Category: Presentations and Talks

Join the Ulrich Museum of Art for a talk from Doug Coffin — who created the two Spirit Totems, “Sun” and “Moon” at the Duerksen Amphitheatre — at 6 p.m. Thursday Sept. 19 in the Beren Gallery. Join a reception at 5:30 p.m.

In both his sculptures and paintings, the New Mexico-based artist (Potowatomi and Creek) has developed a style that suggests a fusion of the ancient totemic form used by many Native cultures with the abstraction and geometric forms of the modernist. The Ulrich installed “the 87th and 88th additions “Sun” and “Moon” to the Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection in April 2024.

Join Dr. Peg Boyle Single at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 via Zoom for a transformative academic writing workshop. Discover her streamlined system to boost your writing productivity.

Participants will learn to:

• Accelerate their writing process 
• Efficiently complete papers, thesis and dissertations 
• Master interactive reading and citable notes techniques 

Learn more about professional development and research events.

Mark your calendars now: At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, Chris Wright — founder, CEO and chairman of Liberty Energy, and the fall 2024 entrepreneur-in-residence at the Barton School of Business — will deliver a keynote presentation, “Empowering Global Communities: The Transformative Role of Energy in Bettering Human Lives,” as part of the prestigious James Schwartz Lecture Series.

Join the keynote at 3:30 p.m. in 110 Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium. Doors open at 3 p.m. Stick around after the keynote for a signing and reception in the Woolsey Hall Atrium. This is an event for anyone looking to gain insights from a leader revolutionizing the global energy industry — and share with your students, colleagues and networks. The upcoming keynote event is free and open to public. RSVP now to secure your spot.

Chris Wright — founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Liberty Energy and the fall 2024 entrepreneur-in-residence at the Barton School of Business — will provide a keynote presentation, “Empowering Global Communities: The Transformative Role of Energy in Bettering Human Lives,” as part of the James Schwartz Lecture Series.

The keynote event is at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 in 110 Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium.

Doors open at 3 p.m. Following the presentation, a book signing and reception will be held in the Woolsey Hall Atirum. All are welcome to attend the event at no additional charge.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for the next fall colloquium series talk, at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in 224 McKinley Hall.

The department is honored to host its own Dr. Jian Wang, who will present his seminar titled “Controlled Growth and Crystal Structure Engineering to Uncover Inorganic Functional Materials at WSU.”

Brazilian multimedia artist, Dinorá Justice, will give an artist talk at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich Museum of Art.

Justice creates colorful, highly textural and conceptually rich works that combine interpretations of the natural world with exploration of cultural and social identity, and human rights advocacy. She will share her inspirations, creative processes, and larger body of work, in connection with the Ulrich’s fall exhibition, “[RE]POSE: Leisure Bodies and Empowered Postures.” Join a reception starting at 5:30 p.m.

In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology’s archaeology faculty and students, sculptor Randy Regier will give an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 in the form of a staged field demo, beside his outdoor sculpture, The Celestial Mechanic (2018), near the Geology Building.

Regier will open the clear dome that encases the partially excavated figure, for a rare close look at the work, discussing his process as it connects to archeological procedures and theories. Everyone is welcome to a free 5:30 p.m. reception.

The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries will host Clayton Staples Visiting Artists Jessica “JB” Burke and Kariann Fuqua for a panel discussion in conjunction with their collaborative exhibition “A World Away” Thursday, Sept. 12. The panel, facilitated by Robert Bubp, will run from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in 210 McKnight Art Center, with a reception to immediately follow until 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

This project has been supported by a grant from the Wichita Arts Council.

This event has been canceled due to unforeseen illness. Please stay tuned for information on colloquiums in the future.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its first in-person colloquium series talk of the fall 2024 semester at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 in 224 McKinley Hall.

The department is honored to host Alexey Ladokhin from the University of Kansas, who will present his seminar titled “Successes and Challenges in Sequence-Based Thermodynamic Predictions of Protein-Membrane Interactions.”

Join the Department of Physics for its first physics seminar of the fall 2024 semester at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 in 226 Jabara Hall. The talk features Joseph Haley from Oklahoma State University, and the title of the talk will be “Searching for Naturalness: Quest for Vector-Like Quarks.” Cookies and coffee will be available in 030 Jabara Hall preceding the seminar at 1:30 p.m.

Haley’s research since joining OSU has been based on the ATLAS experiment at CERN where his team is searching for signs of new fundamental particles. He primary focus is searching for vector-like quarks — hypothetical particles that appear in many extensions to the Standard Model that could provide answers some of the open questions in particle physics.