On October 5, 2021, Dr. Ashley Longstreet Assistant Professor of Chemistry facilitated the Coffee Conversation, “How are AI and Automation Changing Material and Drug Discovery.” Dr. Longstreet led the students in a discussion considering how AI factors into our everyday lives. In addition, Dr. Longstreet asked the students to think about the ways AI technologyContinue reading “Coffee Conversation: AI Technology and Our Everyday Lives”
Category Archives: Honors Symposia
Thinking in Place Symposium
On September 20, 2021, Dr. Stephanie Tripp gave her symposium, “Thinking in Place: Writing the Immersive Essay.” Dr. Tripp is an Associate Professor of Communication and program director for the MA in Social and Emerging Media. She specializes in the theories and practices of digital media, especially as they pertain to notions of place andContinue reading “Thinking in Place Symposium”
Honors Symposium – Kenyon Evans-Nguyen on Forensic Science
UT Professor Kenyon Evans-Nguyen gave the final symposium of the 2020-2021 academic year titled, “Drugs, Bombs, & Arson: Forensic Chemistry at Work.” In the symposium, Dr. Evans-Nguyen detailed what forensic chemists do in their day-to-day work, much of which involves identifying unknown substances (often illicit drugs), but can also include identifying the chemicals used inContinue reading “Honors Symposium – Kenyon Evans-Nguyen on Forensic Science”