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CALS Speaker Series

The CALS Speaker Series aims to bring in distinguished guest speakers to provide our community with insightful perspectives on a variety of topics. All presentations are free and open to the public. 

Past speakers

  • James Morrissey, research lead for Oxfam America
    Topic: Dignity and freedom without poverty: Why Oxfam works the way it does and where to from here?
  • Johan Swinnen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and managing director, systems transformation, CGIAR 
    Topic: Global food security in CCC (conflict, climate, COVID) times
  • Scott Hutchins, USDA deputy undersecretary for research, education and economics 
    Topic: Igniting agricultural innovation
  • Tom Tomich, founding director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at University of California, Davis 
    Topic: Global food security and sustainability: Food system disruptors and opportunities
  • Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum 
    Topic: Out of many, one: A defining moment for American immigration
  • Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University and autism spokesperson 
    Topic: Educating different kinds of minds
  • Cliff Ohmart, retired senior scientist with SureHarvest
  • Alison Van Eenennaam, USDA NRSP-8 Cattle Genome coordinator 
    Shelley McGuire, director, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences 
    Topic: Food evolution
  • Randy Olson, a scientist-turned-filmmaker 
    Topic: ABT framework: The communications tool science has been needing
  • Cathy Kling, Charles F. Curtis distinguished professor of economics at Iowa State University 
    Topic: Improving water quality: Are economics and the environment always at odds?
  • Sonny Ramaswamy, director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
    Topic: Innovations for 21st Century Food Systems
  • Cara L. Santa Maria, M.S., science communicator and journalist 
    Fred Gould, distinguished university professor, North Carolina State University 
    Topic: What’s for dinner? A guide to understanding GMOs

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