Seminars and Colloquia Archive

  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Matthew Robertson, an assistant professor at Queen’s University, who will present “Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • FDSN Seminar Series: ‘A Crash Course in Technical Writing: How to Transform Yourself Into a Media Expert for Digital Content’

    FDSN Seminar Series: ‘A Crash Course in Technical Writing: How to Transform Yourself Into a Media Expert for Digital Content’

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Audarshia Townsend, content director for Informa Markets/Supply Side’s Food & Beverage Insider, who will give a presentation on “A Crash Course in Technical Writing—How to Transform Yourself into a Media ‘Industry Expert’ for Digital Content.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 22, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Douglas Carter, a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Carter will give a presentation on "Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds." This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Peter Johnsamson, director of global customer care at Nano Dimension, who will give a presentation on “Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 131 of Perlstein Hall.

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  • 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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