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Automata in Victorian Science and Culture - Norton Wise
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Norton Wise is Co-Director of the Center for Society and Genetics at UCLA and Professor of History. He is co-author of Energy and Empire, author of the series Work and Waste: Political Economy and Natural Philosophy in 19th Century Britain, and editor of The Values of Precision. He is a History of Science Professor at UCLA, and this presentation is part of the History of Technology and Science Series.

U.S. Latinos: Making It in a Globalized Workforce and Economy -John Koval
7:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - John P. Koval is the co-author of The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis, Associate Professor of Sociology at DePaul University, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and received his doctorate from the University of Oregon.

Agrippa the Second Emperor: A Lost Story Told on Roman Coins - Gaius Stern
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Gaius Stern is a lecturer and doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the translator of Gianfranco Moneta's Giubileo 2000, Viaggio nell' Italia dell' Anno Santo.

What Happy Faces Are Hiding: Talking about Depression - Ross Szabo
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ross Szabo is the Director of Youth Outreach for the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign.He has spoken about his personal history with mental health issues to hundreds of thousands of young people, and reached millions more in media opportunities.

Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Life of George Washington Carver
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Paxton J. Williams portrays George Washington Carver - scientist, educator and humanitarian. He takes the audience on a journey from Civil-war era Missouri, to Carver's laboratory, to the halls of Congress to witness the trials and ultimate triumph of the "Wizard of Tuskegee. Dr. Carver was the first African American student and faculty member at Iowa State University.

Towards a Social History of American Military Technology - Barton Hacker
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Barton Hacker is a curator with the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, and the author of many books including On the shoulders of Titans: A history of Project Gemini and West Point in the Making of America. This is part of the History of Technology and Science Series.

Global Justice and Human Rights: An Environmental Perspective - Vandana Shiva
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Vandana Shiva is the Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in India, and the author of many books, including Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply; Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, Monocultures of the Mind;The Violence of the Green Revolution, and Staying Alive. She won the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization.

Foreign Policy and Economic Issues: A View from the Senate - Senator Chuck Hagel
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science: Chuck Hagel, Nebraska's senior U.S. Senator, is serving his second term in the United States Senate. Senator Hagel's duties include membership on four Senate committees: Foreign Relations; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Intelligence and Rules. Hel is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Subcommittee and the Senate Banking Securities and Investment Subcommittee.

The Future of Rwanda - Romain Murenzi and Silas Lwakabamba
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Romain Murenzi is the Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research for the Republic of Rwanda. He will be discussing government policies and development Initiatives in education and technology with Silas Lwakabamba. He previously served as chair and professor in the Department of Physics at Clark Atlanta University among his many academic appointments and honors. Silas Lwakabamba is Rector of the Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management in Rwanda. He received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds, England, and was named Dean of Engineering at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, before joining the UN-Sponsored African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing.John Wong, ISU Marketing Professor, will join Niki Davis, Director of the Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching, in the discussion which follows their presentations. Dr. Davis will moderate the discussion. Part of the World Affairs Series

Women and Leadership: Mentoring the Next Generation - Soledad O'Brien
7:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Soledad O'Brien, the fall Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Mary Louise Smith Scholar, anchors CNN's American Morning with Miles O'Brien. She was among a handful of CNN anchors sent to Puhket, Thailand, to cover the disaster and aftermath of the tsunami that took more than 155,000 lives. In the fall of 2003, O'Brien was the only broadcast journalist permitted to travel with first lady Laura Bush on her trip to Moscow. She came to CNN from NBC News where she had anchored the network's Weekend Today since July 1999.