Lectures & Presentations

Where is Denver’s Chinatown? A Forever Buffs event Jan. 29

Megan Maneval — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:04:27 +0000

Where is Denver’s Chinatown? A Forever Buffs event Jan. 29 Megan Maneval Tue, 12/17/2024 - 11:04

Learn about the history of Denver’s forgotten Chinatown. This special event at the History Colorado Center will include a keynote talk by Professor William Wei, Colorado’s state historian.

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Register by Jan. 2 to see author Isabel Wilkerson speak at MLK event

Megan Maneval — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:25:32 +0000

Isabel Wilkerson (photo by Leslie Andrews)

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and critically acclaimed nonfiction writer Isabel Wilkerson will deliver the keynote address at CU �鶹ӰԺ's Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation 2025. Wilkerson is the author of the bestsellers “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” and “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.”

The campus convocation will take place 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 16 at Macky Auditorium and is free and open to students, staff, faculty and members of the local community. A registration link and additional information are available on the convocation webpage. Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to register early to ensure seating before registration closes on Jan. 2. The first 100 students registered will receive a free copy of "Caste" at event check-in.

Wilkerson’s “The Warmth of Other Suns” won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, was among Time magazine’s 10 best nonfiction books of the 2010s, and was on The New York Times magazine’s list of the best nonfiction books of all time. Her critically acclaimed book “Caste” inspired the biographical drama “Origin.” Following her keynote address, Wilkerson will answer questions and sign copies of her books.

David Humphrey, assistant vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, said the convocation would aim to address important questions Wilkerson posed in “Caste,” including: “How do castes continually empower themselves across the boundaries of time and space, and what might it look like to disrupt these patterns?”

“Our goal,” Humphrey said, “is to illuminate the nuanced ways in which global themes of power and intersectional solidarity have informed the drumbeat of justice that underpins both present-day and historical freedom movements. Now more than ever, we must become students of history or we will be destined to repeat it.”

MLK Day holiday

The state and federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday falls on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, and like most public schools, institutions and government offices, CU �鶹ӰԺ will close for classes and most academic and administrative operations.
More information about the campus’s Jan. 16 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation 2025 is available on the event webpage.

The eponymous annual campus convocation honors King’s legacy and provides educational and community-building opportunities. The theme for the 2025 event is “Freedom Intersections,” an exploration of the geneses of global freedom movements.

King, a Baptist minister, activist and political philosopher, was one of the country’s most influential and celebrated civil rights leaders. Before his murder in Memphis on April 4, 1968, he became the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 35. His iconic “I Have a Dream” speech and his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” continue to resonate today.

Leading up to and during the convocation, Humphrey said participants would be asked to consider within the present-day context a passage from the letter King wrote while he was jailed for leading nonviolent, anti-segregation demonstrations in Alabama in 1963.

The renowned passage is, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.”

Co-sponsors of the 2025 convocation include the Center for African and African American Studies, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Strategic Resources and Support, University Libraries, the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Front Range Community College.

Join on Jan. 16 to hear Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author, speak at CU �鶹ӰԺ’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. The first 100 students to register will receive a free copy of Wilkerson's book ”Caste.“

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Sharon DeWitte to discuss nutritional stress, mortality risk in Dec. 2 talk

Megan Maneval — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:22:13 +0000

Sharon DeWitte to discuss nutritional stress, mortality risk in Dec. 2 talk Megan Maneval Mon, 11/18/2024 - 06:22

Join a talk by Sharon DeWitte examining the associations between severe nutritional stress during childhood and inflammation and mortality outcomes later in life.

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�鶹ӰԺTalks Nov. 21 to feature insights on at-scale learning

Megan Maneval — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:20:03 +0000

�鶹ӰԺTalks Nov. 21 to feature insights on at-scale learning Megan Maneval Wed, 11/13/2024 - 13:20

The Office of Academic and Learning Innovation is proud to present its second annual speaker series, �鶹ӰԺTalks: Insights from Education Innovators. The series curates dynamic conversations with experts exploring groundbreaking innovations that are transforming and expanding the landscape of learning.

The 2024–25 series will feature three higher education professionals with expertise in online education, accessibility and the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education.

Yakut Gazi

If you go

Who: Open to the public
What: “The Practical and Moral Imperative for At-Scale Learning” by Yakut Gazi
When: Thursday, Nov. 21, 4 p.m.
Where: Norlin Library, Center for British and Irish Studies Room

To kick off the series this fall, CU �鶹ӰԺ welcomes learning innovation and education leader Yakut Gazi to talk about the value of at-scale learning. Gazi will share insights on creating innovative online programs while aligning institutional mission, priorities, business and instructional models to expand the impact of institutions.

The challenges with the future of work and education are indeed issues of scale and inclusion, especially in a technology-driven post-COVID world. Higher education institutions have an opportunity, and arguably a social responsibility, to utilize effective digital learning and create partnerships for affordability, scale and impact to reach all corners of the globe.

A variety of innovative business and learning models developed within the last decade have already changed the equation for many institutions and learners. These institutions exemplify a relentless commitment to affordability and access that led to impact at scale. What is the next impactful innovation that will enable our institutions to touch many more learners beyond those that walk on our campuses?

Gazi is the vice provost for learning innovation and digital education at Duke University. She oversees the offices of Learning Innovation and Continuing Studies, with responsibility for the development and execution of pedagogical innovation and digital education strategies, youth academic enrichment programs, and continuing education and lifelong learning offerings. Her higher education experience spans almost 30 years in four countries. Gazi has her doctorate in educational psychology.

This in-person presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be hosted in the Center for British and Irish Studies Room in the Norlin Library. A recording will be available online after the event.

�鶹ӰԺTalks will host two more presentations in the spring on topics related to accessibility in online education to advancements in artificial intelligence. We will publish more information about those presentations by our guest speakers in early 2025. Learn more information about �鶹ӰԺTalks.

�鶹ӰԺTalks is sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Division of Continuing Education, the Office of Information Technology and the Office of the Registrar.

The Office of Academic and Learning Innovation presents its second �鶹ӰԺTalks: Insights from Education Innovators with Yakut Gazi to talk about the practical and moral imperative of at-scale learning.

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Astronaut Sarah Gillis to visit CU �鶹ӰԺ Nov. 11

Megan Maneval — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:57:37 +0000

Astronaut Sarah Gillis to visit CU �鶹ӰԺ Nov. 11 Megan Maneval Fri, 11/08/2024 - 07:57

Sarah Gillis, an astronaut on the successful Polaris Dawn SpaceX crew, will visit CU �鶹ӰԺ's Fiske Planetarium on Monday, Nov. 11, 3:30–5 p.m.

Gillis, who went viral when she played her violin in space to the great delight of audiences of all ages around the world, credits a space class at CU �鶹ӰԺ for non-aerospace majors as being a key step in her remarkable journey.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with Sarah Gillis, senior space operations engineer at SpaceX and a recent spaceflight adventurer on the Polaris Dawn mission.

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Enabling science as public good Oct. 22

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Enabling science as public good Oct. 22 Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/21/2024 - 06:48

Take one hour out of your day for enrichment through this webinar, part of Open Access Week. Keynote speaker Arianna Becerril García will discuss community and digital technologies to enable science as public good.

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For some mammals, warming temperatures mean higher elevations

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For some mammals, warming temperatures mean higher elevations Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/18/2024 - 07:52

Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine

In her Distinguished Research Lecture, CU �鶹ӰԺ Professor Christy McCain will highlight how certain traits in some mammal and insect populations indicate who is at greatest risk from climate change.

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Distinguished lecture Oct. 29: From hummingbirds to head and neck cancer

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Distinguished lecture Oct. 29: From hummingbirds to head and neck cancer Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/17/2024 - 10:16

Join Professor Tin Tin Su for an exciting talk. She will share her lab’s discovery of “shapeshifting” cells that help tissue repair and recover after damage, how her team is developing new treatments for head and neck cancers, and more.

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The role of the faculty athletics representative—a conversation Oct. 17

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The role of the faculty athletics representative—a conversation Oct. 17 Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:12

Come share conversation around what Duke economist Charles Klotfelter calls “big time sports in the American university” at a time of truly seismic change.

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Anxiety of the Only: Oct. 16 with guest Angela Neal-Barnett

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Anxiety of the Only: Oct. 16 with guest Angela Neal-Barnett Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 09/26/2024 - 13:35

Being the “only” can be tough, but it can also be a source of incredible strength. Learn more with the Renée Crown Institute, Psychology and Neuroscience Department and Colorado Diversity Initiative.

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