Category: Presentations and Talks

Ladee Hubbard, Wichita State’s 2024-25 visiting distinguished writer, is in residence at WSU from Feb. 17 to March 14, teaching advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the fiction tutorial. Join a reading of her fiction at the latest Writing Now, Reading Now program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 11 at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Everyone is welcome at this free event.

Hubbard is the author of two novels, “The Talented Ribkins,” which received the 2017 Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction and the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and “The Rib King.”

She received a bachelor’s in English from Princeton University, a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a doctorate in folklore and mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Writing Now, Reading Now is sponsored by the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Ulrich Museum of Art and Watermark Books & Cafe.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2025 seminar series continues with a presentation from Dr. Lynda Harris, University of Nebraska Medical Center, from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 10 in 218 Hubbard Hall. She will give a public lecture titled, “Finding safer ways to treat problem pregnancies: Strategies for targeted manipulation of utero-placental function.”

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 seminar at 3:30 p.m. Thursday March 6 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Paramjit Arora from New York University, who will deliver a talk titled, “Short Stories in Molecular Recognition of Protein Surfaces and Catalysis of Amide Bonds.”

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2025 seminar series continues with Dr. Sue Fairbanks, Oklahoma State University, from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 3 in 218 Hubbard Hall. She will give a public lecture titled, “Population biology of a declining pronghorn population and an increasing black bear population.”

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

As part of the College of Fine Arts Connoisseur Series, the WSU School of Performing Arts is pleased to host an artist talk with acclaimed actress Jane Gabbert from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 7 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room. The event is free and open to the public. Guests should RSVP prior to the event.

Jane will be returning to WSU to direct the 2024 Bela Kiralyfalvi Playwriting Competition Award Winning play, “The Angel of Death,” written by current student Amanda Schmalzried, premiering March 6-8 at the Welsbacher Theatre, Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

Join the Graduate School in hosting best-selling author Dr. Paul Silvia from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 via Zoom. Silvia will go over tips and tricks from his book “How To Write A Lot” and how to become a more fluent writer.

For more information and the Zoom link, visit wichita.edu/pds under “March events.”

Wichita State faculty, researchers and students are invited to Human Factors Tea Time by Dr. Yuanyuan Gao, assistant professor in biomedical engineering. Dr. Gao will present on functional neuroimaging methods and their applications in research from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in 102 McKinley Hall. The event is free and open to all.  

Neuroimaging is a powerful tool for understanding brain function, neuroergonomics and clinical disorders. Dr. Gao’s presentation will introduce functional neuroimaging technologies, discuss best practices for designing a functional neuroimaging study and highlight available campus resources to support collaborative neuroimaging studies. 

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Dr. Elijah Schnitzler from Oklahoma State University who will deliver a talk titled, “Processes that Govern the Direct and Indirect Climate Effects of Carbonaceous Aerosol from Biomass Burning and Plastic Pollution.”

Join the Graduate School as it hosts the senior editor of the University Press of Kansas, David Congdon from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in the Ablah Library Collaboration Hub. Congdon will discuss how to get your book published at the event, “Getting Your Book Published: From Proposal to Print.”

CAPS and CARE Team invite you to join them for a special collaborative event focused on understanding and navigating grief. “Living with Loss” will explore various types of grief, the healing process and provide practical tools to help you cope with loss from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room.