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Why We Explore Space - Former Astronaut Kathryn Thornton
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Kathryn Thornton is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions during her 12 years in the NASA astronaut corps. She is currently director of the University of Virginia's Aerospace Engineering Program. Thornton logged in more than 975 hours in space, including more than 21 hours of extravehicular activity. Her missions included flights on Space Shuttles Discovery, Endeavor, and Columbia, and include space walks to repair both the International Telecommunications Satellite and later the Hubble Space Telescope. Thornton left NASA in 1996 and joined the faculty at the University of Virginia, where she previously served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Women's Leadership Series

ISCORE Keynote Address - Lakota Harden
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lakota Harden (Minnecoujou/Yankton Lakota and HoChunk) is an orator, activist, community organizer, workshop facilitator, and poet. The daughter of seven generations of Lakota leaders, she has dedicated her life to social justice. Harden first became an accomplished speaker as a representative of the early American Indian Movement's “We Will Remember” Survival School on the Pine Ridge reservation. She has continued her activism over the years, and now conducts trainings and workshops on unlearning racism, sexism and other social oppressions. The 2017 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE, Keynote Address

Programming Molecules in the Age of Nanotechnology - Robyn Lutz
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - When scientists combine computer science with the information-processing power of molecules, science fiction becomes a reality. Self-assembling, programmable systems at the nanoscale are poised to have a major impact on society, from personalized medical therapeutics to biosensors that could detect pollutants in our water or disease in your body. Iowa State professor of computer science Robyn Lutz will describe research aimed at using computer science and software engineering methods to design molecular programmed systems that are efficient, verifiably correct, and safe for use. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Lecture Series

Using Exercise to Treat Depression - James Blumenthal
7:00 PM – Richard and Joan Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building - James Blumenthal, a clinical psychologist at the Duke University Medical Center, will discuss the relationship of exercise and physical activity to mental health. People who are physically inactive are at increased risk not only for a variety of diseases, including diabetes and hypertension, but also for a number of mental health disorders, ranging from clinical depression to dementia. Dr. Blumenthal will share evidence that prescribing exercise for patients with depression may be an effective alternative treatment. James Blumenthal is the JP Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Duke University Medical Center. His research examines the effects of lifestyle behaviors, including exercise, on psychological functioning in healthy older adults, in patients with cardiovascular disease, and in individuals with major depression and cognitive impairments. 2016-17 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series

Eating Disorders Simplified - Buck Runyan
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Buck Runyan is the executive director for Remuda Ranch at the Meadows eating disorders critical care units and in-patient, residential programs. His presentation is an overview of what eating disorders are and, more importantly, what they are NOT. It covers the components of addiction, personality and temperament and focuses on how to talk about eating disorders in a way that encourages healing and recovery. Runyan has more than 20 years of experience in the treatment of eating disorders. Prior to joining Remuda Ranch he had a private practice in Southern California treating clients with eating disorders, self-injurious behavior and bariatric surgery. Eating Disorder and Body Image Awareness Week

Millennials Empowering a Resilient Future - Short Films & Panel Discussion
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - "Painted Poison" and "Food Scarcity" are two student-driven platform films that explore the intersections between social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The film screenings (approximately 30 minutes) will be followed by a panel discussion focused on the many ways sustainability impacts all aspects of our lives. The discussion will be facilitated by The Green Umbrella student organization and feature initiative leaders Maria Rose Belding and Lakshmi Karuparthy. The University Symposium on Sustainability Live Green! Awards will be presented prior to this event. Help celebrate sustainability efforts and accomplishments on and off-campus! University Symposium on Sustainability

Seeds of a Sustainable Future - Colin Khoury
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Colin Khoury studies diversity in the crops people grow and eat worldwide, and the implications of change in this diversity on human health and environmental sustainability. He is particularly interested in the wild relatives of crops native to the United States. Khoury is a research scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) headquartered in Cali, Colombia, and at the USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado. He previously worked at the Global Crop Diversity Trust in Rome, the organization that collaborated with the Norwegian government and Nordic Genebank to create the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. University Symposium on Sustainability Keynote. The Symposium on Sustainability will host a poster display and reception prior to the lecture, 7-8pm, in the South Ballroom. Help celebrate sustainability efforts and accomplishments on and off-campus!

Addiction and Art - Paul Cooley
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Paul Cooley is a fine artist based in New York City who recently had work acquired by Iowa State University Museum’s Art on Campus Collection. After battling drug addiction and homelessness from a young age, he found an avenue of self-expression through the art of graffiti. He decided at 21 years old to get sober, but he continued to pursue his passion in art, and now he has created a successful career for himself as an artist while preaching a message of positivity and hard work.

It's the Economy - Adam Davidson
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Adam Davidson, co-founder and host of NPR's "Planet Money" team, recently joined The New Yorker as a contributing writer for business, technology and economics. He previously wrote the "It's the Economy" column for The New York Times Magazine, helping readers make sense of the frustrating and murky waters of economics and finance. Davidson's talent for offering substantive economic reporting that is funny, engaging, and accessible to the non-expert has been recognized with many top awards, including a Peabody. Before joining Planet Money, he was the international business and economics correspondent for NPR and, prior to that, the Middle East correspondent for PRI’s Marketplace. Greater Iowa Credit Union Business Lecture Series

In the Shadow of Charleston: Reflections on Race, Racism and Racial Violence - Keisha Blain
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Keisha Blain is co-editor of The Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism and Racial Violence, a newly published overview of race relations, racial violence, and civil rights activism in the United States and other parts of the world. The collection was designed to provide both historical and contemporary contexts for the 2015 shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, that killed nine people. Blain is a visiting research scholar in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and is on the faculty at the University of Iowa, where she teaches in the Department of History. Her interdisciplinary work centers on 20th-century United States history, African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women’s and gender studies.