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The Politics of Federally-Funded Medical Research - Sheila McGuire
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Sheila McGuire is assistant professor in the Department of Oral Epidemiology and Health Policy, Faculty of Medicine, at Harvard University and president of the Iowa Health Research Institute. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Ethical Implications of Research - Michael Taylor, Charles Glatz, Suzanne Hendrich and Gary Comstock
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gary Comstock, head of the ISU Biotethics Program, will moderate a discussion with Michael Taylor, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology; Charles Glatz, Chemical Engineering; and Suzanne Hendrich, Food Science and Human Nutrition. Part of the National Affairs Series

Electronic Privacy and Freedom - George Strawn and Barbara Mack Doug Houghton
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - George Strawn is director of the ISU Computation Center and works with the national Science foundation in the deployment of the new Internet architecture. Barbara Mack is associate professor of Journalism and Mass Communications ad was general counsel for the Des Moines Register. Dean of Students Doug Houghton will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series

On the Cutting Edge of Entertainment Technology - J. Michael Straczynski
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - J. Michael Stracynski is the creator and producer of the television show "Babylon 5." He will provide an overview of how emergng technology is shaping today's media and entertainment industry. Part of the National Affairs Series

Windows on the Workplace: Computers and Jobs - Joan Greenbaum
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Joan Greenbaum is professor of computer information systems at LaGuardia community College, City University of new York, and visiting professor of economics at Barnard college. She is the author of Windows on the Workplace: Computers, Jobs, and the Organization of Office Work in the Late Twentieth Century and In the Name of Efficiency. She is co-editor of Design at Work and has written on the gender aspects of technology in the workplace. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Politics of Technology - Ralph Nader
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate whose Washington-based network of organizations includes the Center for the Study of Responsive Law- home of "Nader's Raiders" - and Public Citizen, which includes Congress Watch, Health Research Group and the Critical mass Energy Project. his books include Unsafe at any Speed, Worst Pills, Best Pills and Winning the Insurance Game. Part of the National Affairs Series

Bad Science, Bad Journalism, Bad Policy - Gary Taubes
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Gary Taubes is the author of Bad Science: The short Life and Weird Times of cold Fusion and Nobel dreams: Power, Deceit and the ultimate Experiment. He was on the staff of Discover magazine and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Science, The Atlantic and Esquire. He has an undergraduate degree in physics from Harvard, a master's in aerospace engineering from Stanford and a master's in journalism from Columbia. Part of the National Affairs Series

Are We Really Prisoners of our own Language: Revisiting the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - Gregory Ward
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Is the Media Bias? - Jeff Cohen and Jan Mickelson
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error - Jeff Cohen
All Day – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.