Category: Presentations and Talks

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Feb. 9. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Lauren Goins, Stanford University School of Medicine. She will give a public lecture titled, “How Spatial and Temporal Signals Shape Blood Cell Development.”

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

Join physics for a special seminar at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Trevor Arp, University of California, Santa Barbara, who will present on “Quantum Building Blocks.”

You are invited to attend the upcoming EEPS 700 Graduate Seminar from the Department of Geology featuring Dr. Ibrahim Atwah, geochemist at Saudi Aramco, from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6 via Zoom.

Atwah will discuss how geochemical tools are used to reconstruct petroleum generation and migration pathways in “Tracing the Journey: Using Geochemistry to Track Petroleum Migration,” offering insights that help reduce uncertainty in petroleum system analysis.

Atwah serves as the focus area champion for geofluids and basin modeling at Saudi Aramco’s EXPEC Advanced Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and brings over 15 years of experience in petroleum exploration, geochemistry and basin modeling. He has published more than 20 peer‑reviewed papers, holds multiple patents and serves as an associate editor for Petroleum Science and Technology.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Nicholas Riley from University of Washington who will present a talk titled “Analytical and Informatic Tools to Explore the Glycoproteome.”

Join the Department of Physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 in 127 Jabara Hall featuring Professor Warren E. Pickett, distinguished professor emeritus from the University of California, Davis, who will present a talk on “The Quest for Room Temperature Superconductivity.”

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

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series begins Monday, Feb. 2. The first seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Yuanyuan Gao of the biomedical engineering department. She will give a public lecture titled, “Introduction to Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”

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

Join Zach Gearhart, chief of staff and executive director of government relations, for updates on the legislature relevant to Wichita State. The next meeting for the legislative session is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room. The meeting is open to all faculty, staff and students.

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 them for their first event, a panel on KBHCoE seed grants, at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 in 319 Rhatigan Student Center, McKay Room.

Recipients of KBHCoE seed grants from psychology, social work and athletics will share their projects and perspectives. Thomas Skinner, the research director of KBHCoE, will moderate a discussion including Sam Slade, Mohamad Ballout, Mia Ocean, Maddi Defrain and C. Brendan Clark. Refreshments will be served.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its first seminar of the new semester at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Bret Freudenthal from the University of Kansas Medical Center who will present a talk titled “DNA Repair Search and Recognition Mechanisms.”

January is Stalking Awareness Month, and the HOPE Services Advisory Board (HSAB) – Preventing Sexual Violence Subcommittee invites you to a webinar discussion from The Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC).

The facilitated discussion will increase your understanding of stalking and provide tools to support your students and staff. The HSAB is inviting interested staff/faculty to watch the SPARC webinar “Know More, Do More: Identifying and Responding to Stalking on College Campuses” before attending a facilitated discussion from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room.

Contact Cora Olson in HOPE Services at cora.olson@wichita.edu with any questions.