Past Events from September 22 – November 10 › Biological Sciences › – Events Calendar

Rachel Jones: Did they or didn’t they?

Harwell Hall 615 South Florence Avenue, Tulsa, OK, United States

Did they or didn't they? Using Paleoecology to identify the human role in ecosystem development. Rachel Jones, professor of environmental science and biology from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, will speak about using ancient environmental discoveries to determine the role humans played in the development of those ecosystems. This presentation is free […]

Free

“It’ll All Be OK”: Futures in Health and Medicine Pre-Health Student Conference

Come and learn about alternative careers you could explore in health care, network with pre-health organizations on campus and learn more about the application timeline for medical school! This event is a collaboration between the Society for Women Minorities in Medicine (SWMM), MEDx and AED (Alpha Epsilon Delta). Lunch will be provided.

Free

Pandemic Politics and the Viral Underclass

101 E. Archer 101 E. Archer St., Tulsa, OK, United States

Join the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities in welcoming Steven Thrasher, Ph.D., author of award-winning book The Viral Underclass. Using the HIV/AIDs, COVID-19 and monkeypox epidemics, Thrasher will explain how pandemics are not driven by biology alone. Drawing upon a decade of research as a journalist and public health scholar, he will explain how avoiding […]

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU students, faculty, and staff are invited to a biological science lecture titled "Mycoviruses and their importance in fungal pathogenesis using the causative agents of canola blackleg and human aspergillosis as examples." Presented by guest speaker Ioly Kotta-Loizou, faculty of natural sciences at Imperial College London.

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU students, faculty, and staff are invited to a biological science lecture titled "Inter and intra species variability in mammal dental tribology patterns as paleoenvironmental indicators." Presented by guest speaker Miriam Belmaker, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, The University of Tulsa.

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

The TU community is invited to a fascinating seminar presentation by Anand Karki, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biological Science at The University of Tulsa. Karki will present a lecture titled "Molecular Characterization of Megaplasmids Associated with Foodborne Pathogens."

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU students join the Department of Biological Science for a research seminar by Dr. Tom Stewart, Assistant Professor of Biology Penn State University, Seminar Title: "Why do you blink? Just ask a winking fish"

Free

Defending Free Will Against Contemporary Skepticism

Chapman Hall 2830 East 5th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

TU students and faculty join the Honors Program for a lecture by Mario DeCaro, professor of Moral Philosophy at Università Rome Tre. Since the year 2000, he has also been teaching at Tufts University, where he is regularly a visiting professor. He received his first degree and his Ph.D. in philosophy at University of Rome […]

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

The Tulsa community is invited to join the Department of Biological Science's research seminars presented by Tanner Mierow and Amy West.

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

All are invited to a seminar presented by Dr. Michael Konkel, professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine with Washington State University. The title of the presentation is Campylobacter Jejuni Takes Control: effector-driven manipulation of host cell signaling.

Free

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

The TU community is invited to a seminar presented by Daniel Speiser, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Biological Science, University of South Carolina). The title of his presentation is "Why so many eyes? The evolution and neuroethology of distributed visual systems."

Free

Building a Bridge to Teamwork: A Teamwork and Communication Interprofessional Event

Oxley Health Sciences Facilities 1215 S. Boulder Ave., Tulsa, OK, United States

Students will be tasked to build the strongest bridge they can with using materials provided (foam legos, plastic straws, popsicle sticks, etc). The catch is, within their team, they will only build the left or right half and NOT be able to see what the other side is doing. There will be a winning team […]

Seminar in Biological Science

Oliphant Hall 3015 East 7th Street, Tulsa, OK, United States

The TU Community is invited to attend a seminar presented by Jonathan Schilling, Ph.D., from the University of Minnesota.

Free