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Different but Equal: Professionalizing Family Child Care- Thelma Harms
7:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Thelma Harms is the director of curriculum development at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and a research professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Harms is recognized internationally for her work in assessing the quality of educational and care settings. She has developed a variety of curriculum materials and staff training resources and has provided extensive in-service training and consultation in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. She is coauthor of the nationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales (ECERS-R). Harms was the 2006 Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Early Childhood Lecturer in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. She will discuss the impact of home-based child care as a profession and the development of the new Family Child Care Rating Scale (FCCRS).

The Poverty of Intelligent Design - Sahotra Sarkar
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Sahotra Sarkar is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin, specializing in the history and philosophy of science. He has particular interests in the philosophy of biology and physics. Sahotra Sarkar is the author of the newly released Doubting Darwin? Creationist Designs on Evolution as well as Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction (2005) and Genetics and Reductionism: A Primer (1998). He is also the editor of several books, including the six-volume Science and the Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Basic Works of Logical Empiricism (1996) and the two-volume The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia (2006). Sahotra Sarkar serves on the editorial boards of BioScience and Evolutionary Theory. His will discuss his belief that the Intelligent Design movement presents no credible alternative to the received view of evolution and is no intellectual advance over older versions of creationism. The talk will focus on intelligent design arguments that make use of results from computer science and information theory.

Habitat Reconstruction - Sahotra Sarkar
1:00 PM – 105 Kildee Hall - Sahotra Sarkar is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin, specializing in the history and philosophy of science. He has particular interests in the philosophy of biology and physics. Sahotra Sarkar is the author of the newly released Doubting Darwin? Creationist Designs on Evolution as well as Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction (2005) and Genetics and Reductionism: A Primer (1998). He is also the editor of several books, including the six-volume Science and the Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Basic Works of Logical Empiricism (1996) and the two-volume The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia (2006). Sahotra Sarkar serves on the editorial boards of BioScience and Evolutionary Theory.

Giving in an Entrepreneurial Culture - Arthur Brooks
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - **RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY** Arthur C. Brooks is a professor of public administration and the director of the Nonprofit Studies Program at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is the author of Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism and numerous other books and articles on topics relating to the connections between culture, politics, and entrepreneurship in America. Brooks is also a consultant to the Rand Corporation and in 2007 will be a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Invisible Children: Rough Cut - Film and Panel Discussion
3:00 PM – Sun Room/South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Screenings at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm. The film will be followed by a panel discussion and update on the organization's work in Uganda, presented by Claire Singleton, Alicia Fore, Chris Loper, and Josh Gilman, a team of activists from Invisible Children. What started out as a filmmaking adventure in Africa in the spring of 2003, was transformed into much more, when three young Americans from Southern California found themselves stranded in Northern Uganda. What they found was a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them - a story in which children are the weapons and the victims. They discovered children being abducted from their homes and forced to fight as child soldiers. The Invisible Children: Rough Cut film exposes the effects of a twenty-year war on the children of Northern Uganda. The film has been covered on Oprah, CNN, the National Geographic Channel. The 55-minute film will be followed by a panel discussion on the organization's work in Uganda, presented by a team from Invisible Children.

Surviving the Next Pandemic: Bird Flu and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases - Dr. Michael Greger
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician and author and currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. Michael Greger is a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is the author of Carbophobia: The Scary Truth behind America's Low-Carb Craze, Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Heart Failure: Diary of a Third Year Medical Student, and he has contributed to a number of other books on nutrition and food safety issues. As Farm Sanctuary's Chief Medical Investigator, Dr. Greger debated the National Cattlemen's Association director before the FDA and was invited as an expert witness to defend Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "meat defamation trial."

Women in the Labor Force - Heidi Hartmann
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Heidi Hartmann is the President of the Institute for Women's Policy Research and a research professor at George Washington University. In 1994 she received a MacArthur Fellowship for her work in the field of women and economics. She is vice-chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations and coeditor of the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy. Hartmann is coauthor of Still A Man's Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap; Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of Family and Medical Leave; Equal Pay for Working Families; and Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children. Women's History Month Keynote Speaker.

An ISU Perspective on Climate Change - Panel Discussion
8:00 PM – 1148 Gerdin Auditorium - This panel of Iowa State University professors will provide expert opinions on the phenomena of climate change from earth science, economic, and political perspectives. Panelists include Eugene Takle, professor of geological and atmospheric sciences; John Miranowski, director of the Institute for Science and Society and professor of agricultural economics; and Steffen Schmidt, University Professor of political science. Students are encouraged to ask questions and join in the discussion.

The Impact of War on Women - Panel Discussion
7:00 PM – 305 Carver Hall - This panel will provide an overview of the unique issues women face within the context of war and post-conflict situations because of their gender-defined roles within societies, particularly their caretaking roles and their embodiment as women. In addition, the panel will share recent examples and personal narratives from women who have lived through conflict situations. Panelists include Leah Keino, assistant professor, Deptartment of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management; Maggie LaWare, associate professor, Department of English/Program in Speech Communicaiton; and other participants in the Iowa State-sponsored "Women in Fragile Contexts" project. Part of the International Women's Day Celebration.

SPRING BREAK
8:00 AM – No events planned - No events planned the week of March 12-16