« The world is rapidly transforming. Some of that change is disruptive, challenging us to find new ways of engaging our day to day lives, education, work, and careers. Some of that change provides amazing opportunities for making the world a better place for all of us. This series brings together leading voices on transformative change and asks them to address all of us: to teach us what they know, help us navigate the often confusing world around us, and guide us toward making the kinds of wise choices that can help us all move forward. »
in partnership with the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Michigan Tech, and the Portage Lake District Library
This program is funded in part by the Van Evera Distinguished Lecture Series and the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
Suzanne Simard
Professor of Forest Ecology
with discussant Sarah Green, Interim Department Chair, Chemistry
"Finding the Mother Tree"
Tuesday, February 22, 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Cosmologist
with discussant Will Cantrell, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
"Black Feminist Technoscience in the Cosmos"
Thursday, February 24, 7:00 PM
Mic Isham
Tribal Chairman, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Indians
with discussant Valoree Gagnon, Director University-Indigenous Community Partnerships
"Stewardship of the Land in a Changing Climate"
Monday, February 28, 7:00 PM
Jer Thorp
Data Artist
with discussant Jennifer Daryl Slack, Director Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture
"Living in Data"
Wednesday, March 2, 7:00 PM
Sara Hendren
Adaptive & Assistive Technology
with discussant Kelly Steelman, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
"Prosthetic Futures: Adaptive Technology for the Worlds We Want"
Tuesday, March 15, 7:00 PM
Michael Lechuga
Latin American Migration Studies
with discussant Gabriel Escobido, Director Center for Diversity & Inclusion
"Aliens, Technology, and Citizenship in a Settler Colony"
Thursday, March 17, 7:00 PM