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The Yellow Rose of Suffrage - A One-Woman Play performed by Jane Cox
2:00 PM – Ames City Auditorium, 520 6th Street - The Yellow Rose of Suffrage is a one-woman play about Carrie Chapman Catt, an 1880 graduate of Iowa State who devoted thirty-three years of her life to the women's suffrage movement. Catt was president of the National American Women Suffrage Association, cofounder of the League of Women Voters, and a crusader for world peace. The production was written and is performed by Jane Cox, a longtime faculty member in the Iowa State Theater Program. Cox has performed The Yellow Rose of Suffrage nationally, including at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The play was originally funded through a grant from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Part of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics 20th Anniversary Celebration.

College Humor Live with Jake & Amir
11:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Join the College Humor Live Tour for a night with comedic duo Jake and Amir. These CH writers take their odd couple act offline and onstage, entertaining audiences with their original sketch comedy. Amir Blumenfeld is a writer, actor, and the cohost of MTV's Pranked. Series co-creator Jake Hurwitz also stars in episodes of College Humor's "Hardly Working." "Jake and Amir" won a Webby People's Choice Award for Best Comedy Series. It features Jake as just a regular guy who's frequently annoyed by doting friend Amir's idiotic antics.

Shaping American Landscapes: Jens Jensen and the Prairie Spirit - William Tishler
7:00 PM – Garden Room, Reiman Gardens - William Tishler has been involved in the design and planning of the Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park at The Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn, Iowa, and is emeritus professor of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin. He is the editor of Midwestern Landscape Architecture. This program is presented in partnership with The Danish Immigrant Museum, which this year will be exploring the life, career, and ongoing legacy of landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951).

Black Box Arguments and Accountability of Experts to the Public - Sally Jackson
4:10 PM – 101 Carver Hall - Sally Jackson is a professor of communication and former CIO at the University of Illinois. Winner of numerous awards in the communication and argumentation fields, she focuses on the design and engineering of processes to promote effective communication in complex situations. In this talk she will examine the public knowledge infrastructures that our increasingly complex, technological society relies upon, and why citizens can reasonably trust them.

Nonsense on Stilts about Science: Field Adventures of A Scientist-Philosopher - Massimo Pigliucci
5:10 PM – 101 Carver Hall - An intrepid debater, blogger and podcaster as well as a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York, Massimo Pigliucci focuses on science, pseudoscience and how ordinary citizens can tell the difference. In this talk, he explores what scientists, philosophers and citizens themselves need to do promote a better understanding of science. Pigliucci earned a PhD degree in biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Tennessee.

Jens Jensen and his Contemporaries in Design - Robert Grese
7:00 PM – Garden Room, Reiman Gardens - Robert Grese will discuss the turn of the 20th century and the impact of landscape and architectural innovators like Frank Lloyd Wright and Frederick Law Olmsted. Grese is a professor in the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment and also serves as director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. He is the author of Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens and has written widely on the prairie style of landscape gardening. This program is presented in partnership with The Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn, Iowa. This year The Danish Immigrant Museum will be exploring the life, career, and ongoing legacy of landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951).

The Science of Team Science - Holly Falk-Krzesinski
4:45 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Holly Falk-Krzesinski will discuss empirical research findings about team science and help translate those findings into effective practices for the scientific collaborators and funders of team science. She is a research assistant professor and the director of Research Team Support & Development at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science (NUCATS) Institute. Holly Falk-Krzesinski has assisted with numerous multi-disciplinary, team-oriented research initiatives, from structural genomics of infectious diseases to art history to cancer nanotechnology to bioenergy. She has helped secure more than $140M in collaborative federal grants and contracts.

P.S.T. - Places - Systems - Things - Chris Guillard
5:30 PM – Kocimski Auditorium, Design College - Chris Guillard is a founding partner of CMG and is an accomplished designer who is creating public landscapes of all types and scales. His work and research is focused on the value of public open space and urban landscapes that integrate multiple functions into communities. Mr. Guillard currently serves on the board of the Neighborhood Parks Council, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that advocates for superior, equitable, and sustainable park and recreation system. In 2001 he received the outstanding alumni award from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. The P. H. Elwood Lecture Series in Landscape Architecture

Women and Leadership: Career Success and Satisfaction - Gretchen Bataille
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gretchen M. Bataille is Senior Vice President for Programs and Services at the American Council on Education in Washington, DC. She recently finished a one-year term as interim vice president for academic affairs at the Fashion Institute of New York-SUNY, after serving for four years as president of the University of North Texas. She previously served as the chief academic officer of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina system. Bataille is a recognized scholar of Native American literature and has focused on issues of diversity, civil rights and ethnic studies. Part of the Women's Leadership Series.

American Indian FilmTalk - Panel Discussion with Jon Proudstar
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - American Indian actor, writer and director Jon Proudstar joins Meskwaki filmmakers Mary Goose, Rean Goose and Lucas Goose for a panel discussion about the American Indian film world and how each of their lives intersect with it. Expect insight, advice, experience and even a few laughs as we explore this diverse and exciting topic! Jon Proudstar first appeared in Madhouse with John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley in 1990. He attended the Sundance Writer's and Director's Lab and has worked with writer David Leighton. His first independent film, Dude Vision, was released in 2005 and won Best Comedy at the 2005 Arizona International Film Festival and Best Short Subject at the 2005 Native Voice Film Festival.