Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost, this event features three Distinguished University Professors speaking on their professional and scholarly experiences. Each concise lecture will be followed by a brief Q & A.

“How We Interact with Animals, Robots, Gods, and AI” by Webb Keane (George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts).

“Affect and Embodiment in Medieval France” by Peggy McCracken (Anna Julia Cooper Distinguished Professor of Medieval French Literature and Professor of French, Women's and Gender Studies, and Comparative Literature, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Director, Institute for the Humanities).

“My Research Journey in Applied Electromagnetics” by Kamal Sarabandi (Fawwaz T. Ulaby Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Rufus S. Teesdale Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering).