Seminars and Colloquia Archive

  • 40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference

    40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference

    Section 1983 litigation continues to present challenges for federal and state courts across the country, and the Supreme Court has an especially large impact in this dynamic area of law. Join us Thursday and Friday, April 18-29, 2024, for the 40th-year celebration of our annual two-day in-person conference to get up-to-date on the latest cases, trends, and strategies affecting §1983 litigation.

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  • 45th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    45th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    Join us Tuesday, March 5, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chicago-Kent College of Law to hear Jeff Hirsch, Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of Law, The University of North Carolina School of Law, deliver this year's 45th Kenneth M. Piper Lecture as he addresses labor regulations in AI.

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  • All About Accommodations Symposium

    All About Accommodations Symposium

    The Malin Institute at Chicago-Kent will present a one-day in-person symposium on Friday, March 22, 2024, exploring the current state and future development of accommodations in the workplace. Prominent scholars and advocates will discuss disability accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations under the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, religious accommodations after Groff v. DeJoy, and the lack of protection for employees who might need but are not entitled to accommodations in the workplace.

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  • FDSN Seminar Series: ‘Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health’

    FDSN Seminar Series: ‘Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health’

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Robert M. Hackman, a research nutritionist in the Department of Nutrition at University of California, Davis, who will give a presentation on “Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 15, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Shabnam Raayai-Ardakani, a Rowland Fellow and principal investigator at Rowland Institute at Harvard University, who will give a presentation on “Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Planning With Extended Urbanization—Elements of a Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary’

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Planning With Extended Urbanization—Elements of a Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary’

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Nicholas A. Phelps, a professor and chair of urban planning and associate dean international at The University of Melbourne, who will give a presentation on “Planning with Extended Urbanization: Elements of A Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 14, from 5–6:15 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • FDSN Spring 2024 Seminar Series: ‘Fate, Transport, and Bioaccumulation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment’

    FDSN Spring 2024 Seminar Series: ‘Fate, Transport, and Bioaccumulation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment’

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker David Lampert, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, who will give a presentation on “Fate, Transport, and Bioaccumulation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 8, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center.

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  • ChBE Spring 2024 Seminar Series: ‘Unleashing the Potential of Digital Health Data Through Machine Learning’

    ChBE Spring 2024 Seminar Series: ‘Unleashing the Potential of Digital Health Data Through Machine Learning’

    The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Jie Shen, director of digital science at AbbVie, who will give a presentation on “Unleashing the Potential of Digital Health Data Through Machine Learning.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 6, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 108 of Perlstein Hall.

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  • Department of Chemistry Seminar: ‘Chemical Mechanical Planarization Process in the Semiconductor Industry’

    Department of Chemistry Seminar: ‘Chemical Mechanical Planarization Process in the Semiconductor Industry’

    Join the Department of Chemistry for its weekly seminar at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, in Robert A. Pritzker Science Center room 111. Dr. Sajo Naik, senior research scientist at Entegris Inc. in Aurora, Illinois, will give a talk titled "Chemical Mechanical Planarization Process in the Semiconductor Industry."

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  • Mapping the Ethics of Comprehensive Environmental Health Research

    Mapping the Ethics of Comprehensive Environmental Health Research

    Join us on February 14 at 12:45 p.m. for a webinar featuring Ph.D. candidate Caspar Safarlou of Utrecht University as he discusses the ethical challenges of comprehensive environmental health research.

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