Search For Lectures

Competing in the New Global Economic Race - Mark Drabenstott
1:10 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - The Robert Stafford Lecture on Banking will be given by Mark Drabenstott, vice president and director of the Center for the Study of Rural America at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He has been an observer of issues facing the rural economy and food and agriculture sector, publishing over 100 articles, editing five books, and testifying before Congress on rural and agricultural policy issues more than a dozen times. He earned his bachelor's degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and his M.S. and Ph.D., both in economics, from Iowa State University.

Lessons from the Swamp: New Findings about Health and Environmental Contamination - Louis J. Guillette
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Louis J. Guillette, Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Zoology and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Dr. Guillette received his doctorate in Comparative Reproductive Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Internationally recognized for his work in the field of comparative reproductive biology and developmental endocrinology, he has advised many countries including New Zealand, Australia Mexico, and Botswana on the development of reproductive biology programs for endangered wildlife. Dr. Guillette also is recognized for his research examining environmental contaminants and reproductive/endocrine disruption in various wildlife species, and policy work in human public health. He has served as an expert witness to the US. Congress and as a science policy advisor to various governmental agencies regarding environmental contamination and health. His recent work examines the effect of pollutant pharmaceuticals on wildlife.

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.