Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar, which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Christopher Donald Chouinard from Clemson University, who will deliver a talk titled “Leveraging High-Resolution Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Improving Analysis of Metabolites, Illicit Drugs, and Environmental Contaminants.”
Join a public lecture by Dr. Raegan Higgins, Texas Tech University at 3 p.m. Friday, April 4 in 372 Jabara Hall. The lecture is titled, “A Time Scales Approach to Prostate Cancer Treatment: Bridging Continuous and Discrete Dynamics.”
Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.
Ellen Albritton, assistant federal public defender, and Madison Davis, investigator, share details about their work in the Federal Public Defenders Office in Wichita at a panel at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 in 308 Jardine Hall.
All are welcome to attend the event. The event is sponsored by the Pi Sigma Alpha Honors society.
Join the Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities (HealthHum) for a panel discussion of Artful Therapy and Therapeutic Arts Friday, April 4 in 326 Lindquist Hall and on Teams.
11:30 a.m.-noon: Refreshments and conversation
noon-1 p.m.: Panel
Dance Therapy: Candice Townsend, access clinician, KU Counseling and Psychological Services
Mindful Practices: Dr. Lori Santos, associate professor of art education, School of Art, Design and Creative Industries
Use of Creative Media within the Therapy Room: Dr. Christopher Leonard, L.P., director, WSU Counseling and Psychological Services
The Graduate School is happy to host coauthor of the book “Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts,” Christine Feak. The event will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 1 virtually.
Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Gaurav Bhardwaj from University of Washington who will deliver a talk titled “AI-Enabled Peptide Design for Diverse Structures and Functions.”
From criminal justice to human resources: the real impact of polygraphs. Join the School of Criminal Justice for a panel discussion by area professionals on the use of polygraphs in the criminal justice and employment fields from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3 in 225 Woolsey Hall. All students, staff, faculty and innovation partners are invited.
Recording of any kind, including photography, audio and video, is strictly prohibited during the panel discussion event.
Catered reception to follow. Seating is limited, RSVP required. The event is made possible by the R.G. Funderburg Foundation.
The HSI office invites you to its workshop: How to Achieve Organizational Excellence Through Cultural Humility presented by Dr. Joel Pérez. Through this training, attendees will explore practical strategies to develop and nurture cultural humility within themselves and their work. Participants will discover how to leverage cultural humility to effect positive changes on individual, organizational and community levels. Join us on from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, April 21 in the Woosley Hall Ballroom.
The next Global Learning Center event will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 23 at First Unitarian Universal Church of Wichita, 7202 E. 21st Street North in Wichita. Professor Maamoun Abdulkarim, vice-dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, will speak on protecting cultural heritage during the Syrian crises.
Tasked with managing Syrian cultural heritage during a time of significant violence across the country, Abdulkarim and his team developed proactive plans to safeguard Syrian museums and archaeological sites from theft and damage. Their primary objective was preserving Syrian heritage, transcending religious, sectarian, and political differences. By 2015, the team was able to transfer 95% of artifacts to safe locations in Damascus.
Doors for this event open at 6 p.m. with Abdulkarim’s talk beginning at 6:15 p.m. and a dinner at 7:45 p.m. The event will also be available virtually via Zoom.
Please join us for a public lecture by Dr. Ronan Conlon, assistant professor of mathematical sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas. The lecture, “On Finite-Time Singularities of the Ricci Flow on Compact Kähler Surfaces,” will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in 335 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. room 371 Jabara Hall.
