Term faculty are welcome to attend the Monday Chat on "Climbing the Ladder: Strategies for Term Faculty Advancement" that will be held from 12:10–1 p.m. Monday, April 14, 130 Design. The session will be presented by Tera Jordan, assistant provost for faculty success. Lunch will be provided.
Faculty are invited to attend the Monday Chat on "Rising to Full: Strategies for Advancing to Professor" which will be held from 12:10–1 p.m. Monday, March 24, 130 Design. The session will be led by Tera Jordan, assistant provost for faculty success. Lunch will be provided.
This event has been cancelled. Faculty and staff are invited to attend the "USDA Info Session with Dr. Thanos Papanicolaou" Monday Chat which will be held from 12:10–1 p.m. Monday, March 3,130 Design. The session will be led by Dr. Papanicolaou, laboratory director at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment in Ames. Lunch […]
The Monday Chat on "Internal Awards: Updates and Announcements for the Next Round of Submissions” will be held from noon–1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, 130 Design. The session will be presented by Julie Robison, assistant director of IDRO, instructor of community and regional planning and community and economic development specialist. Faculty and staff are invited […]
The first Monday Chat of the spring 2025 semester will be held from noon–1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 130 Design. The session will be on "Turning the Tide: Boosting Student Ratings and Teaching Impact" and will be presented by Christine Denison, associate professor, Roger P. Murphy Professorship in Accounting Director and instructor of development at […]
This event has been canceled for December. The town hall will be rescheduled after the start of spring semester. The December College of Design faculty-staff meeting will also serve as a town hall and will be held from 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, in 130 Design.
In her presentation on "Gendered Interiors: The Intersection of Interior Design and the Home Economics Movement," Sarah Zenti, assistant professor of interior design, will explore the historical intersection of gender and design through the lens of the home economics movement. Her work examines how the design of domestic spaces, shaped by traditional gender roles, has […]
In her presentation on "Knitted Architectures: Crafting Interactive Environments," architecture assistant professor Virginia Melnyk will describe how integrating knitting with architecture challenges traditional boundaries, turning textile techniques into innovative structural applications. Melnyk is a computational architectural designer and researcher with a passion for textiles and craft, specializing in material design, textiles, and deployable structures. Her work […]
Robert Pfaff, assistant professor of community and regional planning, will host a Monday Research Seminar on "Public Transportation for Public Equity: How Transportation Planning Shapes Regional Accessibility" from 12:10–1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in 130 Design. During his talk, Pfaff will discuss how public transportation has been slowly defunded, downsized and removed since 1945. This […]
The College of Design's Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO) will sponsor the "IDRO Monday Research Seminar: Presentations on Fieldstead & Company Endowment for Community Enhancement Award" from 12:10–1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in 130 Design. The session will be led by Monica Haddad, professor of community and regional planning, and Julie Stevens, associate […]
Join architecture associate professors Shelby Doyle, the Stan G. Thurston Professor in Design Build; Nick Senske and Chengde Wu, and industrial design assistant professor Pete Evans to learn about their multidisciplinary "Grown in Iowa" research in the areas of sustainable and regenerative design. These faculty have received support from the BNIM Regenerative Design Challenge grant […]
