Iowa State Lectures Program

🎤 Now Hiring: Lectures Program Event Assistants! 🎤

Want a front-row seat to ~90 speaker events a year? The Lectures Program is looking for Event Assistants to help run the show — from room setup and signage to guiding guests and supporting author signings and receptions.

✅ ~10 hrs/month (5–9pm, Mon–Thu, Sept–April)
✅ $13/hour
✅ Preference given to current sophomores and juniors
✅ Great for students who are organized, personable, and love being part of a team

📩 Apply now: send your resume, unofficial transcript, and cover letter to [email protected] with "Event Assistant" in the subject line.

Join Seongyeob Kim for “Why Do Fans Buy Albums They Can’t Play?”

⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 2630 Memorial Union

Discover how fan-driven competition is shaping industries and why consumers are spending in surprising ways.

Join David R. Legates for “A Fresh Look at Anthropogenic Climate Change”

⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Sun Room, Memorial Union

Explore the science behind climate change, what we know, and what’s still debated, explained in a clear and accessible way.

TONIGHT'S EVENT

🖥️🩺 What Happens to Care When the Doctor Is on a Screen?

Join ISU's Dr. Farzane Omidi for a Research Showcase Series lecture exploring how telehealth technologies and physical space shape communication, trust, and connection in healthcare. Learn how small design choices can make a big difference in patient and provider experience.

📆 Tuesday, Apr 28
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 2630 Memorial Union

Sponsored by the Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government).

Earlier today, we dug into some serious plant magic at our Starting New Plants from Seeds & Cuttings Workshop with gardening expert Melinda Myers. 🌱✨ Students got hands-on with plant propagation, microgreens, and zinnia seeds — and left with new skills (and new plants!) to grow.

Huge thanks to Melinda for spending the week with us, to the Iowa State University Student Innovation Center for hosting, and to our incredible campus partners — Iowa State University Department of Horticulture, Natural Resource Ecology & Management, Reiman Gardens, University Library, and Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government) — for making this workshop grow from an idea to reality.🌿💚

🌽👩🏻‍🌾 Sixth-generation farmer, trailblazer, and the first woman ever to serve as president of the National Corn Growers Association, Pam Johnson, is coming to Iowa State to share her story and celebrate women in agriculture.

From rural Iowa to international stages, she's proof that women belong at every table where agriculture's future is decided. 🌍

This is the Year of the Woman Farmer lecture.

📅 Tuesday, April 28
⏰5:30 PM
📍 1148 Gerdin

Co-sponsored by the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences and the Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government).

🤖🌾 The future of farming is AI-powered.

ISU's Dr. Arti Singh is on a mission to make the next generation of agriculturists as fluent in artificial intelligence as they are in the field. From immersive learning modules to hands-on games, her team is reimagining agricultural education for K–16 students across Iowa and beyond.

📅 Monday, April 27
⏰10:00 AM
📍 Campanile Room, Memorial Union

Note: This lecture will not be recorded — attend in person!

Co-sponsored by Iowa State University - College of Health and Human Sciences, Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government).

🎧 Why do fans buy albums they can’t even play?

Join us for “Why Do Fans Buy Albums They Can’t Play? The Economics of Product Purchasing Contests” with researcher Seongyeob Kim.

📅 Thursday, April 30
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 2630 Memorial Union

Explore how industries like music, fashion, and livestreaming use consumer competition to drive sales and how these “product purchasing contests” are reshaping markets and behavior. This research dives into the economics behind fan culture, incentives, and spending.

TONIGHT EVENT'S🚨

Join Melinda Myers for “Gardening for Your Health and Well-Being”

⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Sun Room, Memorial Union

Discover how gardening can support your health, reduce stress, and improve well-being straight from a nationally known expert.

Don’t miss it 🌱

TONIGHT'S EVENT

🌿📖 Join poet and community organizer Matty Layne Glasgow for a reading and lecture on queering rigid categories of genre, science, and identity. Through lyric inquiry and imagination, this event invites connection, kinship, and joyful rethinking across difference.

📆 Thursday, Apr 23
⏰ 5:00 PM
📍 Cardinal Room, Memorial Room

Co-sponsored by Iowa State University Department of English and the Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government).