Featured Featured March 12 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Navigating Solar Energy Deployment in the Urban/Rural Divide Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI Sustainable and Resilient Communities Series 2023-2024 Communities that are being asked to host the clean energy future are facing land use dilemmas, concerns agricultural economic base, and transformation of the rural landscape. Great Plains Institute's Brian Ross, vice president of renewable energy, will address environmental justice considerations and ways communities are navigating fairness in clean... Free
Featured Featured October 10, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Resilience Planning and Public Policy Portage County Public Library 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA, Stevens Point, WI Sustainable and Resilient Communities Series 2023-2024 How can resilience planning and public policy be designed for the greatest impact? Learn from a three-time Chief Resilience Officer on frameworks that can be applied to prioritize climate action and climate equity for any community. Explore lessons learned on the quest to increase preparedness, mitigation, adaptation and recovery... Free
April 25, 2023 @ 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...
April 13, 2023 @ 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 11, 2023 @ 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...
March 7, 2023 @ 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...
February 21, 2023 @ 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...