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Marriage Equality - A Discussion with Curtis Chin
3:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Curtis Chin, former cochair of the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York, will lead a discussion on marriage equality. Chin is a writer, producer and political activist based in Los Angeles. He is cofounder of the Asian American Writers Workshop, is on the board of the Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, and in 2006 served as director of Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach with the Democratic National Committee. His work in television and screenwriting include credits on the sitcoms Norm, According to Jim and Jake Long. Curtis Chin will discuss his documentary VINCENT WHO? on Monday, September 27 at 7:00 pm in the Pioneer Room. The Q&A follows a 40-minute screening of the film.

VINCENT WHO? Film and Discussion with Producer Curtis Chin
7:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Curtis Chin is a writer, producer and political activist based in Los Angeles. His documentary Vincent Who? recounts the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, which spurred the Asian American civil rights movement. Vincent Chin was murdered in Detroit by two white autoworkers at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments. His killers got off with a minimal fine and no jail time. The documentary features interviews with the key players at the time as well as a new generation of activists. Curtis Chin is cofounder of the Asian American Writers Workshop, is on the board of the Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, and in 2006 served as director of Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach with the Democratic National Committee. His work in television and screenwriting include credits on the sitcoms Norm, According to Jim and Jake Long. A Q&A with producer Curtis Chin will immediately follow the 40-min film. Curtis Chin, former cochair of the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York, will also lead a discussion on marriage equality Tuesday, September 28, at 3:00 p.m. in the Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union.

Identifying, Assessing and Supporting Children with Movement Difficulties - David Sugden
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - David Sugden is an expert on children's developmental disorders, particularly children's movement difficulties. He is Professor of Special Needs in Education at the University of Leeds and currently heads the Childhood and Inclusion Group in the School of Education. His research focuses on the assessment and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in preschool children. He also runs a postgraduate course on provisions for children with developmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD and Dyslexia. Sugden has worked in special and mainstream schools as well as clinical settings in hospitals. His posts at the University of Leeds have included Dean of the Faculty, Pro Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor. The 2010-11 Pease Family Scholar.

A Biofuels Update - Jim Lane
7:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - Jim Lane is the editor and publisher of Biofuels Digest, an online source for research, policy, and financial news related to the biofuels industry. A certified biofuels educator and private consultant, he has prepared business plans, feasibility studies and market forecasts for companies worldwide. He is also a frequent contributor to NPR's Living on Earth, providing commentary on energy trends. Lane is chairman of the American Biofuels Council, a director of the Florida real estate developer LCW, and serves on the Board of Trustees of EcoChamber. He holds a BA from the University of Washington. Biofuels Conference Keynote Speaker and Part of the Live Green! Sustainability Lecture Series.

The Future of Opinion Journalism - Paul Gigot
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - Paul Gigot is the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal. He is responsible for the newspaper's editorials, op-ed articles and Leisure & Arts criticism and directs the editorial pages of the Journal's Asian and European editions and the OpinionJournal.com website. He is also the host of the weekly half-hour news program The Journal Editorial Report on the Fox News Channel. Gigot became the Journal's Asia correspondent in 1982 and was named the first editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal. In 1987 he was assigned to Washington, where he contributed editorials and a weekly column on politics, "Potomac Watch," which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He will share lessons he learned from Iowa State journalism alumnus Bob Bartley, who was editor of The Wall Street Journal editorial pages for thirty years, winning a Pulitzer Prize and honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom as "one of the most influential journalists in American history." The 2010 Chamberlin Lecture.

$20 Per Gallon: How Higher Gas Prices Will Change Our Lives - Chris Steiner
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Chris Steiner is a civil engineer and a staff writer at Forbes magazine. He regularly writes on energy, technology and innovation. His book, $20 Per Gallon, takes readers from Manhattan tunnels to desert plane graveyards to organic farm fields, breaking down our future and its coming changes in terms of the price of gas. Before his first reporting job at the Chicago Tribune, Steiner worked as a civil-environmental engineer. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University. Part of the Technology, Globalization & Culture Series.

Southern Sudan and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement - Salva Kiir Mayardit
6:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - The President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) General Salva Kiir Mayardit will discuss the January independence referendum that will determine if the country of Sudan will remain united or South Sudan will secede. The referendum is part of the 2005 peace agreement that ended the civil war. Mayardit is also the Vice President of Sudan and previously served as chief of staff for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). He took over as president of Southern Sudan following the death of General John Garang, an Iowa State University alumnus. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Comedy on the Edge - Reggie Watts
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center ADMISSION FREE - Doors open at 7:00 PM - Reggie Watts is far from your traditional stand-up comedian, with an act - and a head of hair - that defies audience expectations. Opening for Conan O'Brien's recent Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour, Watts has become known for his freeform approach. His thought-provoking material ranges from the history of Google and the internet to absurd monologues performed in any number of accents and voices. Throw in freestyle musical numbers created using only his voice and a little machine called a loop pedal, and you've got a performance to remember!

Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense - Pico Iyer
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Pico Iyer, one of our most respected observers of our changing world, is the author of nine books about cultures converging. These include Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East; The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto; The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home. His most recent book, The Open Road, describes thirty-five years of talks and travel with the Dalai Lama. Based in Japan, Pico Iyer writes often for Harper's, Time and the New York Review of Books, and regularly travels to far-flung places like North Korea, Ethiopia, Bolivia and Bhutan. Part of the World Affairs Series.

An Engineering Approach to Optimize the Combinatorial Drug Treatment for Cancer and Infectious Diseases - Chih-Ming Ho
5:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Chih-Ming Ho is director of the Center for Cell Control, an NIH Nanomedicine Roadmap Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research offers an engineering approach to determining optimal drug cocktails for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The feedback system control scheme requires only tens of iterations to identify the most effective combinatorial drugs from millions of possibilities. Ho, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an Academician of Academia Sinica, is known for his work in micro/nano fluidics, bio-nano technologies and turbulence. He holds the Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Professorship in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA and received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series.