Category: Events

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use, and powerful tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research. In this workshop, librarians will demonstrate how reference management systems can make your life much easier in writing, citing, and keeping track of your resources and research projects.

The workshop, which is part of University Librarie’s Savvy Scholars series, is from 4 to 5 p.m. March 29 in Ablah Library Room 217.

Literary Feast is KMUW’s monthly book club, featuring selections made by KMUW staff. For April, we’re reading and discussing “The Swimmers” by Julie Otsuka.

“From the best-selling, award-winning author of ‘The Buddha in the Attic’ and ‘When the Emperor Was Divine’ comes a novel about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool. This searing, intimate story of mothers and daughters — and the sorrows of implacable loss — is the most commanding and unforgettable work yet from a modern master.” — Penguin Random House

Please join us virtually via Zoom from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. Reserve your free spot below, and we’ll email you the Zoom link.

WSU College Democrats will host Kelli Grant, Sedgwick County Commission candidate, for a Women’s History Month presentation. Join in engaging dialogue centered around women’s history with a Wichita community leader. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 24 in RSC room 266. The Donut Whole donuts will be provided.

Join us at the Rhatigan Student Center east courtyard on from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23 for a day of carnival games, a petting zoo, inflatables, food trucks, face painting, cotton candy, and balloon art. 

Admission is free. Carnival game and attraction tickets available for purchase upon arrival. Cash only.

Nicole Werner, Ph.D., will present “Transforming the Care Partner Journey through Human-centered Sociotechnical System Design” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 via Zoom.

Werner is an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Healthcare Systems Engineering, and care research technology and small business liaison leader in the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

Trained in Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Psychology, she is a systems thinker and human-centered design evangelist committed to revolutionizing the patient journey through human-centered sociotechnical system design. Her research has advanced foundational knowledge of the patient journey and informed the design of technology-based behavioral interventions to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, particularly among older and vulnerable populations and their care partners.

Join us for the final day of Women’s History Month at 3 p.m. March 31 for a free movie screening of “Picture of a Scientist” in Hubbard Hall, room 231.

All students, faculty, staff and guests are welcome.

PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the surge of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. This inspiring documentary features social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all. 

This event is brought to you by WSU’s NSF ADVANCE Project, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Graduate School.

Dr. Ehsan Salari — associate professor of industrial, systems, and manufacturing engineering —  will present on “Organ Motion Management in MRI-guided Radiation Therapy using a Control-theoretic Approach”  at 11 a.m. Friday, March 25 via Zoom.

Internal organ motion poses a major challenge in the radiation treatment of lung and abdominal cancers. If unaccounted for, organ motion during radiation delivery may lead to under-dosing of cancer cells or overdosing of normal tissue, potentially causing treatment failure or normal-tissue toxicity. A new generation of radiation therapy devices are equipped with an onboard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to provide a real-time view of the patient anatomy with a high temporal resolution during radiation delivery. The anatomy visualization offers the opportunity to devise motion mitigation strategies in which the radiation treatment plan actively adapts to anatomical variation in real time during irradiation. This research proposes a control-theoretic approach to organ motion management for intensity-modulated radiation therapy. The proposed approach uses the real-time MRI information to monitor the delivery of radiation dose and dynamically adjusts the treatment plan in response to dose discrepancies that may occur due to respiration-induced motion.

Are you interested in a career that will allow you to make a positive impact on your community? Attend a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs information session at 3 p.m. March 31 via Zoom.

The session will discuss how the program prepares students for leadership positions in public and nonprofit organizations. Students of any major are eligible to apply for the MPA program and a graduate record examination (GRE) is not required for admission consideration.

This info session will also provide attendants an overview of the MPA program, including admissions requirements, the curriculum, the resources available to students for graduate studies, and the career opportunities that an MPA student can pursue. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

For more information or to sign up for a Zoom session, contact Bethany Kennedy, student program coordinator, at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu. Please include the session you wish to attend and your WSU ID in the email.

The next “Econ Bites on the Go” will take place at noon March 25 via Zoom (meeting ID 919 8769 9546, passcode 200). The episode will feature economist Dr. Qihong Liu discussing an economic analysis of airline industry.

Liu is an expert of the field and a distinguished professor of economics at University of Oklahoma.

Join the next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 via Zoom. The talk features Dr. Richard Bonde from the University of Texas at Arlington. The presentation is titled “Modeling the Magnetosphere using MHD Simulations.”