Category: Presentations and Talks

You are invited to the upcoming EEPS 700 Graduate Seminar featuring Dr. Daniel A. Laó-Dávila, professor and associate head of the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 virtually via Zoom.

Dr. Laó-Dávila will present: “Segmentation, Linkage, and Propagation of the Isla de Mona Fault: Earthquake Processes Along the Caribbean – North America Plate Boundary.”

This lecture will explore how fault segmentation and structural linkage govern earthquake rupture behavior and seismic hazard along active plate boundaries. The seminar will be particularly relevant for scholars and students working in structural geology, tectonics, seismic hazard and plate-boundary processes.

Join the next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Bin Liu, University of Michigan, who will present on “Light-matter Strong Coupling in Organics and 2D Quantum Materials for Fundamental Physics and Device Innovation.”

Mark your calendars now: At 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 12 in 110 Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium, Eyal Redler and Omer Nagar — co-founders of The Garage global venture capital platform and Barton School of Business’s Centennial Venture Capitalists in Residence — will deliver a keynote fireside chat, “What Venture Capitalists Are Betting on Now: AI, Fintech, and the Future of Scalable Innovation.”

Doors open at 9 a.m.

Redler and Nagar manage a $100 million fund investing in early-stage companies across artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise solutions and other disruptive technologies. During this forward-looking conversation, they will share what investors are prioritizing right now, how venture capitalists evaluate opportunity in uncertain markets, and what it takes to build scalable innovation in today’s AI-driven economy.

Stick around after the keynote to connect with fellow students, faculty, entrepreneurs and business leaders who are shaping Wichita’s innovation ecosystem. The keynote event is free and open to the public. Share with your students, colleagues and networks.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Christopher Solis from Florida State University who will present a talk titled “Mechanisms of (Dis)assembly of Cardiac Muscle Sarcomeres: Zooming into the Z-Disc Proteins.”

Join mathematics for a public lecture by Dr. Sorin Dragomir from Università degli Studi della Basilicata. The lecture, titled “Kähler geometry of smoothly bounded strictly pseudoconvex domains versus contact geometry of their boundaries,” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 in 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 371 Jabara Hall.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Feb. 16. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Esben Kjaer of Oklahoma State University. He will give a public lecture titled, “Moo-ving Away from the Middle: Intense Disturbances Promote Rangeland Plant Diversity While Inhibiting Invasive Species.”

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

You are invited to an upcoming EEPS 700 Graduate Seminar, hosted by the Department of Geology, featuring Dr. Luel Emishaw, associate professor of geophysics at Midwestern State University, from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13 via Zoom. Registration is required.

Dr. Emishaw will present “Lithospheric Structure of the Neoproterozoic Ad Damm and Fatima Fault Zone, Arabian Shield: Implications for the On-Land Continuation of a Red Sea Transform Fault,” highlighting insights into lithospheric architecture, continental rifting and Red Sea tectonics.

This virtual seminar is open to graduate students, researchers and professionals across Earth, environmental and physical sciences.

Join the Department of Physics for a special physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Myoung-Woo Yoo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who will present on “How Spins Move and Carry Information From Magnetic Materials to Quantum and Topological Magnets.”

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Garry Grubbs II from Missouri University of Science and Technology who will present a talk titled “Microwave Spectroscopy at Missouri S&T: New Tools for New Horizons in Rotational Spectroscopy.”

This semester, HealthHum and Kansas Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (KBHCoE) are joining forces to co-host an exciting event series on mental and behavioral health.

Join their next event on “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” with Dr. Rob Zettle, professor of psychology, at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 in 226 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be served.

For questions, contact Dr. C. Brendan Clark at c.brendan.clark@wichita.edu.