October 28, 2022 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am Business and Society Lecture Series: Liz Nilsen Dreyfus University Center - Alumni Room 1015 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, United States In today’s global economy, focused collaboration and innovation are key for success. These networks could be composed of different businesses and community partners with a common goal or different units within a single organization. The Strategic Doing framework is ideal for tackling complex, interconnected problems. Join the UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics as... Free
February 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Spectral Microcinema | Weird Animation IDEA Center 1039 Ellis Street, Stevens Point, WI, United States Featuring a selection of animations by award-winning experimental animators. www.specitralmicrocinema.com facebook.com/spectralmicrocinema
February 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Film Screening – Blade Runner 2049 DUC Theater 1015 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI, United States When Robots Rule the World Film screening in DUC Theater, Dreyfus University Center Blade Runner 2049 Young Blade Runner K’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years. Blade Runner 2049 is directed by Denis Villeneuve. (2017, 2 h 44 min) From...
February 21 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Public Lecture: Perception of Humans & Robots Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI When Robots Rule the World Series Free Lecture at the Portage County Public Library A vast amount of research has gone into the development of artificial intelligence, especially regarding how computers perceive and understand the “real” world. At the same time, great progress has been made in recent years in the understanding of the processes...
March 7 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Public Lecture: Robotics in Healthcare Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI When Robots Rule the World Free Lecture at the Portage County Public Library Dr. Adedayo Onitilo, MD- Marshfield Clinic Health System, "Robotics in Healthcare." Artificial intelligence is widely adopted into healthcare systems patients rely on. From virtual patient care to diagnosis, AI is already supporting clinicians in patient care. Marshfield Clinic Health System Dr. Adedayo...
April 11 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Public Lecture: Bias and the Language of AI Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI When Robots Rule the World Series Free Lecture at the Portage County Public Library James Berry and Vera Klekovkina, "Bias and the Language of AI" is a discussion of how automatic speech recognition and automatic translation still have significant race and gender biases for humans, thus posing a question of how future service robots will...
April 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Town-Gown Relationships in Stevens Point: Building a Better Community Together Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI How can higher education and local institutions cooperate in building a better Stevens Point? Community members are invited to a panel presented by the UWSP Center for the Small City. "Town-Gown Relationships in Stevens Point: Building a Better Community Together" will feature UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Thomas Gibson, community development leaders, government officials, and members of...
April 25 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm Resisting Censorship: The Rise of Banned Books and the Importance of Protecting the Freedom to Read and Learn Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI Recent policies and legislation across the United States have made the reading and teaching of banned books more difficult for classrooms and libraries. In 2021, the American Library Association reported 729 attempts to censor library resources, targeting 1,597 books, the highest number of attempted book bans in more than 20 years. This poses a number...
August 22 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Recurring Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center 1800 Portage Street UWSP COFAC, Stevens Point, WI, United States The National SEED Project is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. Through personal reflection and testimony, listening to others’ voices, and learning experientially and collectively, SEED equips us to connect our lives to one another and to society at large...
August 23 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Recurring Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center 1800 Portage Street UWSP COFAC, Stevens Point, WI, United States The National SEED Project is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. Through personal reflection and testimony, listening to others’ voices, and learning experientially and collectively, SEED equips us to connect our lives to one another and to society at large...
August 24 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Recurring Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center 1800 Portage Street UWSP COFAC, Stevens Point, WI, United States The National SEED Project is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. Through personal reflection and testimony, listening to others’ voices, and learning experientially and collectively, SEED equips us to connect our lives to one another and to society at large...