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Watchdog Journalism in the 21st Century - Joe Mahr
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Joe Mahr is a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. Previously, he worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Toledo Blade, where he was part of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning team that uncovered the U.S. Army's 36-year cover-up of Tiger Force during the Vietnam War. He has written award-winning stories on subjects ranging from Ohio's lax efforts to fix dangerous stretches of highways to allegations that Toldeo police refused to arrest or investigate abusive priests. More recently he has written a series of stories looking at abuse and neglect in the mental health system. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration. No audio recording for download or podcasting is available for this lecture due to technical difficulties.

Whom Do You Trust to Tell You the News? Fair, Accurate, Balanced and Thorough Reporting in the 21st Century - Panel Discussion
4:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of the New York-based Paid Content, will lead a panel on what news media consumers trust most. Ali, a native of India, owns one of the most successful web-only news sites in the world. He sold the site in 2008 to The Guardian in Great Britain but continues to run the operation. He will be joined by Marcus McIntosh, morning and noon anchor at KCCI-TV, Des Moines; and Alexandra Hayne, editor of the Ames Tribune. Barbara Mack, professor of media law in the Greenlee School of Journalism, will moderate. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.

Native Identity in Contemporary American Indian Design - Ken Rhyne
8:00 PM – Kocimski Auditorium, College of Design - Ken Rhyne, a principal with the Atlanta office of the Urban Design Group, has over thirty years of experience in conceptual architectural and interior design projects, including sustainable design and green architecture. His award-winning projects include the National Museum of the American Indian, Cultural Resources Center for the Smithsonian Institution and the Kampen Eagle Wing Center in Lafayette, Indiana. His areas of expertise include museums, libraries, resorts, and cultural centers and corporate offices. A Tuscarora Indian, Rhyne is a member of the American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers. He is also an accomplished blues singer and harmonica player and played minor league baseball for the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers. The 2010 Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture.

At the Water's Edge: Understanding Environmentally Important Processes at Liquid Surfaces - Geraldine L. Richmond
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Geraldine Richmond is the Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oregon. She is also the founder and chair of the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists, an organization assisting in the advancement of women faculty in the sciences. Richmond's research applications of nonlinear optical spectroscopy and computational methods to the chemistry that occurs at complex surfaces and interfaces have relevance in numerous areas, including energy production, environmental remediation, and atmospheric chemistry. Recent awards for her scientific accomplishments include the Spiers Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2004), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2007) and the Bomem-Michaelson Award (2008). Richmond received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in chemical physics at the University of California, Berkeley. The 2010 President's Lecture in Chemistry and Part of the Women in STEM Series.

The Time to Relax is When You Don't Have Time For It: Finding More Balance in Your Life - Regenia Bailey
7:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Regenia Bailey is the founder and principal of the Bailey Leadership Initiative. She has worked for more than 12 years in the not-for-profit sector and was the founding director of the Iowa Women's Foundation. Bailey teaches business courses as an adjunct faculty member at Kirkwood Community College. She has an MBA from The University of Iowa. In addition to her consulting work, Bailey is serving in her second term as an Iowa City city council member and just completed a two-year term as mayor.

The Rules of Engagement: Rights vs. Responsibilities in Civic Dialogue - Panel Discussion
7:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Panelists include Paul Shirley, professional basketball player, former contributor to ESPN.com, and the author of Can I Keep My Jersey?; Jeff Blevins, Iowa State assistant professor of journalism; Kathleen Richardson, director of Drake University's School of Journalism & Mass Communication; and Andie Dominick, editorial writer for the Des Moines Register. Richard Doak, retired editor and columnist for the Des Moines Register, will moderate. Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration.

How to Pass the Flaming Baton: Managing, Mentoring, and Moving On - Regenia Bailey
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Regenia Bailey is the founder and principal of the Bailey Leadership Initiative. She has worked for more than 12 years in the not-for-profit sector and was the founding director of the Iowa Women's Foundation. Bailey teaches business courses as an adjunct faculty member at Kirkwood Community College. She has an MBA from The University of Iowa. In addition to her consulting work, Bailey is serving in her second term as an Iowa City city council member and just completed a two-year term as mayor. Another presentation - "The Time to Relax is When You Don't Have Time For It: Finding More Balance in Your Life," 7 p.m., Oak Room, Memorial Union. Part of the Women's Leadership Series

Rhythm & Color: A Live Painting Performance with David Garibaldi
9:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - David Garibaldi is a performance artist who creates six-foot portraits of pop icons in minutes, working live, on stage to music. As a young man, Garibaldi walked away from a life of graffiti on the streets and turned his influences of hip-hop culture in a positive direction. He began to paint live at urban jazz sessions, nightclubs, and hip-hop events for the direct influence of the music. As he works, Garibaldi shares with his audience the personal struggles and life experiences that helped shape him into a painter and performer in the studio and on the stage. His success has led to a tour with the Blue Man Group; a collaboration with the clothing line Goodie Two Sleeves; and work with Fortune 500 companies, charities, and celebrities like Carlos Santana.

To Die in Jerusalem: Documentary Film and Discussion
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - After two seventeen-year old girls - one an Israeli, the other a Palestinian suicide bomber - die in a Jerusalem market, their mothers confront each other, revealing a microcosm of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the complexity of reconciliation. Through the personal stories of the two families' losses and by contrasting the lives and deaths of these two teenage girls, To Die in Jerusalem offers a personal human perspective that is often eclipsed by the political issues. Hilla Medalia, an Israeli student and first-time filmmaker, was looking for a topic to fulfill her master's degree at Southern Illinois University, when she set out to make what became a Peabody Award-winning HBO documentary. Since then she has helped produce the documentary 39 Pounds Of Love and is currently working on After the Storm, about a group of New York Broadway actors who were inspired to help the youth of New Orleans. The 76-min documentary will be followed by a discussion.

The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species - A Multimedia Presentation with Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium - Wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin is an Emmy Award-winning producer and host of more than a dozen television series on such networks as Animal Planet, Discovery, Disney, and the Travel Channel. He has been working for the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems around the world since he was a teenager. Corwin was introduced to the tropical rain forests while on an expedition to Belize and is now an expert in rainforest animals. He is the author of Living On the Edge: Amazing Relationships in the Natural World and the Jeff Corwin Junior Explorers Series. He has bachelor of science degrees in biology and anthropology from Bridgewater State College, and a master of science degree in wildlife and fisheries conservation from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His most recent documentary project, MSNBC's 100 Heartbeats, is based on his book by the same name. Immediately following, there will be a book signing downstairs in Stephens' Celebrity Cafe. Part of the 2010 National Affairs Series: Innovation and Ethics.