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Science Cafés and Café Conversations are venues for students to informally share their interests during a conversational exchange with faculty, staff, and the community in a friendly setting.

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Science Cafe

Spring 2025

  • Wed., 05 February, Sabrina Ugazio, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, "Satellite Navigation,"
  • Wed., 05 March, Brian Collins, Classics and Religious Studies, “Am I in Heaven?: Metamoderism and Religion in the World of King Gizzard andthe Lizard Wizard,”
  • Wed., 09 April, Eric Muth, Psychology,” Motion Sickness,"

Fall 2024

  • Wed., 04 September, Julie Suhr, Psychology, "Minimizing Dementia Risk: Some things are in your (lifetime) control,"
  • Wed., 02 October, Andrea Richard, Physics and Astronomy “Spilling the Beans on a Whole Latte Elements,”
  • Tues., 29 October, Fred Drogula, Classics and World Religions,”The Undead Cafe': Vampires as Expressions of Humanity,"
  • Wed., 6 November, Brian Schoen & Tim Anderson, History & Geography, "Settling ĢƵ,”
  • Wed., 04 December, Brian Clark, Biomedical Sciences, "TBD",

Spring 2024

  • Wed., 7 February, Katherine Jellison, History, "Does a Picture Rally Paint a Thousand Words?,"
  • Wed., 6 March, Duane Nellis, Geography, "Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis for Helping Save Our Earth,"
  • Wed., 3 April, Sarah Wyatt, Environmental and Plant Biology, "Growing (Plants) Beyond Gravity,"

Fall 2023

  • Wed., 13 September, Saw Hla, Physics and Astronomy, "Groundbreaking Research: X-Raying just one atom,"
  • Wed., 11 October, Ryan Fogt, Geography, “Recent Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Decline in a 20th Century Historical Context,”
  • Wed., 15 November, Hee-Jong Seo, Physics and Astronomy, “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Expanding Universe,”

Spring 2023

  • Wed. Feb. 8, Jason Trembly, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, "Embodied Carbon an Climate Change,"
  • Wed, Mar. 8, Steven Evans & Julie Owens, Professors, Psychology,
  • Wed. Apr. 19, Ronan Carroll & Jan Balbo, Nathan Weyand, Associate Professors, Biology and Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, respectively, "What Happened to Sexually Transmitted Infections during COVID? It might not we what you think!"
    Note: this café is recommended for ages 13 and up as it contains adult language and subject material.

Fall 2022

  • Wed, Sept. 7, Nate Szewczyk, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, "Worms in Space: Improving Astronaut Muscle Health,"
  • Wed., Oct. 5, Viorel Popescu, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, "The Secret Lives of the #RealBobcatsofĢƵ",
  • Wed. Nov. 2, Lynn Harter, Professor, Communication Studies, "The Poetics and Politics of Storytelling,"
  • Wed. Dec. 7, Kim Thompson and David Rosenthal, Associate Professors, Environmental and Plant

Spring 2022

  • Tues. Feb. 15: Harvey Ballard, Professor, Environmental and Plant Biology, "Globetrotting for Violets,"

Fall 2021

  • Thurs. Oct. 14, Sarah Wyatt, "Professor, Environmental and Plant Biology, "Plants in Space: Athens, we have a problem,"

Spring 2021

  • Wed. Feb. 24: Karen Coschigano, Assoc. Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Guy Riefler, Professor, Civil Engineering, "Wastewater: A COVID-19 Early Warning System,"
  • Wed. Mar. 17: Dustin Grooms, Steven Pfeiffer, Janet Simon, Applied Health Sciences & Wellness, "The Brain, Body, and Biomechanics of Injury Recovery,"
  • Wed. Mar. 24: Pete Harrington, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, "Chemotyping Natural medicines Using Spectroscopy and Machine Learning," .

Fall 2020

  • Wed. Sept. 02: Athens City-County Health Department, "College with COVD:  One Community, One Mission,"
  • Wed. Sept. 16, Rob Brannan, Professor, Applied Health Sciences and Wellness, "The North American Pawpaw:  Superfruit or Southeastern ĢƵ Curiosity?",
  • Mon. Oct. 5, Witmer Lab, (Larry Witmer, Professor, Biomedical Sciences and his lab), "Random Acts of Anatomy- A Live Tour of WitmerLab;"
  • Wed. Oct. 21: Paul Benedict, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship, "Impact Research-Rallying People and Resources to Your Cause;
  • Mon. Nov. 16, Geoff Dabelko, Professor, Environmental Studies, "Pursuing climate Change Resilience in Unexpected Places;"
  • Wed. Nov. 18, Nathan Weyand, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, "Microbial Colonies and Protective Blood,"

Spring 2020

  • Jan. 22: Daniel Karney, Assistant Professor, Economics, "The Future of US Climate Policy,"
  • Feb. 5: Don Miles, Professor, Biological Sciences, "Will Cool Lizards Succumb to a Hot Climate,"
  • Feb. 19: Rebecca Snell, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Plant Biology, "How Will Forests Respond to Climate Change?"
  • Feb. 26: Luke Pittaway, Professor, Management, "Spaces for Entrepreneurship Education:  A New Arms Race?", NOTE: this cafe will be in the CoLab, 3rd floor Alden Library.
  • Mar. 4: Andrew Weems, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, "3D Printing a Better Future: Health Care and Sustainability Considerations,"  

Fall 2019

  • Sept. 18: Guy Riefler, Professor, Civil Engineering, "Cleaning up Pollution by Turning It into Paint,"
  • Sept. 25: Felipe Aros-Vera, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, "Interconnected Networked Societies:  The Good, The Bad, The Ugly,"
  • Oct. 2:   Rebekah Crawford, Visiting Professor, Social and Public Health, "The Prevalence and Pitfalls of Seeking Emotional Support through Religious Organizations,"
  • Oct. 16:Shiyong Wu Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Director, Edison Biotechnology Institute, "Solar Ultraviolet Light, Friend or Foe,"
  • Oct. 30:  Shannon Nicks, Assistant Professor, Social and Public Health, "Improving Rural Breast Cancer Inequities: Is Psychosocial Health the Key?,"
  • Nov. 13: Deb McAvoy, Professor, Civil Engineering, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Are We Headed for a Crash?,
  • Dec. 4: Cory Cronin, Assistant Professor, Social and Public Health, What Does the "Community' in Community Hospital Really Mean?,"

Spring 2019

  • Jan 23: Doug Clowe, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, A Dark and Lonely Place: Dark Energy and the Future of the Universe,
  • Feb. 6: Lawrence Witmer,  Professor, HCOM -BioMedical Sciences, Digital Dinosaurs-Fleshing Out the Past,
  • Feb. 20:  The OHIO Museum Complex
  • March 6: Ryan Chornock, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Black Holes:  Fact and Fiction,   
  • March 27: Jacqueline Wolf, Professor, HCOM Social Medicine, A High Cesarean and Low Breastfeeding Rate:  How did we get here?,
  • April 3: John Kopchick, Distinguished Professor & Goll-ĢƵ Eminent Scholar Biomedical Sciences, HCOM Is Growth Hormone an Anti-Aging Drug. Yes! Too Much of It Will Kill You,  

Fall 2018

  • Sept 19: Scott Moody, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences, Athens, OH 240 Years Ago:  A Natural History,              
  • Oct 3: Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Vaccine Denial: Facts and Fiction,
  • Oct 17: Natalie Daniels, Associate Professor, Voinovich School, The Long Road to Recovery from Coal Mining, 
  • Nov 14: Sarah Wyatt, Env. & Plant Biology, Plant Gravity Perception: from Earth to International Space Station,
  • Dec 5: Julie Suhr, Professor, Psychology, Detecting Deception,

Spring 2018

  • Jan 24: Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Challenges for Conserving Biodiversity in a Changing World, 
  • Feb 7 :  Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor, Psychology, Perception of Science and Religion in the U.S. and Beyond, 
  • Feb 21:   Jana Houser, Assistant Professor, Geography, Tornadoes:  Unraveling the msteries of One of Earth's most Powerful Storms, 
  • March 7:   Hans Kruse, Professor and Director, School of Information and Telecommunication Systems, Can You Hear Me Now…Or Later, 
  • March 21:   Ken Walsh, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Preparing for the Big One: Protecting Critical Infrastructure, 
  • April 4:   Morgan Vis, Professor and Chair, Env. & Plant Biology, Algae: Friend or Foe, 

Fall 2017

  • Sept 20 :  Lisa Crockett, Professor, Biological Sciences, Secrets and Perils of the Southern Ocean, 
  • Oct. 11 :  Julie Suhr, Professor, Psychology, You Are Getting Sleeepy,
  • Oct. 18 :  Paul Patton, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Food Studies, Harvest the Past, Feed the Future, 
  • Revised Nov. 1:   Zach Meisel, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Life after Death:  Element Creation in Stellar Explosions,
  • Revised Nov. 15:  Srdjan Nesic, Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Director, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, I s Corrosion like Corruption? What's the cost? Can it Be Stopped?, 
  • Dec. 6 :  Nancy Stevens, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, and Matthew Borths, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Before Lions Were King:  Discovering Africa's First Meat-eaters, 

Spring 2017

  • Jan 18:   Joseph Shields, Professor, Physics & Astronomy, "The Quest for Supermassive Black Holes," 
  • Feb 1:  Brian Clark, Professor, Biomedical Science, Director OMNI, "Age of Champions: Healthy Aging in the 21st Century," 
  • Feb 15:   John Bowditch, Director, The Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, Scripps College of Communication, "Disrupting Reality:  Immersive Media at ĢƵ University,"
  • March 15:   Gerardine Botte, Distinguished Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, "Electrons for Sustainable Manufacturing," 

Fall 2016

  • Sept 7: Daniel Phillips, Physics, "Symmetries in Nature:  A Key to the Subatomic World", 
  • Sept 21: Sarah Hormozi, Mechanical Engineering , "The Physics and Future of Cornstarch", 
  • Oct 5:   Guy Riefler, Civil Engineering; John Sabraw, Art, "Acid Mine Drainage: From Environmental Disaster to Art",
  • Oct 19:   Claudia Gonzales-Vallejo, Psychology, "Why'd I Do That?  Exploring Decision-Making Processes", 
  • Nov 2: Movie Night, "Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn"
  • Nov. 9 :  Catherine Early, Biomedical Sciences, "Dinosaurs, dodos and ducks:  A bird's-eye view of brain evolution", 
  • Nov 16:   Gurgen “Greg” Hayrapetyan, Mathematics, "Math, Zombie and the Language of the Universe," 

Spring 2016

  • Jan. 20:  Winfried Just, Mathematics, "Spread of Contagions:  Diseases, Rumors and Mathematical Models", 
  • Feb. 3:   Natalie Kruse Daniels, "The Mining Legacy of SE ĢƵ:  Learning from Past," Mistakes,"Environmental Studies/Voinovich School
  • rescheduled Feb. 17 Mar. 16 :  Ronan Carroll, Biological Sciences, "The Rise of the Superbugs", 
  • Mar. 23:   James Thomas, Physical Therapy, 

Fall 2015

  • Sept. 9: Todd Eisworth, Mathematics, "To Infinity... and Beyond!", 
  • Sept. 23: TJ Cyders, Mechanical Engineering, "Rage Against the von Neumann Machine: 3D Printing, the Future, and You", 
  • Oct. 7: Sarah Wyatt, Environmental & Plant Biology, "Anatomy of a Space Flight", 
  • Oct. 21: Nancy Sandler, Physics and Astronomy, "Physics of New Materials: From Lasagna to Pancakes and Back",
  • Nov. 4: Anne Loucks, Biological Sciences, "Fitness, Fatness, Fractures, Fertility, and Food", 
  • Nov. 18: Jennifer Hines, Chemistry and Biochemistry, "Molecules...Museum...Action!", 
  • Dec. 2: Alicia Stigall, Geological Sciences, "Turning into Stone: a tale from life to death to the ultimate fossil"

Spring 2015

  • Jan. 21:   Carl Brune, Physics and Astronomy, “Cosmic Cooking:  the Origin of the Elements”, 
  • Feb. 4:   David Rosenthal, Environmental & Plant Biology, “Global Change and Agricultural Productivity”, 
  • Mar. 18:   Christopher France, Psychology, “ I'd Like to Give Blood but.....”, 
  • Apr. 1:  Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch, Geological Sciences, “Reconstructing a Jurassic Landscape”, 

Fall 2014

  • Sept. 10: Monica Burdick, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, "Stem cells, research and hype. Oh My!", 
  • Sept. 24: Ryan Fogt, Geography, "All Coupled Climate Models are Wrong, Some are Useful"
  • Oct. 8:  Brooke Hallowell, Communication Sciences & Disorders, "Harnessing the Power of the Eyes to Reveal Cognitive & Linguistic Abilities", 
  • Oct. 22:   Jason Trembly, Mechanical Engineering & ĢƵ Coal Research Center, “What the Frac?”, 
  • Nov. 5:   Doug Clowe, Physics and Astronomy, “The Dark Side of the Universe”, 
  • Nov. 19: Dina Lopez, Geological Sciences, “Reflections of use of Agrochemicals:  Illness versus Food Supply”, 
  • Dec. 3: Justin Holub, Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Biomimicry:  How Nature Inspires Mankind’s Innovation”, 

Spring 2014

  • Jan. 22 : Sarah Wyatt, Environmental and Plant Biology, “Grounded by Gravity”, 
  • Feb. 05:   Saw Hla, Physics and Astronomy, Nanoscience:  Playing Soccer with Atoms and Molecules”, 
  • Feb. 19: Scott Moody, Biological Sciences, Endangered Species of Amphibians:  Why Their Survival is Vital to our Health”, 
  • Mar. 19: Mark McMills, Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Modern Drug Discovery”,
  • April 02: Julie Suhr, Psychology, Detecting Deception”, 

Fall 2013

  • Sept 11:   Janet Duerr, Biological Sciences, "Genes:  Are We Just Big, Smart Worms?",
  • Sept. 25: Larry Witmer, Biomedical Sciences, "Fleshing out Dinosaurs... in 3D!", , 
  • Oct. 9: Savas Kaya, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, "Nanoscale & Engineering:  Hype or Opportunity?”, 
  • Oct. 23: David Tees, Physics and Astronomy, "Pulling, Pushing and Squeezing:  Physics and Adhesion Biology”,
  • Nov. 6: Alycia Stigall, Geological Sciences, "Fossil Invasion! Studying Ancient Species to Help Predict Consequences of Modern Invasion", 
  • Nov. 20: Deb McAvoy, Civil Engineering, "Roadway Design for Dummies", 
  • Dec. 4: John Kopchick, Biomedical Sciences and Edison Biotechnology Institute, "Growth Hormone:  Too Much or Not Enough?”, 

Spring 2013

  • Jan. 23: Jared Deforest, Environmental and Plant Biology, "Chemical Climate Change and Sustainability"
  • Feb. 6: Bob Klein, Mathematics, “Mathematics:  What’s Rural Got to Do with It?”
    Feb. 20: Mario Grijalva, Biomedical Sciences, “Combating Tropical Disease through Social Development”
  • Apr. 3: Geoff Buckley, Geography, “Urban Sustainability:  Challenges and Opportunities for the 21 st&Բ;Գٳܰ”

Fall 2012

  • Sept 05:  Frank Schwartz, Specialty Medicine, "Socioeconomic Stress, Appalachia and Chronic Disease"
  • Sept. 19:   Art Trese, Environmental & Plant Biology, "Sustainability:  Alternative Agriculture"
  • Oct. 3: Christine Gidycz, Psychology, "Bystander Behavior and Violence on College Campuses"
  • Oct. 31:   Natalie Kruse, Voinovich School, "Sustainability:  Mining and Mine Reclamation"
  • Nov. 14:   Tad Malinski, Chemistry and Biochemistry, "The Science of Art Restoration & Identification"
  • Nov. 28:  Joe Shields, Physics and Astronomy, "Hunting Black Holes with the Hubble"
  • Dec. 5: Martin Kordesch, Physics and Astronomy, "The Physics of Music"

Winter 2012

  • Jan. 11: Michael Braasch, Electrical Engineering and Avionics Engineering Center, "Iron Stomachs & White Knuckles - Navigation System Flight Testing"
  • Jan. 12:  The PhD Movie, Free Admission
  • Jan. 25:   Molly Morris, Biological Sciences, "Beyond Match.com:  Alternative Mating Strategies"
  • Feb. 08: Greg Van Patten, Chemistry and Biochemistry, "The Big Deal about Small Stuff"
  • Feb. 22: Peggy Zoccola, Psychology, "Stress:  Bad Thoughts, Bad Health?"
  • Mar. 07: Madappa  Prakash, Physics & Astronomy, "Extreme States of Matter  from Explosive Events in the Universe"

Spring 2012

  • April 04:  Willem Roosenburg,  Biological Sciences, "Turtles:  Why Girls are Hot and Boys are Cool"
  • April 18:   Keith Milam, Geological Sciences, "Virtual Geology:  Unraveling Planetary Secrets from Afar"
  • May 02:  Darlene Berryman, Applied Health Sciences and Wellness, "Big Fat Myths:  What You Didn't Know about Obesity"

Fall 2011

  • Sept. 14:  Brian McCarthy, Environmental & Plant Biology, "From the Brink of Extinction:  the American Chestnut"
  • Sept. 28:  Erin Murphy, Biomedical Sciences, "Bacteria:  The Good, the Bad and the Resistant"
  • Oct. 12:  Dave Bayless, Mechanical Engineering, "Powering the World with Pond Scum"
  • Oct. 26:  James Lein, Geography, "The Geography of Tomorrow:  The Science of Futures Research"

Winter 2011

  • Jan. 12: Martin Mohlenkamp, Associate Professor, Mathematics, "Developing in silico Methods to do Virtual Science."
  • Jan. 26: Stephen Bergmeier, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, "Chemistry, the class you love to hate, and Drug Discovery."
  • Feb. 9: Dan Hembree, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, "The Secrets of Burrowing Biota: Understanding Ancient Traces of Life through Modern Organisms."
  • Feb. 23: Kelly Johnson, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Voinovich School, "Mayflies, Minnows, and Acid Mine Drainage: The Science of Stream Restorations."
  • March 9: Brook Marcks, Assistant Professor, Psychology, "From Thoughts to Obsessions: A Closer Look at Obsessive Compulsive Disorders."

Spring 2011

  • March 30: Alycia Stigall, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, OHIO Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, "Overturn of the Biotics: Predicting Biodiversity Change with Fossils"
  • April 13: Harvey Ballard, Associate Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology, "How Violets will Change the World"
  • April 27:  Jolie Cizewski, Professor of Physics, Rutgers University, "The Magic Numbers of Maria Goeppert Mayer:  From the Manhattan Project to the Future" 

Winter 2010

  • Jan. 13: Doug Clowe, Physics and Astronomy, "The Dark Side of the Universe"
  • Jan. 27: Julie Suhr, Psychology, "Measuring your Mind"
  • Feb. 10: Morgan Vis, Environmental & Environmental Plant Biology, "Red Algae-Tree of life, huh?"
  • Feb. 24: Damian Nance, Geological Sciences, "From Grains of Sand to Supercontinents:   Reconstructing Earth's Geographic Past"
  • March 10: Jeff Rack, Chemistry & Biochemistry, "Chemical Chameleons"

Spring 2010

  • April 7: Stephen Reilly, Biological Sciences,  "The Biology of Walking and Running"
  • April 21: Ken Hicks, Physics & Astronomy,  "From Quarks to the Big Bang"
  • May 5: Susan Williams, Biomedical Sciences,  "Food for thought: the Evolution and Ontogeny of Feeding Mammals"
  • May 19: Ronaldo Vigo, Psychology,  "Molecules of the Mind"
  • June 2: Maarten Uijit de Haag, Engineering/Avionics, "Navigation: Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere” 

Fall 2010

  • Sept. 22: Gar Rothwell, Environmental & Plant Biology, "Paleobotany and Plant Evolution"
  • Oct. 6: Shawn Ostermann (EECS), Hans Kruse (Information & Telecommunications Systems), Phil Campbell (Information & Telecommunications Systems), "Wireless Networking in Challenging Environments:  the Barbarism of Baker to the Perils of Pluto"
  • Oct. 20: Julie Owens, Psychology, "Evaluating Treatments for ADHD:  A Multi-Dimensional Approach"
  • Nov. 3: Eric Stinaff (Physics and Astronomy),"Where's my iQuanta:  Is quantum information processing the future of computers?"

Fall 2009

  • Sept. 30: Gerri Botte, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, "Alternative Energy:  The Search for Fuel"
  • Oct. 14: Larry Witmer, Biomedical Sciences, "Fleshing Out Dinosaur Evolution”
  • Oct. 28: Justin Weeks, Psychology, "Social Anxiety:  The Fear of Positive Evaluation"
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Spring 2019

  • Feb. 13: Julie Owens, Psychology, Community-engaged Research: Why It Matters, 

Fall 2018

  • Sept 26: Laeeq Khan, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Studies, Competing with Data Analytics in a Social World, 
  • Oct. 24: Julie Paxton, Professor, Economics, The Economics of Kindness,

Spring 2018

  • Jan. 31:   Jeff Russell, Assistant Professor, Applied Sciences and Wellness; Director, SHAPE Clinic, Keeping Artists in SHAPe:  Why Performers Need Specialized Health Care, 
  • Cancelled Feb. 28 :  Laeeq Khan, Assistant Professor, Media Arts &Studies; Director, Social Media Analytics Lab, TBD, video
  • Mar. 28 : Tania Basta, Professor, Social and Public Health, An Honest Discussion about HIV:  Combating Misconceptions, 

Spring 2017

  • Jan. 25:  Rajko Grlic, Distinguished Professor, "The Constitution and How I Wrote It," 
  • Mar. 22:  Andy Alexander, Scripps Howard Visiting Professional, Journalism. "President Trump and the Battle for a Free Press," 

Fall 2017

  • Sept 27: Colin Gabler, Assistant Professor, Marketing, To Buy or Not to Buy, That is the Question, 

Spring 2016

  • Feb. 24:  Brian Schoen, History, "The US civil War and Global Crisis: Then and Now,"
  • Mar. 9:  Josh Sosin, Classical Studies, Duke University, "Ancient Texts in a Modern Age: The Promise and Perils of Digital Scholarship,"
  • Mar. 30:   Loren Lybarger, Classics and World Religions, "Radical Islam:  What's Religion Got to Do with It?",

Fall 2016

  • Sept. 28:   David Mould, Professor Emeritus, Media Arts and Studies, Publish (maybe) Perish:  The Dangers of Journalism in Shady Regimes,
  • Oct. 26:   Aimee Edmondson, Associate Professor, Journalism; John Grimwade, Assistant Professor, Visual Communication. Inside the 2016 Election:  Data Visualization, 

Spring 2015

  • Feb. 11 :  Chester Pach, History, "1980s: the Age of Reagan and Madonna ", video
  • Mar. 11 :  Katherine Jellison, History, "Unelected Leaders:  America's First Ladies", video 

Fall 2015

  • Sept. 30 : Richard Vedder, Economics, "America's Leaders: You're Harming Our Future", 
  • Oct. 28 :  Stan Alost, Visual Communication, "Nobody Wants to See That- Images that Disturb and Our Freedom to Know",  

Spring 2014

  • Feb. 26: Haley Duschinski, Sociology and Anthropology, “Imagining International Justice”, 
  • Mar. 26: Roger Cooper, Media Arts and Studies, "The Power of Humor in Organizations", 

Fall 2014

  • Sept. 17 : Paschal Younge, Music, "African music, a big bowl of salad: the interdisciplinarity of the musical arts of Ghana",
  • Oct. 15:   Loreen Giese, English, “Courtship and Cruelty”
  • Nov. 12:   Geoff Dabelko, Environmental Studies, “The Environment, What’s Security Got to Do with It?”, 

Spring 2013

  • Feb. 27:  Michele Morrone, Social and Public Health, “The Science? of Fracking”
  • Mar 20:   John Sabraw, Art, Fluid Potential:  Why Scientists and Artists Should Get Together”
  • Mar. 27:  Tom Hodson, Journalism, “The Future of Media”

Fall 2013

  • Sept. 18:  John Gilliom, Political Sciences "The Death of Big Brother and the Rise of the Surveillance Society", 
  • Oct. 16:   Bill Condee, Interdisciplinary Arts, “Fracking the Opera House”, 

Fall 2012

  • Sept. 26: Andre Gribou, Music, "The History of Rock and Roll"
  • Oct. 24:   Tom Vander Ven, Sociology and Anthropology, "Why Students Drink Too Much and Party So Hard"