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The Colorado River: The Years of Living Dangerously - Anne Castle
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Anne Castle served as assistant secretary for water and science in the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2009 to 2014. She is currently a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment, part of the University of Colorado Boulder School of Law, and will discuss current efforts to create a more sustainable Colorado River system, including the groundbreaking engagement with Mexico to protect and restore this shared resource. A 1981 alumna of Colorado Law, Castle has worked on water law and policy since the beginning of her career. While at the Interior Department, she oversaw the Bureau of Reclamation, the nation’s largest water wholesaler, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Ronald Lecture Series in Environmental Conservation

How Science Is Key to Building a Foundation for Lifelong Learning - Daryl Greenfield
7:00 PM – Reiman Ballroom, Alumni Center - Daryl Greenfield is Professor of Psychology & Pediatrics at the University of Miami, where he has focused on how preschool science education can improve school readiness. His work has included developing and evaluating early science programs as well as touchscreen computer-adaptive science assessments for both English and Spanish speaking children. Greenfield was the invited speaker on early science at the 2016 White House summit on STEM in early childhood. His work combines research, policy and practice and has been supported by both federal and private funding. Barbara E. Mound Hansen Lecture in Early Childhood Education

Politically Correct: Do Our Language Choices Matter? - Anne Curzan
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Anne Curzan is Associate Dean for Humanities and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of English at the University of Michigan and author of Gender Shifts in the History of English. She will discuss to what extent social attitudes shape language - or if language has the power to change social attitudes. Her talk focuses on words we use every day that have been the focus of conscious efforts to promote a more inclusive and equitable language. Curzan discusses trends in the English language in a weekly segment on Michigan Radio and contributes regularly to The Chronicle of Higher Education's Lingua Franca blog on language and writing in academe. Quentin Johnson Lecture in Linguistics

High-Performance Community Banking - Timothy Koch
11:00 AM – Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building - Timothy Koch is the president of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado and a professor of finance at the University of South Carolina. He will discuss how community banks differ from other banks in their ownership, organizational structure, risk tolerance and business practices and share strategies to improve their performance. He'll speak about important role banks play in our communities. An Iowa native, Koch attended Wartburg College and earned a PhD in economics from Purdue University. He is the author of Community Banking: From Crisis to Prosperity and co-author of the college textbook Bank Management. Stafford Lecture Series on Banking

Transformative Technologies for Sustainable Global Development - Shashi Buluswar
6:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Shashi Buluswar, founder and former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies, wanted to know what scientific breakthroughs could match the polio vaccine in its transformative impact on global human development. After two years of investigation and analysis, his team issued the report “50 Breakthroughs: Critical Scientific and Technological Advances Needed for Sustainable Global Development." It covers needed technologies in a variety of areas, including global health, food security and agricultural development, human rights, education, water resources, digital inclusion, resilience against climate change and access to electricity. Shashi Buluswar is currently CEO of LIGTT's successor, the Institute for Transformative Technologies, and teaches international development at the University of California at Berkeley. Graduate & Professional Student Research Conference Keynote

Pursuing Questions: Prospects for the Economy in Agriculture - Alan Barkema
8:00 PM – Richard and Joan Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building - Alan Barkema was senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and a former professor and head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Oklahoma State University. He founded Apical Economics, LLC, following his retirement in 2012 and continues to speak widely on developments in the economy and agriculture. A native of Alexander, Iowa, Barkema received a bachelor’s degree in farm operations as well as an MS and PhD in agricultural economics from Iowa State. He also holds an MS in plant genetics from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Executive Program at Stanford University. Carl and Marjory Hertz Lecture on Emerging Issues in Agriculture

How to Build Financial Security in a Changing World - TIAA President & CEO Roger Ferguson
5:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - In a time of constant change, it’s more important than ever for Americans to focus on ensuring their financial well-being. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., CEO of Fortune 100 financial services firm TIAA and former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, will offer advice on steps that every individual can take, no matter what ups and downs may occur in the economy and markets. Ferguson represented the Federal Reserve on several international policy groups and served on key Federal Reserve System committees. As the only Governor in Washington DC on 9/11, he led the Fed's initial response to the terrorist attacks, taking actions that kept the U.S. financial system functioning while reassuring the global financial community. College of Business CEO Series and Economic Forum Series

My Personal Journey with Diversity - A Conversation with TIAA President Roger Ferguson
4:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - TIAA President and CEO Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., will discuss the path that led him to becoming the first African-American vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve and one of the few African-American CEOs in the Fortune 100. He will discuss why diversity and inclusion is so essential to business success in the 21st century.

A Doctor to Her Tribe and a Warrior for Her People - Joe Starita
7:00 PM – Dolezal Auditorium, 127 Curtiss Hall - Joe Starita, professor of journalism at the University of Nebraska, will discuss his latest book, A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor. The biography of La Flesche recounts how the Omaha woman earned a medical degree in 1889 - becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history - and returned to the reservation to serve as a physician to and advocate for the Omaha tribe. Joe Starita spent 14 years at The Miami Herald, first as the newspaper’s New York Bureau Chief and later as part of its Investigations Team. He returned to his native Nebraska to focus on research and writing on the regional Native American culture and history.

Native American Representation in Pop Art - Steven Paul Judd
7:00 PM – Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design - Steven Paul Judd is a Kiowa and Choctaw visual artist, filmmaker, and screenwriter based in Oklahoma. His mash-ups of Native experiences and disposable American pop culture are both clever and humorous, offering a unique perspective on and from within Native American culture. His creations include paintings, prints, poster art, photography, and t-shirt designs. Judd has also written and directed a number of films, including the shorts “Ronnie BoDean,” “Shhh!” and “Search for the World’s Best Indian Taco.” The 2017 Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture