Category: Presentations and Talks

In conjunction with ”Where We Belong: Refugee Stories from Wichita,” Mythili Menon, co-curator and Center for Educational Technologies to Assist Refugee Learners (CETARL) director, will speak about the work she’s leading to help refugee learners integrate and thrive in Wichita schools.

The program, “Bringing Research into the Community: the Work of the Center for Educational Technologies to Assist Refugee Learners” is open to everyone at no additional charge and starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 in the Beren Gallery at the Ulrich Museum of Art. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m.

Join the Department of Physics for its next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 in 226 Jabara Hall and via Zoom.

The seminar features John Stroud from the University of Washington, titled “Dark Matter Admixed Neutron Stars.”

Join the Ulrich Museum of Art for a talk “Social Justice in Our Community: Pauline Sharp,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich Museum. A reception starts at 5:30 p.m.

Pauline Sharp, a citizen of the Kaw Nation and past vice-president of the Kaw Nation Cultural Committee, will discuss the Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe/Sacred Red Rock Project, focused on the return and relocation of Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, the red Siouxan quartzite boulder currently located in Robinson Park in Lawrence to the Kaw Nation.

The talk is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Lesley Dill | Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me, on display in the Polk/Wilson Gallery Aug. 5 through Dec. 2.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ Seminar Series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 in 218 Hubbard Hall, with Dr. Christopher Schalk—United States Forest Service, Southern Research Station—with his talk “Ecological and conservation challenges behind the pine curtain of the southeastern United States.”

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

The College of Engineering will host Joshua Saxe, a Wichita-based computer scientist who works as a senior staff artificial intelligence (AI) scientist for Meta, from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 in 110B (Auditorium 2) Woolsey Hall. Saxe will present “The Promise and Peril of Intelligent, Creative Machines” to WSU students, staff and faculty, and refreshments will be served.

The presentation will encompass the origins of AI, the foundational mechanisms driving it, its present societal impacts including both risks and benefits, and projections of its future evolution. The program will be structured into two segments: a 45-minute presentation featuring prepared remarks and accompanying PowerPoint slides, followed by a 45-minute moderated interview and question and answer session to address questions from the audience.

Within his role at Meta, the company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, Saxe works at the intersection of generative AI, online safety and cybersecurity. He is the author of “Malware Data Science: Attack Detection and Attribution” and many peer-reviewed scientific publications. Saxe also holds more than 20 patents. 

Join the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for a public lecture by Dr. Keiko Kawamuro from the University of Iowa.

The lecture, titled “Diagrammatic left canonical form of braids and applications,” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 in 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2023 seminar series continues Monday, Sept. 11, with Dr. Tatsuya Yamada, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with his talk, “Mitochondrial Size versus Dynamics – Which came first: the Chicken or the Egg?”.

The seminar is held from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall. Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

Join the Ulrich Museum for a talk from LaTasha St. Arnault at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich.

The talk, “Social Justice in Our Community,” is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, “Lesley Dill | Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me,” on display in the Polk/Wilson Gallery from Aug, 5 through Dec. 2.

LaTasha St. Arnault is the president and CEO of HumanKind Ministries, a homeless services and housing provider that serves more than 15,000 people experiencing poverty and housing insecurities in Sedgwick County each year.

Join the Department of Physics for its first physics seminar of the fall semester at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 in 226 Jabara Hall and via Zoom.

The seminar features Rodolfo Capdevilla from Fermi National Accelerator Lab, titled “The Muon g-2 Puzzle and Implications for a Muon Beam Program.” 

The Department of Philosophy invites the campus community to a talk from Drs. David and Deborah Soles titled “Considerations on Loyalty” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 in 301 Rhatigan Student Center, Gridley Room.

The talk is part of philosophy’s colloquium series and is open to all at no additional charge.

The abstract for the talk: At the moment allusions to loyalty figure prominently in both the media and informal conversations. Almost daily one encounters headlines about Trump’s refusal to take the RNC Loyalty Oath, numerous news stories discuss Pence’s assertion that his loyalty to the Constitution outweighed his loyalty to Trump and several Jan 6 defendants claim to have been motivated by loyalty to Trump. Unfortunately, much of what is said reveals serious misunderstandings about loyalty. This paper attempts to address some of the confusion by considering the nature, duties and constraints of loyalty.