Category: Presentations and Talks

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host Dr. Jeanne L. Bolliger from Oklahoma State University at its next colloquium from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 in 224 McKinley Hall.

Dr. Bolliger will talk about “Oxidative Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis of Tricyclic Heteroarenes.”

Colloquiums are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2023 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9 in 218 Hubbard Hall. Join Dr. Eric Tongren, Ph.D., from the CDC-Division of Parasitic Diseases & Malaria, for his talk, “Malaria, Mosquitos and Me.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

Join a talk from Chotsani Elaine Dean, ceramicist, for the Empty Bowls visiting artist lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich Museum of Art. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m.

The talk is presented in conjunction with the Empty Bowls Chili Cook-Off fundraiser Oct. 21 to benefit HumanKind Ministries and ICT Community Fridge Project.

A significant part of Dean’s research is rooted in quilts from slavery (chattel enslavement) through the Antebellum period, made on and off cotton plantations by enslaved and free African Americans through the mid-20th century. The quilts and the material that give them life, cotton, serve as a historical source and point of departure for her to explore and comprehend this dreadful time in America’s history. The visual and historical synthesis of various craft traditions, historical events and commodities, quilts, the cotton trade, the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, and the vast realm of textiles inform and shape her visual ideas and approach to the spectrum of ceramic materials and mixed media.

Pyet DeSpain — award-winning and global private chef, the first winner of Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef and the fall 2023 entrepreneur-in-residence at the Barton School of Business — will provide a keynote presentation, “Recipe for Success: When Business Meets Passion,” as part of the James Schwartz Lecture Series.

The keynote event is at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 in the Woolsey Hall Auditorium.

Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Following the presentation, a reception will be held in the Woolsey Hall Fidelity Bank Ballroom. All are welcome to attend the event at no additional charge.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host Dr. Jingxing Wang from the University of Kansas at its next colloquium at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 in 224 McKinley Hall.

Dr. Wang will present his talk, “Expanding the Druggable Genome by Targeting RNA.”

Colloquiums are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

Veteran actor Barry Corbin, known for his roles in “Urban Cowboy,” “Stir Crazy” and “Lonesome Dove,” is coming to Wichita State as a featured speaker. He will present “Barry Corbin: From Shakespeare to Cowboys,” noon-1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 in 200 Ahlberg Hall. Anyone is invited to attend at no addtionial charge.

A native of Texas, the classically trained actor has been a fixture of movies and television since the late 1970s. Additional credits include “Better Call Saul,” “Northern Exposure,” “War Games,” “The Closer” and “No Country for Old Men.” A Marine Corps veteran, Corbin studied theater arts at Texas Tech University

Corbin’s appearance is sponsored by the Department of History and the Society for Public Historians.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2023 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 in 218 Hubbard Hall. Join Dr. Johnathan Conard, Ph.D., from Sterling College for his talk, “Patterns of association between white-tailed deer: Assessing the risk for chronic wasting disease transmission.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

Gregory D. Fuchs, professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell University, kicks off the Watkins Visiting Professors schedule with scheduled talks on quantum technologies. Join Fairmount College for his public seminar, “Can we control the quantum state of a magnet?” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 in 231 Hubbard Hall. His technical seminar, “Imaging the switching of antiferromagnetic and multiferroic devices using a single spin microscope,” will be presented at 2 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 4 in 209 Hubbard Hall.

The Watkins Visiting Professorship was created in 1974 by the Watkins Foundation. The grant is now provided through the Watkins fund, a part of the Wichita State Foundation and Alumni Engagement’s endowment. For more information about the lecture series, contact Dr. David Eichhorn at 316-978-6659.

Join the Graduate school and learn successful teaching strategies from faculty who have been awarded for their teaching at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 301 Rhatigan Student Center.

The event is part of the Graduate School’s Professional Development Series.

Dr. Peg Boyle Single will present her streamlined system for academic writing from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 via Zoom.

Organized by the Graduate School, the presentation is ideal for anybody who wants to become a fluent and productive writer using easy-to-follow steps and proven techniques. Also recommended for faculty members working with students that struggle completing their papers, theses or dissertations.