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Next Generation Sequencing research applications in Animal, Plant, and Biosciences
The speaker will present DNA and RNA sequencing applications to the animal, plant and biosciences. Other speakers from SDSU will also present some of their research. The speaker is a Sequencing Specialist with Illumina, Inc.
A Woman’s Multifaceted Journey
Come learn about this remarkable Oglala Lakota woman whose journey encompasses childhood in the native reservations to a fruitful career with the United States Army!
Lisa White Face is a Military Reservist Army Captain (CPT) and on the civilian side she is a Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal.
Sponsored by: Multicultural Center, Latin American Student Association, and Gender and Sexualities Alliance.
#VotingWhileBlack
Let’s talk about the journey of this businessman who used the political arena to affect change for his community. Hollies Winston is the Chair and CEO at Guaranteed America Inc.
Sponsored by: Multicultural Center and Black Student Alliance.
Satellite-based evapotranspiration for crop water use mapping, drought monitoring, and basin water budget applications
Dr. Senay is a Research Physical Scientist with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resource Observation and Science (EROS) center. His academic and research background is in agricultural engineering, hydrology and remote sensing.
Dr. Senay is currently involved in monitoring crop performance in Africa, Central America, South-East Asia and the US and developing new algorithms for computing evapotranspiration from remotely sensed data.
Diversity Academy Session 3: Under Pressure: Exploring the Mental Health of Today's College Students
Students on college campuses across the nation are experiencing heightened levels of depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions. This session will engage participants on current trends of mental health in our student population and give applicable guidance on how to support students' mental health needs in any area of university life.
Presenter: Mary Beth Fishback, MSPAS, MPH
Executive Director, Brookings Behavioral Health & WellnessCreating Common Ground in a Contentious Political Climate: Studying Thomas A. Daschle’s Leadership Speeches as a Model for Bi-Partisanship
Dr. Rebecca Kuehl will present the 2020 Victor K. Webster Lecture sponsored by the SDSU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Her presentation focuses on her research into the speeches of South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle with specific focus on how he used his leadership speeches to reach across the political aisle to create common ground.
Social Media Correlates to Mood & Anxiety Disorder: Research & Treatment implications
UPDATE - The 2 p.m. presentation will be held as scheduled. The 6 p.m. presentation is cancelled due to weather.
This presentation will cover the mood and anxiety issues related to excessive social media use. This topic is an extension of the Common Read topic from Fall 2019.
Dr. Wallace Jackmon is a clinical social worker at Avera Health. He also holds Assistant Professor positions in both the School of Social Work and the School of Medicine at USD. He has expertise related to the effects of excessive social media usage.
Large-Window Techniques for Geospatial Raster Data
Anne Denton is Professor in the Computer Science Department at North Dakota State University (NDSU). She received her Ph.D. in Physics from the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, in 1996 and a M.S. in Computer Science from NDSU in 2003. Her research interests are in data mining of diverse scientific data sets that are too complex to be analyzed using classical statistics techniques. Currently, she is working with collaborators in soil science, agricultural engineering, hydrology, and atmospheric science on projects that involve the climate impacts on agriculture.
Asymptotically Distribution-Free Change-Point Detection for non-Euclidean and Multivariate Data
Dr. Lyanna Chu completed a PhD in Biostatistics at UC Davis in 2019. Beforehand, Dr. Chu studied at UCLA. Currently, Dr. Chu is interested in working on problems related to modern data types, specifically in the context of change-point detection.
Gaussian Mixture Modeling and Model-Based Clustering Under Measurement Inconsistency
Dr. Rong Zheng completed her Ph.D. degree at the University of Alabama in 2017. Her degree is in Applied Statistics, with concentration on data classification and model-based clustering, statistical quality control and nonparametric statistics. She also earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Henan University, China, in 2012. Her tenure-track faculty position with Western Illinois University (WIU) started in 2017.
The Development of Pairwise Sample Comparison Methods of Particle Micromorphometry of AL Powders for Nearest Neighbor Classifiers
Cami Fuglsby is a candidate in SDSU's Computational Science and Statistics Program.
Session 6: Nonparametric Methods for Data Science
An Approach to Initializing the EM Algorithm in Gaussian Mixtures with an Unknown Number of Components
Dr. Igor Melnykov is originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine. He moved to the United States in 1999 and earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from Bowling Green State University in 2005. He works in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Minnesota – Duluth and previously held positions at Colorado State University – Pueblo and Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. His research interests include cluster analysis, classification, multiple hypothesis testing, and asymptotic theory.
Session 4 on Advances in Probabilistic Modeling for Machine Learning
Imputing Data without Replication
Dr. Wu is a professor of Plant Science and Statistics at SDSU.
Session 11 on Statistical Methods
On Finite Mixture Modeling of Change-Point Processes
Dr. Yana Melnykov is a Senior Statistician in the Institute of Business Analytics and an Assistant Professor of Statistics in the ISM department at the University of Alabama. She worked on a project supported by Lockheed Martin Corporation. The corresponding paper titled "Studying contributions of variables to classification” was published in Statistics and Probability Letters. Dr. Melnykov’s research interests lie in the areas of change point inference and finite mixture modeling.
Session 4 on Advances in Probabilistic Modeling for Machine Learning
Stress-Strength Interference for the Multicomponent System Based on Progressively Type-II Censored Samples from Pareto distributions
Lauren Sauer is a graduate student at USD.
Session 11 on Statistical Methods
Semiparametric Imputation Using Conditional Gaussian Mixture Models
Dr. Danhyang Lee is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business. She received her Ph.D. degree in Statistics from Iowa State University in 2019. She has a broad research interest in applied statistics, including survey sampling and missing data analysis. Specifically, her current research deals with issues in multi-level modeling, missing data analysis, survey data integration, small area estimation, and Bayesian inference.
Bootstrap Control Chart for Pareto Percentiles
Ruth Burkhalter is a student at USD.
Session 11 on Statistical Methods
Machine learning and the evaluation of forensic evidence
Professor Alicia Carriquiry is a distinguished Professor and President's Chair in Statistics and Director of Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence at Iowa State University.
A Patient-Centered Approach to IT Enabled Diabetes Self-Management: The Case of Saudi Arabia
Hassan Alyami is an alumnus of DSU.
Session 14 on Healthcare
One of These Things is Not Like the Others: Visual Statistics and Testing in Statistical Graphics
Susan got her PhD in statistics from Iowa State in 2015, then spent time in the private sector before
returning to academia in 2018. She is an assistant professor at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, with
research interests in statistical graphics and statistical forensics.Diversity Academy Session 2: Ally Training
This session will focus on LGBTQIA+ awareness. Participants will develop skills to promote an inclusive and safe campus environment for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Presenter: Michael Grewe, Director of Campus Life
Augsburg UniversityStaying the Course: Lecture by Dick Beardsley
World renowned marathon runner Dick Beardsley will share his life challenges and inspiring stories, leaving the audience with perseverance and courage to face whatever comes their way.
Warrior Wellness
Major Christopher Mercado is a distinguished military graduate with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Civic Leadership Studies and M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in 2016, where he studied Terrorism and Substate Violence. Chris co-founded a nonprofit organization that combats suicide within the military community.
17th Annual BSA Step Show
“Stepping” is a dance form which combines elements of military drills with contemporary Hip Hop. Students will be tearing up the stage with their awesome talent!
Ty Barnett will be serving as the Host/Comedian for the 17th Annual Step Show.
The role of the land surface in recent trends in the climate of the northern North American Great Plains: observations and high-resolution modeling
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series.
Shedding Light on Dark Matter using SuperCDMS Cryogenic Detectors
Dr. Sander is presenting his research at spring colloquium of Department of Physics, SDSU.
Dr. Joel Sander is an Associate Professor of Physics at University of South Dakota, Vermillion,SD.
Systems Microbiology: From Genomes to Ecosystems
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series.
MLK Remembrance Ceremony
This ceremony will honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and affirm those lives that contributed to our resilience in the face of oppression.
Sponsored by the Multicultural Center and Black Student Alliance.
Holistic Resource Management Roadshow and Annual Meeting
Joshua Dukart is a Holistic Management educator and rancher from western North Dakota. Dukart will cover converting a ranch from crisis management to holistic management, creating a profitable ranch business using holistic principles and more.
A Day in the Life of a Young Professional Landscape Architect
Have you ever wondered what it is like to graduate with your degree in landscape architect, and then take your first professional job? Kene Okigbo presents his perspective on this exciting transition. He discusses what to expect, how to get that first job, and how to fit in with the office.
Crop Rotation
Part of the Managing Soil:Maximizing Profit meeting that Extension is hosting. See the link below to RSVP by November 22.
Soil Resiliency
Part of the Managing Soils: Maximizing Profit meeting held by Extension. RSVP by November 22.
Challenges on the Farm
Part of the Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit meeting that Extension is hosting. RSVP by November 22.
Livestock Integration
Part of the Managing Soil:Maximizing Profit meeting held by Extension. RSVP by November 22.
Miranda is the NDSU Extension Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist. She earned B.S and M.S degrees in Animal and Range Science and a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management, all from NDSU. The focus of her research and extension program is livestock and environmental interactions, specifically those related to grazing. Her current research focuses include integrated crop livestock systems, riparian ecology and reclamation.
Decomposing Long Bond Returns: A Decentralized Modeling Approach
This event is part of our Dykhouse Workshop Series in Money, Banking, and Finance. The series, held in the Ness School of Management and Economics, hosts leading scholars who share their research on monetary and financial economics broadly defined.
Modulation of Siglec Binding By Cancer Cells Via C7 & C9 Hydroxylation - A Potential Immune Evasion Pathway?
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series.
Dr. Rachel Willand-Charnley, Assistant Professor.
South Dakota State University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.Dissecting RNA silencing pathways in white mold fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series.
November CommUNITY Meeting: Ebo Barton
Come learn about the life of this Black and Filipino, Transgender and Non-Binary, poet and educator.
Ebo Barton currently resides in Seattle, Washington by way of Los Angeles, California. As a representative of Seattle, they’ve been on 4 National Slam Teams and participated at 3 Individual World Poetry Slams. Their most notable poetry slam accolade is placing 5th in the world in 2016. Ebo curated and directed, How to Love THIS Queer Body of Color: An Unapology and wrote and directed the award-winning play, Rising Up.
Build, Buy, or Partner? The Relative Performance of an Acquisitive Strategy
This event is part of our Dykhouse Workshop Series in Money, Banking, and Finance. The series, held in the Ness School of Management and Economics, hosts leading scholars who share their research on monetary and financial economics broadly defined.
The Electronic Properties of the Quasi-One-Dimensional Transition Metal Trichalcogenides
Simeon Gilbert is an SDSU graduate and pursuing PhD in Physics from University of Nebraska, Lincoln under supervision of Prof. Dowben. His research focuses on materials for spintronic devices. He is investigating two-dimensional transition metal tricalcogenides for spintronic field effect transistors. He uses spin polarized photoemission and spin polarized inverse photoemission spectroscopies to directly measure a material’s spin dependent density of states instead of just predicting based on other measurements.
Development of Swine Influenza D Virus Reverse Genetics System & Identification of Nucleoprotein Substitutions Primarily Determining in vitro Viral Replication Fitness
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series.
LPN Scope of Practice
Amanda Dvanajscak will be providing a brief presentation to undergraduate BSN students on LPN scope of practice and techniques and strategies to be observed when delegating to these interdisciplinary team members.
Transcriptional, translational & proteolytic regulation of synthetic & natural systems - from oscillators to antibiotic tolerance
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series .
Depository Insurance Regulatory Discipline
This event is part of our Dykhouse Workshop Series in Money, Banking, and Finance. The series, held in the Ness School of Management and Economics, hosts leading scholars who share their research on monetary and financial economics broadly defined.
Mechanism of inhibition of viral fusion by interferon-induced transmembrane proteins
Gregory Melikian obtained his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Moscow State University, Russia in 1984. He received further training in membrane biophysics at the Physics Institute in Yerevan, Armenia and held a senior research scientist position at the Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Armenian Academy of Sciences between 1988 and 1990. In 1990, Dr. Melikian joined the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology at Rush University in Chicago as an Instructor and rose through the ranks to a tenured Associate Professor in the same Department.
Learning from our foes - the constantly changing emerging RNA viruses
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series. Open to everyone - public, faculty, staff and students.
Caste Discrimination in America
Martin is a senior investigative reporter for WGBH News in Boston. His multi-part, multi-platform investigation explored the stratification that manifest as discrimination amongst some immigrants and privilege and exclusivity for others. An award-winning reporter, Martin was NPR’s first national race-relations correspondent from 1998-2001.
This public lecture is part of the annual Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Campus Consortium visit.
Play Therapy with Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders Training
Come explore how play therapy can be a viable and effective treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders! This training will focus on learning play therapy approaches and interventions that address the core struggle areas of children with autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental disorders which include: social skill deficits, emotional regulation challenges, relationship development issues, concentration and focus issues, and anxiety struggles.
Transforming the face of pharmacy by leading the convergence of science, healthcare & policy
Through the ages, the pharmacist has served as healer, apothecary, chemist and clinician, and today serves as an increasingly essential member of the healthcare team. Meanwhile, biomedical research is at a turning point, building upon the convergence of diverse fields—from genomics to chemistry and mathematics to engineering—to more rapidly translate novel laboratory insights into promising new treatments, just as the government and the markets are promoting the development of high-quality, accessible and affordable new treatments.
Nature's Allies: Lessons from the Great Conservationists of the Past
Dr. Larry Nielsen, Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University (retired January 2018), holds degrees from the University of Illinois (B.S., 1970), University of Missouri (M.S., 1974), and Cornell University (Ph.D., 1978). He served in the US Army (1970-19720 IN Vietnam as a military policeman and laboratory technician. His scholarly interests are higher education administration and sustainable resource management.
Leveraging Bacterial Endophytes as Bio-fertilizer Products
Endophytes are microorganism that live within plant tissues not causing harm. Bacterial endophytes often possess capabilities that can benefit the host plant such as nitrogen fixation, solubilization of recalcitrant phosphate, decreasing stress responses through the production of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase, the production of plant hormones like indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), or suppressing the growth of pathogenic fungi.
Judge Advocate General Information
Capt Sturgess, from the Ellsworth AFB Judge Advocates General Office will present a briefing to AFROTC cadets about opportunities in the Air Force JAG Corps. Capt Sturgess is a JAG with Ellsworth AFB.
First Do No Harm: Colonialism & the Weaponization of Medicine
Wicanhpi Iyotan Win Autumn Cavender-Wilson is a Wahpetunwan Dakota mother, midwife and artist living and working near the Upper Sioux Reservation in Minnesota. She has spent her life dedicated to Indigenous language revitalization, cultural reclamation and broader liberation for her people. Seeing birth as a fundamental piece of traditional societal function and a seat of social power, Autumn works to highlight the perinatal period as a catalyst for social change in Indigenous communities.
Who Cares About Ancient History & Military History Nowadays?
The talk will be generally about why studying history especially more traditional military and ancient history, is valuable in today's world. Professors Tritle and Palaima are very well respected and published scholars in the area of military and ancient history. The former is an expert on PTSD in the ancient world having served in Vietnam himself, and the latter focuses on war literature and poetry.
The Regulators: Perspectives on Ensuring a Safe & Sound Financial System
Christine Gaffney is the senior vice president for Supervision, Regulation and Credit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Bret Afdahl is the director of the South Dakota Division of Banking and, currently, chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
A Strategy for the Humanities in the 21st Century
Author, historian, and humanist David Staley will speak on the future of the Humanities and the role of humanities disciplines in the modern university at 11 a.m. on October 3 at the Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. Dr. Staley is the director of the Humanities Institute and director of the Center for the Humanities in Practice at The Ohio State University. He is the author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education, which was published earlier this year by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Ariel Coro: How Technology Impacts the U.S. Latinx Community
Technology expert, media personality and Latino author Ariel Coro will discuss how technology impacts the Latinx community in the U.S.
***Please note: This event is part of the 2019 Common Read and is one of the "CommUNITY Meetings" hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. ***
USD MSW program: Preparing for a career as a Social Worker
Dr. Bass will present to students in SOC 270 Intro to Social Work to explain the MSW program options, material covered and important skills necessary to prepare for a career in the helping professions. Following the formal presentation he will meet informally with any students who have questions about the MSW program.
Dr. Kelly Bass is the coordinator of the USD MSW program.
Coping With a Fast-Changing World: Why Geography Matters
Drawing on his latest book, “Geography: Why It Matters,” Murphy explains why geography, a subject concerned with how people, environments, and places are organized and interconnected, is so important. Geographical perspectives and techniques provide critical insights into a planet undergoing unprecedented change as a result of rising sea levels, deforestation, species extinction, rapid urbanization, modern technologies, and mass migration.
Increasing Crop Yield for Dryland Agricultural Production System
Part of the Corothers Life Science Series.
What Populism Today Teaches Us About Ourselves
Dr. Kirk Hawkins is an associate professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University, where he teaches Latin American politics. He studies populism and political organization and is the author or co-author of several books, including Venezuela’s Chavismo and Populism in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge UP, 2010), Latin American Party Systems (Cambridge UP, 2010), The Ideational Approach to Populism: Concept, Theory, and Analysis (Routledge 2019), and Contemporary US Populism in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge UP, 2019).
Close-mindedness
Dr. Heather Battaly is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Battaly specializes in epistemology, ethics, and virtue theory. She is a leading researchers on the concept of intellectual humility, and is a pioneer on the topic of epistemic vice. Her work influences research in philosophy, psychology and education on intellectual humility and the teaching of intellectual character traits.
Liberal Arts & Technology: Our Need for Ethics
In 2016, news erupted that the FBI had asked Apple to hack their own phone, raising issues of privacy for millions of users. Facebook has continually been in the news with questions about user data and how our privacy is affected. With the rapid growth of technology and social networks, intense questions have arisen regarding user privacy and what it means to be human in a virtual world. In this lecture, Dr. Tsakiridis presents issues connected to technology, big data, and privacy/identity, forging a path forward with ethical thinking.
Plant Reproductive Evolution at Geographical Range Limits
Born in the UK, Professor Barrett obtained his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and is an evolutionary biologist with interests in the evolution of plant reproductive systems and the ecology and genetics of invasions. Over his 40-year academic career at the University of Toronto, where he is now Emeritus University Professor, he has published over 300 scientific articles, edited five books, and has trained ~55 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, many of whom are now successful university faculty.
Rematriating Leadership and Land
Louise McDonald Herne (Wakerakatste) is a condoled Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council. She is a trusted advisor for families and community youth and works closely with them in their homes and schools. Through her work as a matrilineal leader and as a mother, she is a founding member of Konon:kwe Council, a circle of Mohawk women working to reconstruct the power of their origins through education, empowerment and trauma-informed approaches.
Northern Plains Indian Art Market Juror's Forum Lecture
South Dakota Art Museum is pleased to host the 2019 Northern Plains Indian Art Market Juror's Forum Lecture, featuring Cole Redhorse Jacobson speaking about Dakota Puckertoes and the Woodland Heritage.
Permanent Tension: Iran, the U.S. & the World
Dr. Schorn's lecture will focus on the history of and current status of US- Iran relations including the new tensions since the US withdrew from the multinational Iranian Nuclear Agreement.
Dr. Schorn is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Studies Program at USD. Dr. Schorn has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East leading tours and participating in seminars.
2019 Stuart Artist-in-Residence
The events are free and open to the public. For parking and additional information, please contact the School of Design at 605-688-4103 or sdsu.schoolofdesign@sdstate.edu.
This event is sponsored by the South Dakota State University School of Design and funded by the Joe and Signe Stuart Fund.
On Capá prieto, myths of Afro-Puerto Rican women, & Puerto Rican literature
Capá Prieto has ‘negritude’ as its central theme. Interweaving history and fiction, the book revises Puerto Rican mainstream version of history as it inserts stories of Afro-Puerto Ricans, that is, of men and women on the other side of Puerto Rico’s history whose sociocultural contributions to the historiography of the nation have been silenced or minimized by hegemonic discourses of identity.
SD World Languages Association Conference
Language Makes Us Human
Consumption and income dynamics of the rural poor: Evidence for behavioral consumption theories using high-frequency household-level income-diary data in rural Uga
Dr. David R. Just is an agricultural economist who examines individual decisions involving both consumers and producers in the food system. His work has examined public policy issues around food choice, food assistance, and the impact of biofuel policy on food markets.
Keynote Speaker: Yvonne Dennis Rosario
Keynote Speaker* for the SD World Languages Association Conference 2019
Yvonne Dennis Rosario
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras“On Capá prieto, Myths of Afro-Puerto Rican women, and Puerto Rican literature”
Network-Based Discovery for Plant Steroid Hormone Regulation of Growth & Stress Responses
Plant steroid hormones, Brassinosteroids (BRs), regulate plant growth and stress responses. BRs act through plasma membrane receptors BRI1/BAK1 and a cascade of signaling components to control the activities of BES1 and BZR1 family transcription factors, which regulate the expression of thousands of genes for various BR responses. Our recent studies showed that under drought conditions, BES1 is targeted to autophagy pathway to slow down plant growth.
The Carboxysome Life Cycle: Biogenesis & Degradation of Carbon-Fixing Organelles in Cyanobacteria
Jeffrey Cameron is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and an Institute Fellow in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He also holds a Joint Appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO. This event is part of the Corother's Life Science Series.
