Category: Presentations and Talks

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. today, Nov. 3 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Thanh Do from University of Tennessee who will present a talk titled “Structural Ion Mobility Spectrometry: What Can We Really Measure?”

For the fourth and final keynote of the 2025 Elevate Speaker Series, founder and principal consultant of Mamarazzi Communications, LLC, Ti’Juana Hardwell, will share how authentic storytelling can transform the way small businesses, nonprofits and creatives connect with their customers.

The event is from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 at Social Tap at Braeburn Square. Remarks begin at 4 p.m.

Join the physics seminar from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 in 127 Jabara Hall. The seminar features Julia Gehrlein, assistant professor Colorado State University, who will present a talk on “Constraining new neutrino interactions with neutral current events at oscillation experiments.”

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’ fall 2025 seminar series continues with a seminar from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 in 218 Hubbard Hall with Erika Geisbrecht, Ph.D., of Kansas State University. She will give a public lecture titled, “Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to understand muscle proteostasis.”

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

Student Engagement & Belonging (SEB) invites everyone on campus to lunch while listening to Dr. Cornel Pewewardy discuss “A.I. and Chat GPT Effects on Indigenous Culture Values: The Good, The Bad, and The Really Ugly” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 in 301 Rhatigan Student Center, Gridley Room. Lunch will be provided.

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Hub (URECA) is hosting a panel on “Indigenous Approaches to Place, Structure, and Sustainability” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 virtually, allowing campus to learn from worldviews that have long centered balance, reciprocity and respect for the land.

By bringing together local community members and out-of-state Indigenous voices, this event creates space for dialogue that bridges traditional knowledge with contemporary challenges. The panel encourages participants to rethink how they inhabit and care for the places the live, study and work — reminding them that sustainability is not just technical or economic, but also cultural and relational.

Join a public lecture by Professor Michael Dorff from Brigham Young University for the next “Math for Everyone Lecture.” The lecture, titled “How Mathematics Is Making Hollywood Movies Better?” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 in 127 Jabara Hall. Following the talk, there will be an informal Q&A session and light refreshments for further discussion and engagement.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly colloquium event which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Yu-Shan Lin from Tufts University who will present a talk titled “Structure Prediction of Cyclic Peptides via Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning.”

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2025 seminar series continues Monday, Oct. 27. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Anuradha Ghosh, PhD, Pittsburg State University. She will give a public lecture titled, “Implementing a One Health Approach in Microbiology Research.”

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

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly colloquium speaker at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Saswata Dasgupta from Kansas State University, who will deliver a talk titled “Advancing Quantum Chemical and Data-Driven Modeling for Accurate Condensed-Phase Simulations.”