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The Farm as Natural Habitat - Laura Jackson
7:00 PM – 7 p.m., Gerdin 1148 - Laura Jackson co-edited The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems to Ecosystems. Contributors bring together insights and practices from conservation biology, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity, and farming, in support of the idea that the agricultural landscape can be restored to a healthy diversity. She is a University of Northeern Iowa biology professor who teaches courses in applied ecology, conservation biology, general biology labs and environmental studies; with forays into advanced ecology and the ecology of agricultural systems. She has a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University. This is the Shivvers Memorial Lecture.

Murderball - Mark Zupan
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Mark Zupan is the paralympic rugby athlete featured in the film Murderball, and a civil engineer from Austin, Texas. He has captured 4 Most Valuable Player awards and was just recently named US Quad Rugby Associations Athlete of the Year. He received his engineering education at Georgia Tech where he first suited up and wheeled onto a rugby court. No stranger to athletic spots, Zupan quickly took to the game's hard-hitting action and relocated to Austin, Texas, where he became one of the most feared players on the #2-ranked Stampede USA Paralympic Team. In 2004 he was a starter for Team USA at the Paralympics in Athens, Greece, where he led the team to a Bronze medal. He continues to compete and train, preparing for the 2008 summer Olympic games in Beijing.

Celebrating Science and Its Application - William Foege
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - William Foege is an epidemiologist who worked in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. He was director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, executive director of the Task Force for Child Survival, executive director of The Carter Center, and Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. He attended Pacific Lutheran University, received his medical degree from the University of Washington, and his Master's in Public Health from Harvard University. He remains active as Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory and as a Gates Fellow. He was a Senior Medical Advisor for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and continues to work on the Foundation's worldwide health initiatives as a Gates Fellow.2005 Norman Borlaug Lecture.

Hotel Rwanda - the movie
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda during some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees. Paul Rusesabagina, who is featured in the film, will be speaking in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on October 26 at 8:00 p.m.

God after Darwin - John Haught
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Haught is the author of several books on the creation-evolution controversy, including Deeper Than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in the Age of Evolution; God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution; and Responses to 101 Questions on God and Evolution. He is the Landegger Distinguished Professor of Theology and founder and director of the Center for the Study of Science and Religion at Georgetown University.

The Potential for Networking between Artists and Scientists - Panel Discussion
4:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Panel participants are Roy Behrens, Lynn Gamwell, Eve Laramee, and Todd Siler.Part of an interdisciplinary symposium on Breaking Creative Barriers: http://www.iastate.edu/~ceah/art_symp.html.

Connecting Art and Science Concepts: Workshop with Todd Siler
2:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Todd Siler is the founder and chief creative officer of Think Like a Genius, LLC, a Denver-based company that develops multimedia tools for fostering creativity, innovation, and collaborative learning in businesses, schools, and other organizations. He has facilitated hands-on workshops throughout the world, consulting to such organizations as IBM, Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Home Depot, Procter & Gamble, and many others. Part of an interdisciplinary symposium on Breaking Creative Barriers: http://www.iastate.edu/~ceah/art_symp.html.

Art Meets Science in the 21st Century - Eve Andrée Laramée
11:00 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Eve Andrée Laramée is a sculptor and installation artist living in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently the chair of Sculpture and General Sculptural Studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Part of an interdisciplinary symposium on Breaking Creative Barriers: http://www.iastate.edu/~ceah/art_symp.html.

A Visit to the Imaginary Museum of Art and Science
9:30 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Lynn Gamwell is the director of the Art Museum at Binghamton University, curator of the Gallery of Art and Science at the New York Academy of Sciences, and an adjunct professor of science at the School of Visual Arts, New York.Part of an interdisciplinary symposium on Breaking Creative Barriers: http://www.iastate.edu/~ceah/art_symp.html.

Metaphor, Rhyme, and Esthetics: Camouflage as an Equivalent to the Creative Process - Roy Behrens
8:00 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Roy R. Behrens, a professor of graphic design at the University of Northern Iowa, is the author of books and articles on art and science, including False Colors: Art, Design, and Modern Camouflage and The Man Who Made Distorted Rooms: The Ingenuity of Adelbert Ames II. Part of an interdisciplinary symposium on Breaking Creative Barriers: http://www.iastate.edu/~ceah/art_symp.html.