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Past Scientia Programs:

2015-16 Colloquia: "Inequality"

2014-15 Colloquia: "Teaching and Learning in the University of Tomorrow"

2013-14 Colloquia: "The Power of Ideas Part II"

2012-13 Colloquia: "The Power of Ideas"

2011-12 Colloquia: "Rice: A Century of Change"

2010-11 Colloquia: "Failure!"

2009-10 Colloquia: "Networks"

2008-09 Colloquia: "Biopolitics"

2007-08 Colloquia: "Memory"

2006-2007 Colloquia: "Constructing the Human Being"

2005-2006 Colloquia: "Animals and Humans"

2004-2005 Colloquia: "Conflict, Violence, and War "

2003-2004 Colloquia: "Human Fragility and Resourcefulness: Are We Fit Enough to Survive?"

2002-2003 Colloquia: "Evolutionary Biology as Paradigm Science"

2001-2002 Colloquia: "Health and Welfare Policy"

2000-2001 Colloquia: "Taking Chances: Risk and Randomness in Science and Society"

1999-2000 Colloquia: "Re-Thinking the University"

1998-1999 Colloquia: "Science and Religion: An Examination"

1997-1998 Colloquia: "In Memoriam: Kuhn and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge"

1996-1997 Colloquia: "Approaching the Millennium: Global Changes, Local Effects"

1995-1996 Colloquia: "Approaching the Millennium: Technologies, Communities, Histories"

1994-1995 Colloquia: "Ways of Knowing"

 

Past Scientia Events:

2008 Table Talk - Pilot Program

2007 Panel Discussion: Exhibiting "Lucy": Bones of contention at the Houston Museum of Natural Science

2005 Panel Discussion: "Hurricane Katrina and Houston: Implications for our Future"

 

Videos/DVDs

Videotapes/DVDs of some of the past colloquia are available via Fondren Library, as well as the programs from past years.

Spring 2014 Speakers

THE BOCHNER LECTURE

Monday, March 10, 7:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

“The Biology of Early Human Hunting and its Relevance for Health Today”
Daniel E. Lieberman, PhD
Edwin M Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and Chair, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

webcast

COLLOQUIA - "The Power of Ideas"

Tuesday, 21 January, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Anthropometric History
Moramay Lopez-Alonso, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of History

Combinatory Form
Troy Schaum, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

Real-World Education
Maria Oden, PhD
Professor in the Practice, Department of Bioengineering

Doubt
Justin Esarey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

webcast

Tuesday, 11 February, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Unfolding Amyloid Secrets
Laura Segatori, PhD
Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

(Un)usable Computers
Phil Kortum, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Collaboration
Melinda Bonnie Fagan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

Swarm Robotics
James McLurkin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

webcast

Tuesday, 11 March, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Rights
Cymene Howe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

The Art of Energy
Joseph Campana, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English

Random Pursuits
Genevera Allen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics    

Causality in Finance Research
James Weston, PhD
Professor, Jones Graduate School of Management

webcast

Tuesday, 8 April, 4:00 PM
Herring Hall, Room 100

Protecting Infrastructure
Jamie Padgett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering  

Less is More
Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Women in Politics
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Past Soundscapes
Gregory Barnett, PhD
Associate Professor, Shepherd School of Music

webcast

Reception after each event.

Fall 2013 Speakers

Tuesday, 10 September, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Interacting with Memories
Caleb Kemere , PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

The Social Determinants of Health
Rachel Kimbro , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Constant Change
Daniel Wagner , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology

SUPERFORM
Neyran Turan , PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

webcast

Tuesday, 8 October, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Pacts
Andrea Ballestero , PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Open Notebook Research
Caleb McDaniel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of History

Cooking with Metals
Emilia Morosan, PhD
Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy & Chemistry

Foundations
Hadley Wickham, PhD
Adjunct Asst Professor, Statistics, Chief Scientist, RStudio

webcast

Tuesday, 29 October, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

The Power of Culture
Erin Cech , PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Heterogeneity
Simon Fischer-Baum, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

In Praise of Irreverence
Gisela Heffes , PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

What We Can't Know
Andrew Putman , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics

webcast

Tuesday, 19 November, 4:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Beyond Vision
Casey O’Callaghan , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

Be Careful What You Wish For
Melissa Marschall, PhD
Professor, Department of Political Science

Earth's Thin Blue Line
Daniel Cohan , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Exclusion
Julie Fette , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of French Studies

webcast

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