On November 4, 2021, Dr. Aaron D. Wood gave his symposium, “COVID-19 and Agent-Based Modeling: Using Computational Simulation to Examine the Impact of Public Policy and Viral Evolution on Transmission Outcomes in Heterogeneous Populations.” Dr. Wood is a Associate Professor of Economics. He is a microeconomist and specializes in agent-based modeling. Dr. Wood’s talk focusedContinue reading “Public Policy and Covid-19 Symposium”
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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”