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The Money of Invention & the Future of Entrepreneurship - Josh Lerner
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School and a recognized leader on innovation, the economy, and job creation. His many books include The Money of Invention, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Innovation and Its Discontents, and Architecture of Innovation. Much of his work focuses on the structure and role of venture capital and private equity organizations. He also examines policies towards innovation, and how they impact investment firm strategies. He worked for several years on issues concerning technological innovation and public policy at the Brookings Institution, for a public-private task force in Chicago, and on Capitol Hill. Part of the Economics Forum and National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in Conflict

Parietal-Frontal Networks for Specific Actions in Primates - Jon Kaas
12:00 PM – 1226 Vet Med - Dr. Jon Kaas is a Distinguished Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He has made substantial research contributions toward the understanding of the connections and functions of the cerebral cortex within the mammalian brain. His work has also provided key insights into the field of evolutionary biology of mammals. Dr. Kaas was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2000 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. His other honors and awards include the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association and the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society. He is the editor of the four-volume series "The Evolution of Nervous Systems."

Republican Presidential Debate - Watch Party & Discussion
7:00 PM – 172 Hamilton Hall - Rooms open at 6:00pm | Light refreshments provided Join your Iowa State friends and colleagues to watch the Republican presidential candidates for 120 exciting minutes of political debate! Following the showing of the televised CNBC debate broadcast from the campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder, participants will have an opportunity to voice their views on what they heard from the candidates. Iowa State faculty leading the post-debate discussions will be Dianne Bystrom, director of the Catt Center; Kelly Winfrey, assistant professor of journalism and communication; and Ben Crosby, associate professor of English/speech communication; and Steffen Schmidt, university professor of political science.

The Future of Healthy Families - Frank Furstenberg
4:00 PM – 2019 Morrill Hall - Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, and Research Associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books and articles, most with a focus on children, youth, families, and the public. His research focuses on the family in the context of disadvantaged neighborhoods, adolescent sexual behavior, children's well-being and urban education. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series

Racing Extinction - Discussion with Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Louie Psihoyos won an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove, and his new documentary, Racing Extinction, premiered at Sundance in 2015. Psihoyos is widely regarded as one of the world's most prominent still photographers. He has circled the globe for National Geographic and shot hundreds of covers for other magazines, including Fortune Magazine, Smithsonian, Time and Sports Illustrated. He is also the founder and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS), a non-profit organization that creates film, photography and media inspiring people to save the oceans. In Racing Extinction, Psihoyos joins forces with activists, scientists, nature photographers and cutting-edge inventors to draw attention to the dangers we face. While covert operations reveal the horrific black-market trade in endangered aquatic species, the film's broader lens uncovers the even more disastrous consequences of human activity. Part of the World Affairs Series: Redefining Global Security

Privacy and Confidentiality in an Era of Big Data - Stephen E. Fienberg
7:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Stephen E. Fienberg is a statistician recognized for his contributions to statistical methodology, especially linked to the analysis of categorical data. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has served as president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the International Society of Bayesian Analysis, and has been the editor of several major statistical journals. Fienberg is the Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University and co-director of the Living Analytics Research Centre, jointly operated by Carnegie Mellon and Singapore Management University. He has been on the faculties of the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, and York University, where he served as Vice President Academic. Data-Driven Science Distinguished Lecture Series This public lecture is part of the kickoff conference of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence, a four-university consortium headquartered at Iowa State. A reception and poster session will precede the lecture at 5:30pm in the Campanile Room.

Engaging Art for Justice - Rebecca Berru Davis
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Artist Rebecca Berru Davis is a graduate of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, where she studied the intersection of art and religion. Her work explores the spiritual and religious expressions of those located on the margins of society or overlooked in the historical record. Since 2006, she has been engaged in an art exhibition project with Peruvian women artists who live in the shantytowns outside of Lima. The exhibition called Picturing Paradise draws attention to the beauty they create despite the challenging circumstances of their lives. Berru-Davis is currently the Louisville Institute Vocation of the Theological Educator Postdoctoral Fellow at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series

Intersections of Identity: A Spoken Word Performance - Kai Davis
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Kai Davis is a writer and performer from Philadelphia whose work deals with race, gender and sexuality. A Queer Woman of Color, she explores how these concepts affect who we are and how we love. In 2011 Davis was awarded the title of National Brave New Voices Grand Slam Champion, and in 2012 she was the second-ranked Youth Speaks Individual Slam Poet in the nation. Her work has been featured at the San Francisco Opera House, the Kimmel Center, the Temple Performing Arts Center, and on CNN. Davis is the artistic director of the Babel Poetry Collective. She is also a Creative Writing and African American Studies student at Temple University.

How to Avoid and Overcome Financial Stress - Xavier Serbia
6:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Before becoming the host of CNN Dinero at CNN En Espanol, Xavier Serbia was widely recognized in the 1980s as a member of the boy band Menudo and an actor in such films as Una Aventura Llamada Menudo. At the end of his entertainment career he lost all of his money due to poor financial decisions, and his career took an unexpected turn. He overcame his financial downfall to become a successful business professional. Serbia graduated with a master's degree in economics from Trinity College in Connecticut and earned an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. As the host of CNN Dinero at CNN En Espanol, he covers the most important business and financial issues of the region. This presentation is part of the Puerto Rican Student Association's Cultural Night, which runs 6:00-10:00pm and includes traditional food and dancing.

Ames City Council Candidate Forum
6:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This event will provide an opportunity for students and community members to learn about the Ames City Council candidates and their platforms. There will also be questions from a moderator and from the audience.