Faculty Senate is sponsoring a TED Talk-like event as part of the Chancellor’s Inauguration Week. Immerse yourself in cutting edge ideas, research, and pedagogy through ten, ten-minute presentations from faculty, staff and students across all four UMD colleges. Take a break with refreshments halfway through the event to discuss new ideas or just clear your brain.
When: 2–4:30 p.m.
Where: Marshall Performing Arts Center
Presentations include:
- AI Didn’t Kill Creativity - It Helped Me Find It
Matthew Olin (CAHSS) - Becoming Better Ancestors: A Relational Approach to Professional Learning
Claire Underwood (CEHSP) - Bridging Classrooms and Communities to Transform Food Justice in Northeast Minnesota
Aparna Katre (CAHSS), Dana Lindaman (CAHSS), and Ella Wightman (CEHSP) - Compassionate Robotics: Reimagining Dementia Care
Arshia Khan (SCSE) - Imagining a Happier You: Three Strategies to Enhance Well-Being
Rhea Owens (CEHSP) - Outsmarted or Augmented? Educating Leaders in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Steve Sharkey (LSBE) - Placemaking and Pedagogy: City as a Work of Art
Jennifer Webb (CAHSS) - SCSE Student Success: CUREs
Anne Kruchten (SCSE) - Vasalisa 2025 - A Multimedia Adventure in the Power of Stories and the Evolution of Storytelling
Rebecca Katz Harwood (CAHSS) - Why We Retaliate (or Donate): How Political Beliefs Shape Public Action
Pradeep Jacob (LSBE)