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Ending Racism in About an Hour with W. Kamau Bell from TOTALLY BIASED
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - W. Kamau Bell is host of FX's hit series Totally Biased, with Chris Rock as the executive producer. This comedic, topical exploration of the current state of America's racism is combined with a little (unknown) history, a little PowerPoint, and a whole bunch of Kamau. And because racism is always attacking in new ways and from new angles, Kamau attacks back by constantly adding new material for a seamless mix of stand-up comedy, video and audio clips, personal stories, knowledge-dropping, and solo theatrical performance. As one of the fastest rising socio-political comics in the United States, he is founding member of the stand-up comedy collective Laughter Against the Machine, and cohost of The Field Negro Guide to Arts & Culture podcast with Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid. No audio recording available.

Diversity: What's In It For My Community? - Nancy "Rusty" Barcel
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Nancy "Rusty" Barcel is the president of Northern New Mexico College and served previously as the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity the University of Minnesota. Once the only Chicana student at the University of Iowa, Barcel has since become one of the nation's most highly respected authorities on equity and diversity in higher education. She speaks regularly about diversity and institutional transformation in universities. The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies named her their 2012 Scholar, a prestigious academic award bestowed by the organization. She has also held administrative positions at the University of Washington and the University of Iowa. Part of the 2013 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE.

The Thin Line: Breaking the Silence on Eating Disorders - A One-Woman Play & Discussion
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - The Thin Line uses live theatre to begin the conversation about eating disorders and reduce the stigma surrounding this mental illness. It illustrates the pain of one girl's struggle and her loved ones' resolve to understand and to help. The program features four characters with distinct voices, all played by a professional actor. The play reveals the devastating impact eating disorders have on both the individual struggling as well as those around them. Members of the Student Counseling Services eating disorder treatment team will discuss how to access services at Iowa State and lead a Q&A immediately following the 30-minute play. Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Writing and the Environment - Charles Fishman
9:00 AM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Join Charles Fishman, author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, for an informal discussion about science writing and writing about the environment. Charles Fishman is an award-winning investigative and magazine journalist who has spent the last twenty years trying to get inside, understand and explain important organizations, from NASA to Tupperware to Wal-Mart. Since 1996 he has been a senior writer at Fast Company magazine. He is also the author of The Walmart Effect. He will discuss the process of researching and writing The Big Thirst. Melissa Lamberton will moderate the discussion. She is a candidate in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment and a communications graduate research assistant at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

Sustainable Innovations to the Triple Bottom Line: A Discussion with Corporate Leadership
8:30 AM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Four perspectives on sustainability from Iowa-based, multi-million dollar corporations: Adam Hammes, Manager of Sustainability, Kum and Go; Daniel Krohn, Global Sustainability Lead, Becker Underwood, Inc/BASF Michael Smith, Associate Vice-President Real Estate and Sustainability, Hy-Vee, Inc.; and Liv Watson, Director of International Business Development, WebFilings. Part of the Symposium on Sustainability. There is no charge to register for the entire Symposium at: http://www.livegreen.iastate.edu/symposium/2013/

The Big Thirst - Charles Fishman
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Charles Fishman is author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, which explores the politics, economics and culture of water and our complex relationship to this precious resource. As we've begun to reimagine our relationship to food, we must also rethink how we approach, manage and use water. Fishman shows that a host of advances are under way, from harvesting rainwater to innovations by companies such as IBM, GE, and Royal Caribbean that are making breakthroughs in water productivity. Charles Fishman is an award-winning investigative and magazine journalist who has spent the last twenty years trying to get inside, understand and explain important organizations, from NASA to Tupperware to Wal-Mart. Since 1996 he has been a senior writer at Fast Company magazine. He is also the author of The Walmart Effect. Prior to the Lecture, there will be a reception and poster display from 7 to 8 p.m. in the South Ballroom. University Symposium on Sustainability Keynote Speaker and part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination and the World Affairs Series. No audio recording available.

CakeLove: Find Your Passion, Follow Your Calling - Warren Brown
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Warren Brown, former host of the Food Network's Sugar Rush, is the owner of CakeLove and the Love Cafe. His organization now includes seven retail storefronts in the Washington, DC area, and he has published several cookbooks: CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch, United Cakes of America and his latest, CakeLove in the Morning. Taking an unconventional career path, Brown left his job as an attorney for the federal government to start his bakery in 2002. Passionate about cake and the happiness that it brings, he takes time to speak with students and rising entrepreneurs about business development and finding one's passion.

It Takes a Family to Raise a Village - Jennifer Roback Morse
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jennifer Roback Morse is the founder and president of the Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage. She is also the Senior Research Fellow in Economics at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Morse earned her PhD in economics from the University of Rochester in 1980 and taught at Yale University and George Mason University for fifteen years. She served as a research fellow for Stanford University's Hoover Institution from 1997 to 2005. She is the author of two books, Smart Sex: Finding Life-Long Love in a Hook-Up World and Love and Economics: It Takes a Family to Raise A Village.

I Wish Someone Had Told Me That: Women Pursuing Professional Careers - Panel Discussion
2:00 PM – 368A Heady Hall - Three panelists share how they have handled the pressures and problems of balancing a career and family. Jennifer Roback Morse served as a research fellow for Stanford University's Hoover Institution from 1997 to 2005. She received her PhD in economics from the University of Rochester in 1980 and taught at Yale University and George Mason University for fifteen years. She writes about the family and the free society. Her books include the Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn't Work. Kristen Constant is Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State. She earned a PhD in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University in 1990. Alexia Campbell Hoffman is a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology at Iowa State, working with Dr. Basil Nikolau. Part of the Women in STEM Series.

Climate Suffering: Responding to the Human Experience - Paul Wapner
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - No matter how much we try to mitigate and adapt to climate change, there will still be unprecedented amounts of human suffering. This talk explores how people on the front lines of climate change are making sense of their experience, the choices societies face for enduring climate hardship, and how we can respond to climate suffering. Paul Wapner is Professor of Global Environmental Politics at the American University. He is the author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics, winner of the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for the best book on international environmental affairs. Paul Wapner earned graduate degrees from Princeton University and the University of Chicago. The 2012-13 Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences.