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Technology, Globalization, and Culture - Jon Grannis
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Jon Grannis is the president of Logical Performance, based in Ankeny, Iowa. The company provides personalized business services ranging from web and software development to employee and brand development. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice - Christopher Dodd
6:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - At the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders after World War II, young attorney Thomas Dodd's inquisition of the brilliant Hermann Goring provided the centerpiece of the trials. Walter Cronkite, who covered Nuremberg, said years later that Dodd had saved the day. In 1990, his children discovered his voluminous correspondence from Nuremberg to his wife, Grace. These letters describing the trial and events leading up to it is the writer's unfussy concern for righteousness, which under the circumstances meant winning the case-and in the proper way. Thomas Dodd, like his son presidential hopeful Christopher Dodd, later became a senator. Senator Dodd will discuss his father's excerpted letters. Part of the Presidential Caucus Series, providing the university community with opportunities to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses.

THANKSGIVING BREAK
8:00 AM – No events planned - No events planned the week of November 19-23.

The Ethical, Philosophical, and Legal Implications of Genomic Research - A Symposium
9:30 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Featured speakers in this daylong symposium include: Lori Andrews, J.D., a Distinguished Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law and director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology; Troy Duster, the director of the Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge and a professor of sociology at New York University; Jeffrey Murray, MD, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Iowa whose research in human molecular genetics focuses the identification of genes and environmental factors involved in birth defects; and Karen-Sue Taussig, faculty in the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Department of Anthropology and in the U of M Medical School. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities series "The Book of Life in a Genomic Age."

The Best of What We Are: John Brentlinger and the Painters of Solentiname, Nicaragua - Gary Tartakov
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Gary Tartakov, Iowa State professor emeritus and art historian, will discuss the exhibit The Ideal and the Real: Folk Art from Solentiname, Nicaragua. The exhibit of oil paintings is from one of the most important folk art movements in the world that sprang into being along with Liberation Theology and the Sandinista Revolution. Tartakov will also reflect on the impact of the late John Bretlinger, founder of the Solentiname Nicaragua Friendship Group and author of The Best of What We Are: Reflections on the Nicaraguan Revolution. The exhibit is on display November 15, 2007 - January 2, 2008.

The Physics of Baseball - Eli Rosenberg
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Eli Rosenberg is a professor of physics and the chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University. His research area is experimental high-energy physics, and he has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy in reviewing programs at Argonne National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Rosenberg is the author or coauthor of over five hundred refereed scientific journal articles; is a Fellow of the American Physical Society; and is a past chair of the SLAC User's Organization, which represents over 1,300 U.S and international scientists. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from the City College of New York and his master's and doctorate in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall 2007 Dean's Lecture.

How Did Petroleum Source Rocks Accumulate? Insights from Deep-Sea Sediments - Philip A. Meyers
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Philip A. Meyers is a professor of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. He is an organic geochemist who is interested in the processes that are involved in the origin, delivery, and accumulation of organic matter in sediments and the evidence for global climate changes recorded in the composition of sedimentary organic matter. His research focuses on paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on organic matter in Cretaceous black shales, Mediterranean sapropels, and Holocene lake sediments. The Fall 2007 Sigma Xi Lecture.

Technology, Globalization, and Culture - Oded Shenkar
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Oded Shenkar is the Ford Motor Company Chair and Professor of Management and Human Resources at the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. Professor Shenkar has studied China for over thirty years and is the author of numerous books and articles on Chinese business and management. He is a frequent advisor to multinational corporations, governments, and international organizations on China-related matters. Shenkar holds degrees in East-Asian Studies and Sociology as well as a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Genocide in Darfur: "Never Again" Must Mean "Never" - Ellen J. Kennedy
4:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ellen Kennedy directs the Genocide Intervention Network in Minnesota, promoting education about genocide with special attention on Darfur. She is also the Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. Kennedy holds doctorate degrees in both sociology and business from the University of Minnesota. She was a college professor for nearly thirty years, with an academic specialization in immigration. She will speak about the causes and consequences of the crisis in Darfur and steps that ordinary citizens can take to prevent and stop genocide. Part of the World Affairs Series.

The Globalization of Higher Education - James Duderstadt
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - James Duderstadt is President Emeritus of the University of Michigan. Duderstadt has a PhD in engineering science and physics from the California Institute of Technology and the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1968 in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. He served as dean of the College of Engineering and provost and vice president of academic affairs prior to his appointment as president in 1988. He currently holds a university-wide faculty appointment as University Professor of Science and Engineering and also directs the university's Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.