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Welcome Fall Harvest WeekThu, 1 OctFREE
Welcome Fall Harvest Week
Willard Straight Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
The S.C. Tang Macroeconomics Workshop | Zebang XuThu, 1 OctFREE
The S.C. Tang Macroeconomics Workshop | Zebang Xu
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
businessFREE
The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Colonization in the Seventeenth-Century CaribbeanThu, 1 OctFREE
The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Colonization in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar Fall 2026Fri, 2 OctFREE
Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar Fall 2026
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
techFREE
Authoritarianism and Legitimacy in Afghanistan: The Case Study of Taliban 2.0Mon, 5 OctFREE
Authoritarianism and Legitimacy in Afghanistan: The Case Study of Taliban 2.0
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Celebrate National Noodle Day at OkenshieldsTue, 6 OctFREE
Celebrate National Noodle Day at Okenshields
Willard Straight Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
The Struggle for Oversight in Local Government: Mayors vs. Councils in the Heart of Taiwan’s DemocracyWed, 7 OctFREE
The Struggle for Oversight in Local Government: Mayors vs. Councils in the Heart of Taiwan’s Democracy
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Institute for African Development Faculty Book ChatWed, 7 OctFREE
Institute for African Development Faculty Book Chat
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Gendering Monastic Aesthetics in ThailandThu, 8 OctFREE
Gendering Monastic Aesthetics in Thailand
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Strange Marriages, Painted Skins, and Ghost Writers: Japanese Responses to Pu Songling from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth CenturyThu, 8 OctFREE
Strange Marriages, Painted Skins, and Ghost Writers: Japanese Responses to Pu Songling from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
Uris Hall · Des Moines
literatureFREE
The S. C. Tsiang Macroeconomics Workshop | Simon MongeyThu, 15 OctFREE
The S. C. Tsiang Macroeconomics Workshop | Simon Mongey
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
businessFREE
The Patron’s Dilemma: Recklessness and Restraint Under Nuclear UmbrellasThu, 15 OctFREE
The Patron’s Dilemma: Recklessness and Restraint Under Nuclear Umbrellas
Uris Hall · Des Moines
techFREE
Rupal Mehta (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln) at PACS SeminarThu, 15 OctFREE
Rupal Mehta (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln) at PACS Seminar
Uris Hall · Des Moines
techFREE
Sprocket: The Cognitive Science Film Series at CornellThu, 15 OctFREE
Sprocket: The Cognitive Science Film Series at Cornell
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Cognitive Science ColloquiumFri, 16 OctFREE
Cognitive Science Colloquium
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
CCCC: Poems from Visitors to Japan in 858: A Foray into the World of Merchants and Monks beyond Tang High SocietyFri, 16 OctFREE
CCCC: Poems from Visitors to Japan in 858: A Foray into the World of Merchants and Monks beyond Tang High Society
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
33rd Unity DinnerFri, 16 OctFREE
33rd Unity Dinner
Willard Straight Hall · Des Moines
musicFREE
A New Era of Political Mobilization: Who were the Yellow Vests in France?Mon, 19 OctFREE
A New Era of Political Mobilization: Who were the Yellow Vests in France?
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Joint S.C. Tsiang Macroeconomics & Development Workshop | Karthik SastryThu, 22 OctFREE
Joint S.C. Tsiang Macroeconomics & Development Workshop | Karthik Sastry
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
businessFREE
The Ante-Colonial: A Grassroots Discourse of Korean Diasporic Trans-indigenous RelationalityFri, 23 OctFREE
The Ante-Colonial: A Grassroots Discourse of Korean Diasporic Trans-indigenous Relationality
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
artsFREE
FAUST at Sage Chapel with Live Score by Invincible Czars!Fri, 23 Oct
FAUST at Sage Chapel with Live Score by Invincible Czars!
Sage Chapel · Des Moines
music$15.00
Cornell World Languages Day 2026Sat, 24 OctFREE
Cornell World Languages Day 2026
Arts Quad · Des Moines
artsFREE
The Persistence Question: Why Climate Tech Solutions Persist Despite Failing on Their Own TermsMon, 26 OctFREE
The Persistence Question: Why Climate Tech Solutions Persist Despite Failing on Their Own Terms
Uris Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE
Red Dawn over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of HumanityTue, 27 OctFREE
Red Dawn over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
Rockefeller Hall · Des Moines
otherFREE