Category: Presentations and Talks

The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries will host visiting artist Joanne Price for an artist talk, in conjunction with her Clayton Staples Gallery exhibition “Illustrated Nature,” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in 210 McKnight Art Center.

The talk will run from 4 to 5 p.m., with a reception to immediately follow until 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is hosting its next weekly in-person fall 2024 colloquium series at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 in 224 McKinley Hall. The colloquium will feature Dr. George Lisi from Brown University, who will present a seminar titled “Allosteric Regulation of the MIF Superfamily through Molecular Space and Time.”

Al Tompkins will speak at Wichita State on the rise of artificial intelligence and its applications in communication fields. Tompkins, a senior faculty for broadcast and online at the Poynter Institute in Florida, will present during the Elliott School of Communication Comm Week 2024.

Tompkins will cover AI in three sessions at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and then a recap of the first two sessions from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 in 264 Rhatigan Student Center, Spencer Room. All sessions are open to the public.

“This technology has moved so fast, and I believe it will become so ubiquitous that it will be like the internet,” said Tompkins. “It will become such an integral part of our everyday life, I believe that our best shot at minimizing harm from disruption is education and promoting literacy.”

His visit is co-sponsored by the Wichita Journalism Collaborative.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, will speak at a webinar co-hosted by the University of Adelaide starting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21.

The webinar, “How research can help organizations address governance challenges,” will be hosted alongside the Governance Institute of Australia. Registration is required.

Jennifer Miranda, junior electrical engineering major, is completing her internship with NASA this semester and will be featured on NASA’s “Launch Your Future” internship webinar at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17.

Experts from the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs and Fairmount College will discuss how this election affects you, the nation at-large and answer your questions during a panel at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in 207 Lindquist Hall.

Panelists include:

• Brian Amos, political science
• Tonya Bronleewe, director, Environmental Finance Center
• Mark Glaser, Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs
• Robin Henry, chair, women’s, ethnicity and intersectional studies
• Alex Middlewood, chair, political science
• Stephanie Newbold, director, Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs

Pizza and refreshments will be provided while supplies last. RSVP to Beth Kennedy at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu

The next physics seminar will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in 226 Jabara Hall. There will also be cookies and coffee at 1:30 p.m. in 030 Jabara Hall prior to the seminar. The talk features Dr. Jason Newby from Oakridge National Lab, physics division.

Dr. Newby is an accomplished physicist with a distinguished career at Oak Ridge National Lab, physics division, heading both the Neutrino Alley low energy neutrino program and the HFIR reactor anti-neutrino program experimental area.

The physics seminar series brings several speakers to campus each semester and is sponsored by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

Mark your calendars now: At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, Byron Knight — president of Koch Disruptive Technologies — will serve as a distinguished keynote speaker as part of the prestigious James Schwartz Distinguished Speaker Series. In a fireside chat with Tom Gentile, CEO of Hexcel Corporation, Byron will present “Harnessing Disruption: Pioneering the Future of Innovation and Growth in the Business World.”

Join the keynote at 9:30 a.m. in 110 Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium. Doors open at 9 a.m. Stick around after the keynote for networking and reception in the Woolsey Hall Atrium. This is free and open to the public — share with your students, colleagues and networks. RSVP now to secure your spot.

The Department of History’s fall 2024 lecture will feature Dr. Jason Lantzer, assistant director of the University Honors Program at Butler University, who will talk about his current book, “What we are fighting against: Dwight Eisenhower and the American discovery of the concentration camps.” Lantzer’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 in 200 Ahlberg Hall.

Join the Graduate School for a special session with award-winning faculty members from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room.

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