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The New Age of Gene Therapy in Molecular Medicine - John F. Engelhardt
8:00 PM – 1414 Molecular Biology Auditorium - John F. Engelhardt is the director of the Center for Gene Therapy and professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. His laboratory focuses on the development of gene therapies for inherited and environmentally induced diseases. He received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Iowa State University, and his doctorate in human genetics from Johns Hopkins University.

Institute on World Affairs Series - The View from Al Jazeera - Omar al-lssaw
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Omar al-Issaw Is a reporter and producer for Al Jazeera. One of the original creators of the satellite news operation serving the Arab world, he worked previously for the BBC and has covered events in Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Croatia and elsewhere around the globe. In addition to his reporting duties, he produces documentaries for Al Jazeera, including a heralded 15-part series on the war in Lebanon. Born in Kuwait to Lebanese parents, the English-speaking al-Issawi attended college in Iowa and Virginia. He began his career in media working for FM and AM radio stations in Lebanon and worked for Net TV and Future TV in Beirut.He is married with 2 children. Part of the World Affairs Series: Outside Looking In - International Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy.

Socially Responsible Investing - Alya Z. Kayal
12:30 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This presentation will be repeated at 2:00 p.m. in the same location. Alya Z. Kayal is a Senior Analyst for International/Human Rights with the Calvert Group Ltd. where she specializes in analyzing international/human rights issues for U.S. and international companies. She has extensive experience in this area with the United Nations, the U.S. Information Agency, the Soros Foundation, and the International Human Rights Committee of the American Bar Association's international law division. She has a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and an undergraduate degree in Sociology and International Communications from Rutgers.

The Greening of ISU - Peggy Barlett
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Peggy Barlett will lead a workshop discussion of ways to make ISU more sustainable and "green" using the Emory University Piedmont Project as a model. She is a professor of Anthropology at Emory and author of Agricultural Choice and Change and American Dreams, Rural Realities: Family Farms in Crisis.

The Center for Excellence in the Arts - A Multidisciplinary Conversation -- What's Nature Worth? - Scott Slovic
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Scott Slovic is director of the Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities at the University of Nevada and a professor of literature and the environment. He was the founder and president (1992-95) of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment and edits the organization's journal, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. His presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with guest Peggy Barlett, professor of anthropology at Emory University and activist for sustainable development, Art and Design professor Steve Herrnstadt, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering professor Ramesh Kanwar, Leopold Center director Fred Kirschenmann, and History professor Jay Taylor.

SUB Forums and Committee on Lectures - Ames City Council Candidate Forum
2:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - City Council candidates for At-Large and Fourth Ward will address issues of concern to Iowa State University students. For the first time in history, 4 Iowa State University students will be running city council seats. Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will moderate.

Presidential Caucus Series - Campaign 2004 - Carol Moseley Braun
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Carol Moseley Braun was the first f African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, when she was elected in 1992. She served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand from 1999-2001. Since her return in 2001 from her ambassadorial posting, she has taught law and political science at Morris Brown College and DePaul University, along with a business law practice and business consultancy in Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and her law degree from the University of Chicago. This series is designed to provide students, faculty, staff, and community members with an opportunity to question all presidential candidates before the precinct caucuses on January 19.

Hunger-Free World: The Final Milestone - M.S. Swaminathan
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - M.S. Swaminathan was a founding father of the Green Revolution in India and the first World Food Prize Laureate. He is co-coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Project Hunger Task Force and heads the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development in India which he founded. He has also been India's Secretary for Agriculture, Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, International Rice Research Institute, Independent Chairman of the FAO Council, and President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. He is a member of the Royal Society, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy and the Italian and Chinese Academies. His honours include the World Food Prize, UNEP's Sasakawa Award and the Tyler and Honda Prizes. He holds a doctorate in plant genetics from Cambridge University. Special Guest: Dr. Norman Borlaug. Annual Norman Borlaug Lecture

What Do Catholics Really Believe about Sin? - Edward Collins Vacek
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Edward Collins Vacek is a professor of Christian Ethics, the director of Masters of Theological Studies Program and chair of the Moral Theology Department at Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He is the author of Love, Human and Divine, and serves on the editorial board of Erosophia: A Journal for the Philosophy of Sex and Love and The Philosophy of Sex and Love. He also is on the board of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Women's Week 2003 - Why Family and Work Conflict and What We Can Do about It - Joan Williams
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Joan Williams is Professor and Director of the Program on Gender, Work, and Family American University Law School, and author of Unbending Gender; Why Family and Work Conflict and What We Can Do about It.