Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies

Category: Cocurricular Events

  • Daniel Willingham – J. James Wood Lecture

    “Digital Technology and the Future of Eduction”

    Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 PM

    Schrott Center for the Arts

    BCR Credit and Co-Curricular Event

    Digital technologies have changed many aspects of our lives, especially the way we work, entertain ourselves, and communicate. How have digital technologies changed schooling, and what changes are in store for us in the future?

    Willingham earned his B.A. from Duke University in 1983 and his doctorate in Cognitive Psychology from Harvard University in 1990. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. His research concerns the application of cognitive psychology to K-16 education.

    He writes the “Ask the Cognitive Scientist” column for American Educator magazine, and is the author of Why Don’t Students Like School?, When Can You Trust the Experts?, Raising Kids Who Read, and the upcoming The Reading Mind. His writing on education has appeared in fourteen languages.

     

  • Jordan Ellenberg – J. James Woods Lecture

    “How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking”

    Tuesday, December 5, 7:30 PM

    Schrott Center for the Arts

    BCR Credit and Co-Curricular Event

    The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In this talk, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how wrong this view is: Math touches everything we do, allowing us to see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. It’s a science of not being wrong, worked out through centuries of hard work and argument.

    Drawing from history as well as the latest theoretical developments, Ellenberg demonstrates that profound mathematical ideas are present whenever we reason, from the commonplace to the cosmic. And, he shows how to use this knowledge in our lives, whether you’re a business looking to discover the power of big data, a corporate audience out to improve logic and understanding within your organization, or a college crowd with an appetite for the latest research by one of America’s rising scholarly stars.

    The Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Ellenberg is the author of two books: How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, and The Grasshopper King, which was a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Recently, he served as a consultant (and actor, briefly!) for the film Gifted. Ellenberg has held an NSF-CAREER grant and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and in 2013 he was named one of the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.

  • Homo naledi Strides Again! ~ STES Co-Curricular

    Homo naledi Strides Again!

    A presentation by Dr. Zachary Throckmorton

    Thursday, November 19th

    5:00 – 6:30 PM

    University of Indianapolis

    Schwitzer Student Center -UIndy Hall A

    Homo naledi Strides Again!

  • Michael Mann ~ The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars ~ Co-Curricular & BCR Event, October 27th, 7:30PM

    Michael Mann

    The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

    Tuesday, October 27, 2015 – 7:30 p.m., Reilly Room

    The ongoing assault on climate science in the United States has never been more aggressive, more blatant, or more widely publicized than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph–a clear and compelling visual presentation of scientific data, put together by Michael E. Mann and his colleagues, demonstrating that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy interests and those who do their political bidding. The stakes were simply too high to ignore the Hockey Stick–and so began a relentless attack on a body of science and on the investigators whose work formed its scientific basis.

    Michael Mann

  • Conservation Science at the IMA – STES Co-Curricular

    Butler Brown Bag Series for Faculty Research, Scholarship and Creative Work: The Art of Chemistry – Conservation Science at the IMA

     Presentation by Mike Samide, Chemistry

     Tuesday, October 20, noon – 1 p.m., AU111 (UClub)

    Students, staff and faculty are all welcome. No RSVP required.

    Did you know that in a back corner of the Indianapolis Museum of Art sits a multi-million dollar conservation science laboratory?  Employing chemical and instrumental techniques for the study of art and related materials is essential for proper care, storage, and display of objects of cultural heritage.  In addition, chemical analysis can often support curatorial efforts to better understand artists and their work.  This presentation will include reports on various projects related to chemistry and art that were completed during Mike’s recent sabbatical at the IMA.

    Visit legacy.butler.edu/faculty-development/brown-bag-series for information on upcoming presentations and ADA access.

  • Let’s Talk About Water – STES Co-Curricular

    The “Let’s Talk About Water” event is scheduled for Thursday, September 24th at 7PM in PB 156.  This event will count as an STES co-curricular and refreshments will be served!  Click into the image below for additional information.

    Let's Talk About Water

  • Plan 2020 Fellowship Symposium – STES Co-Curricular

    The Plan 2020 Fellowship Symposium is scheduled for September 16, 2015 at 4:30PM.  This event will count as an STES co-curricular!

    Plan 2020 Fellowship Symposium

  • Lucianne Walkowicz – Look up for a Change ~ Cocurricular Event, September 16th, 7:30PM

    Walkowicz

  • Jessica Green – Cities Unseen: How Microbes Can Make Public Spaces, Buildings, and Human Beings Healthier ~ Cocurricular Event, April 14th, 7:30PM

    The J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics presents Jessica Green talking about “Cities Unseen: How Microbes Can Make Public Spaces, Buildings, and Human Beings Healthier,” April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Atherton Union Reilly Room. Admission is free and open to the public without tickets.

    How can a deeper understanding of microbes help us create sustainable cities, healthier buildings (including our hospitals and homes), and more robust green spaces? Green explains how in this visually stunning talk, while ultimately touching on even deeper questions about humanity: What does it mean to be an individual? Where does your identity begin, and where does it end?

    Every person has a unique and unseen universe of microorganisms living in, on, and around them. These trillions of tiny creatures define who we are. Yet we are only just beginning to understand how our microbes interact with the people around us, our buildings, and the natural environment. How do microbes make us healthier, more resilient, and more vibrant? How do microbes influence our moods, our public spaces, our relationships with everything we touch? Green, a scientist and TED Fellow, explores the microbial cities living in our gut, on our skin, and in our homes.

    For accessibility information or to request disability-related accommodations, please visit http://www.butler.edu/event-accommodations/.

     

     

  • Dr. Elisabeth Martinez ~ April 2nd ~ Co-Curricular Event

    Dr. Elisabeth Martinez will be speaking on Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 in GH 108 from 7-8PM.  Her lecture, “Being a Woman Scientist and Staying a Woman Scientist,” will count as an STS c0-curricular event.

    See this flyer for additional information: Elisabeth Martinez