Category: Presentations and Talks

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 in 224 McKinley Hall. Wichita State’s very own Professor Haifan Wu will deliver a talk titled “Multifunctional Boronic Acid-Containing Cross-Linkers and the Application to Probe ApoE/TREM2 Interaction.”

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, March 2. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Jill Mikucki, University of Tennessee. She will give a public lecture titled, “Journey Below Ice: Highlights from Studies of the Subglacial Microbiome. “

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

Join the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering for a seminar by Larry Kiliszewski, owner of Zewski Corporation, at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 in 110B Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium on “Economics of Scale for Manufacturing Medical Devices.”

Kiliszewski is owner of Zewski Corporation, a boutique design firm that translates medical device concepts into manufacturable, regulated products. Kiliszewski’s work supports teams ranging from startups to larger organizations, including Rice360 Global Health, Baylor College of Medicine and Medtronic Diabetes, among others. Over a 30-year career in product development, Kiliszewski has personally managed more than 100,000 hours of medical device design programs. His approach — blending program leadership with hands-on engineering — helps teams move faster while staying aligned on design controls, risk management, supplier execution and realistic development budgets and timelines.

In addition to client work, Kiliszewski publishes “The Zewski Report,” sharing practical guidance on planning, costs, risks and execution. He serves as an adjunct professor of practice in biomedical engineering at Rice University and holds 20+ medical device patents.

Multimedia artist Taiomah Rutledge (Ojibwe, Meskawaki, and Dakota) is a co-founder of the Warclan Collective. His art explores themes of identity, generational memory, and reclamation of cultural space.

Come to the Ulrich Museum of Art for a free artist talk at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5 about his exhibition, “Taiomah Rutledge: Origins/Evolutions,” on view through July 25. The works in this exhibition, (the first in the “In Place” series, which focuses on Wichita-based artists), exemplify the evolution of Rutledge’s practice and highlight his role as both artist and cultural advocate.

Join the upcoming physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Varun S. Kamboj, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who will present on “Shining Light on Quantum Materials at the Nanoscale: Insights from Terahertz Nanoscopy and Spectroscopy.”

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Dr. Cheng Li from Oak Ridge National Laboratory who will present a talk titled “Neutron Scattering for Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biology.”

Join the Graduate School for a special session with award-winning faculty members from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room.

Gain valuable tips from experienced professionals that will help you enhance your teaching skills and classroom effectiveness.

Lunch is provided, but you must RSVP.

If you are a GTA or are interested in teaching, you won’t want to miss this session. WSU faculty members who have been recognized for their teaching will share what they do in the classroom at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room.

Lunch is provided, but you must RSVP.

Whit Gibbons, professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, will present a public lecture, “Turtle tales from a long life in the slow lane: Mysteries and discoveries in a never ending story” at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 in 218 Hubbard Hall.

Gibbons has written 30 books and more than 250 scientific publications on conservation and the environment, with a focus on reptiles and amphibians. He has given environmental commentaries on National Public Radio and written more than 1,000 popular articles published in magazines and newspapers. His weekly environmental column, Ecoviews, was initially distributed by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group and has appeared for more than 40 years. He wrote the merit badge booklet Reptile and Amphibian Study for the Boy Scouts of America in 1993.

The Watkins Visiting Professorship was created in 1974 by the Watkins Foundation This grant is now provided through the Watkins fund, a part of the Wichita State University Foundation’s endowment.

Join the physics department for a special physics seminar at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Hengzhou Sookie Liu, Florida Polytechnic University, who will present on “Magneto-Optical Studies of Quantum Magnetic Materials.”