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Canceled: One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Women's Suffrage Movement - Marjorie Spruill
5:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Editor Marjorie Spruill has compiled the most comprehensive collection of writings about the woman suffrage movement in America. The essays, both contemporary and historical, challenge widely accepted theories and illustrate the diversity and complexity of the fight for the 10th Amendment. Part of the 100th Anniversary Events Commemorating Women’s Suffrage

Canceled: Loving, Living and the Pursuit of Purpose: a real talk with Rheya-Rheya Spigner
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - This is event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Rheya Spigner is an anchor on KCCI Channel 8 News. As the keynote speaker for the Transforming Gender and Society Conference, Ms. Spigner will discuss her own experiences as a broadcast journalist, in particular how she has used her role as a news anchor to focus on diverse and pressing topics that are reflective of society. She will also discuss efforts in other media to diversify and improve how women and people of color are presented.

Canceled: Because I Said I Would -- Alex Sheen
7:00 PM – Hilton Coliseum - This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Alex Shen is the founder of Because I Said I Would, an international social movement and nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept. Sparked by a tragedy in his life, Alex created the Promise Card and since 2012 more than 9.81 million cards distributed to 153 countries. Alex's unique perspective on accountability, commitment, and self-control have developed from his responsibilities in leading a global effort anbout keepin promises. Greek Week Keynote

Canceled: Eating Tomorrow: Climate Change and the Battle for the Future of Food-Dr. Timothy Wise
7:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Dr. Wise is the director of the Land and Food Rights program at Small Planet Institute. Wise's research and writing have covered U.S. farm policies, trade and agricultural development, agricultural biodiversity, food prices and biofuels, and Mexico's maize economy under the threat of genetically modified maize. He addresses small versus large-scale agriculture in the battle to feed the world. The 2020 Shivvers Memorial Lecture

Canceled: White Mansions, Black Bodies: Jordan Peele's "Get Out" and the New Age Slave Plantation
8:00 PM – Great Hall - This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Professor Novotny Lawrence discusses Jordan Peele's horror thriller "Get Out", demonstrating the ways in which the director employs traditional filmmaking storytelling tropes to examine contemporary racial profiles. In doing, Peele uses the cinema as a tool for social activism, working to help create a future in which citizens will potentially be more informed about, attuned to, and concerned with fighting against systemic racism. Spring 2020 Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Lecture

Canceled: Dinosaurs to Milankovitch Cycles: the Last 250 Million Years-Dr. Compton James Tucker III
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Dr. Tucker is a senior biospheric scientist, employed by NASA. He has used satellite data for deforestation mapping, predicting ecologically coupled disease outbreaks, mapping glacier extent, and mapping climatic effects on global vegetation. From 2002-2012 he was active in NASA's space Archaeology Program, leading a NASA team assisting archaeologists mapping ancient sites with ground penetrating radar and magnetometers in Turkey at the sites of Troy and Gordion, the home of King Midas. He has been awarded NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and the Presidential Award for Meritorious Senior Professional Service. Sigma Xi Lecture Series

Canceled: A Science Comedian's Guide to Communicating Science- Brian Malow
7:00 PM – 127 Curtiss - This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Brian Malow draws on two decades as a stand-up comedian to help scientists communicate better with general audiences. In a presentation that promises to both amuse and educate, Brian will offer advice on a range of topics including stage presence, connecting with audiences, using analogies, and abusing PowerPoint.

Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence - Dr. Amy Blackstone
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Amy Blackstone is a professor in sociology at the University of Maine, researching on childfree choice, workplace harassment, and civic engagement. She is the author of Childfree by Choice. Dr. Blackstone will discuss the culture and discrimination that surrounds not having children for women, men, gay and lesbian couples, and trans persons. She will discuss the history of the childfree movement and its future.

Suffragette, Editor, Abolitionist: The Story of Mary Louise Booth - Tricia Foley
5:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Join author Tricia Foley as she walks through the extraordinary life of Mary Louise Booth, who was a founding editor of Harper’s Bazar, wrote the first history of New York City, and a leader in the abolition and suffrage movements. Tricia is a home design and restoration expert, who has published 10 books about design and lifestyles. Part of the 100th Anniversary Events Commemorating Women’s Suffrage

Three Ways to Disappear - Katy Yocom
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Katy Yocom was born and raised in Atchison, Kansas, and currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky. her debut novel, Three Ways to Disappear, Yocom explores the story of journalist, Sarah DeVaughan. In researching the novel, Yocom traveled to India, funded by a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. Three Ways to Disappear won the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature and was named a Barnes & Noble Top Indie Favorite. Yocom earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, and an MFA from Spalding University where she currently serves as an Associate Director. Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series