America and has held faculty positions at Duquesne University and John Carroll University. She is the author of Introducing Feminist Theology and coeditor of Christology: Memory, Inquiry. Supple Lecture Series

The Strange Saga of Academic Freedom and the Law - Matthew Finkin
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Matthew W. Finkin is the author of For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom and the The Case for Tenure. He is on the faculty at the University of Illinois College of Law, where he is the Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law, and director of the Program in Comparative Labor and Employment Law and Policy.

Is Technology Gendered in Africa? A View from Namibia - Heike Winschiers-Theophilus
6:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Heike Winschiers-Theophilus is a professor in the Department of Software Engineering at the Polytechnic of Namibia. Her work has focused on designing visualization systems and technology interfaces for use by indigenous people. She is interested in how indigenous culture and knowledge is captured and managed, and how indigenous peoples are represented. She earned her PhD from the University of Hamburg and has undergraduate and Master's degrees in computer science. She was formerly dean of Polytechnic's School of Information Technology. Part of the Women in STEM Series.

The Puerto Rican Independence Movement in the 21st Century
7:00 PM – Central Campus - South of Campanile - Juan Manuel Dalmau Ramerez is a leader in Puerto Rico's independence movement and the Puerto Rican Independent Party (PIP). He was the PIP's candidate for governor and has served as secretary general and commissioner of the party. An attorney, Dalmau worked as a legistlative assistant under Senator Ruben Berrios, as a legal officer for Puerto Rican Supreme Court Chief Justice Jose Andreu Garcia, and as an advisesr to Senator Manuel Rodriguez Orellana. He earned his law degree from the University of Puerto Rico and has taught constitutional law at the undergraduate level. This presentation is part of the Puerto Rican Student Association's Cultural Night, which runs 7-10 pm and includes traditional food and dancing. Lecture rain location: 127 Curtiss Hall