LECTURE SERIES
BBS Colloquium Series
Join us for this year’s BBS Colloquium Series. All presentations will be held in GR 4.428 from 9:30–10:30am, unless noted otherwise. Refreshments will be provided.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Linda Smith, PhD Indiana University |
Learning from the Infant’s Point of View | Lisa Goffman, PhD |
| Mar 8 | Marie Banich, PhD University of Colorado Boulder |
Clearing the Contents of Working Memory | Chandramallika Basak, PhD |
| Apr 12 | Catherine Bushnell, PhD NIH |
Endogenous Opioids in Chronic Pain and Pleasant Touch | Ted Price, PhD |
| Apr 26 Lecture is 10:00-11:00am |
Alice O’Toole, PhD UT Dallas |
Face Representations in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks | Steven Small, PhD |
| BBS Colloquium Series Archive | |||
Career Roadmap Series
Join us for this semester’s Career Roadmap Series for Spring 2019. Each series will expound upon how to further your career in different ways.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | TIME/LOCATION |
| Feb 14 and 15, 2019 | UT Dallas Career Expo Days (Sponsored by the Career Center) |
Feb 14 (Non-STEM) and Feb 15 (STEM) Activity Center |
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| Mar 28 | Career Center — Spring 2019 Teacher Career Expo | 10:00am-4:00pm VCB Atrium |
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| Apr 15 | Janie Shipman BBS Career Consultant |
Making LinkedIn Work | 11:30am-1:00pm JO 2.114 |
| Apr 18 | Career Center — Just In Time Career Expo Spring 2019 | 1:00-3:00pm VCB Atrium |
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| Apr 25 | Mickey Choate and Joanna Gentsch, PhD BBS Internship and Co-op Instructors |
Finding and Making the Most of a Field Experience (View flyer) |
11:30am-1:00pm SSB 3.107B |
| Apr 30 | Joanna Gentsch, PhD Director of Student and Community Engagement |
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in College — Translating Your Skills Into a Career (View flyer) |
11:30am-12:30pm JO 2.114 |
| Career Roadmap Series Archive | |||
Center for Children and Families Forum
Join us for this year’s annual forum. The forum will be held at Communities Foundation of Texas from 9:00am–1:30pm.
| DATE | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Ross Thompson, PhD Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis |
Building Early Social-Emotional Health Two Generations at a Time |
| CCF Forum Archive | ||
Center for Children and Families Spring Lecture Series
Join us each spring for our annual lecture series. The lectures are a series of talks by Center-affiliated researchers. All lectures are held in the Davidson Auditorium JSOM 1.118 at UT Dallas from 9:30–10:30am with a reception immediately following, unless noted otherwise. The theme for 2019 is “Two Generations at a Time: Parent Influences on Child Development.” The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas is a sponsor on all three lectures.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Jan 18, 2019 Parking Pass Parking Map |
Shayla Holub, PhD, UTD Candice Mills, PhD, UTD Jackie Nelson, PhD, UTD |
Strategic Parenting: Embracing Hard Discussions to Enrich Children’s Development |
| Feb 22 Parking Pass Parking Map |
Cynthia Frosch, PhD, University of North Texas | A Relational Health Perspective on Early Development |
| Mar 1 Parking Pass Parking Map |
Margaret Caughy, ScD, University of Georgia | Dads and Their Kids: The Role of Positive Father-Child Relationships for Early Development | CCF Lecture Series Archive |
Center for Vital Longevity Science Series
Join us for this semester’s CVL Science Luncheon Series. All presentations will be held in the Center for Vital Longevity Conference room (8th floor) with videolink to JO 4.306 (unless noted) from 12:00–1:00pm, unless noted otherwise. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to [email protected].
Developmental, Cognitive and Social/Personality Brownbag Series
Join us for this semester’s DCS Brownbag Series. All presentations will be held Wednesdays and held in JO 4.306 from 9:00am–10:00am, unless noted otherwise.
FLASH Series
Join us for this semester’s FLASH (Friday Seminars in Speech, Language and Hearing) Brownbag Series. All presentations will be held at Callier Center Dallas room A229 with videolink to Callier Center Richardson in CRA 11.601 from 12:00–1:00pm, unless noted otherwise. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to Linda Sensibaugh.
Frontiers of BrainHealth Lecture Series
Join us for this semester’s BrainHealth Frontiers Series. All presentations will be held on Fridays from 12:00-1:00pm, unless noted otherwise, at the Center for BrainHealth (2200 W. Mockingbird Ln.) in the International Reception Hall. Lunch will be provided. This is a free event, but please register online.
Neuroscience Brownbag Series
Join us for this semester’s NSC Brownbag Series. Please note the times and rooms vary for each lecture. Refreshments will be provided.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Feb 28, 2019 Lecture is 11:30am-12:30pm in RL 3.204 |
Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD | Opioid-Induced Plasticity and the Intersection with Pain |
| Mar 7 Lecture is 4-5pm in CRA 12.110 |
Amy Arguello, PhD | Influence of Adolescent Context-Drug Associations on Drug-Seeking Behavior |
| Mar 14 Lecture is 4-5pm in CRA 12.110 |
Jason Shepherd, PhD | Viral-Like Mechanisms of Intercellular Communication in the Brain |
| Apr 11 Lecture is 4-5pm in CRA 12.110 |
Jun Ding, PhD | Dopamine Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity-Balance Between Co-Released Neurotransmitters |
| Neuroscience Brownbag Series Archive | ||
Sips & Science Lecture Series
Enjoy the latest insights on brain science innovations during the Brain Performance Institute’s monthly speaker series. Join us from 6:30-7pm for sips and light bites. The lecture will last from 7-8pm. All lectures will take place at The Brain Performance Institute unless otherwise noted. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online. (Click on a calendar date)
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | PRESENTING SPONSOR |
| Jan 31, 2019 | Bruce Mau Chief Design Officer for Freeman |
Design for all the Senses | |
| Mar 7 | Dee O’Neill, MS, LPC, BCN Center for BrainHealth |
Stress Solutions: Strategies to Recharge Your Brain Power | |
| Apr 11 | Maria Johnson, MA, CCC-SLP Center for BrainHealth |
Raising Future Generations Through Kindness and Compassion | |
| May 9 | Leanne Young, PhD Brain Performance Institute |
The Science of Happiness | |
| Jun 20 | Michael Lundie, MA PhD Student, The University of Texas at Dallas |
The Neuroscience of Creative Problem-Solving | |
| Sips & Science Lecture Series Archive | |||
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide (February Lecture Series)
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide, the Center for BrainHealth’s annual February lecture series, delivers groundbreaking brain health research from experts across the nation. The series is sponsored by The Container Store.
The pre-lecture reception from 6:15-7pm will take place in the Brain Performance Institute’s Jane and Bud Smith Grand Lobby. The lectures will be in the Brain Performance Institute’s Ellipse and in the Center for BrainHealth’s Auditorium. Lectures will start at 7pm and the doors will open at 6:15pm.
Tickets are available online to purchase, price varies.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Judson Brewer, MD, PhD Brown University |
The Craving Mind: Why We Get Hooked and How to Hack our Minds to Break Bad Habits |
| Feb 12 | Adele Diamond, PhD Brown University |
Surprising Approaches to Boost Brain Power for You and Your Kids |
| Feb 19 | Bruce Miller, MD University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). |
Curing Dementia: From Basic Science to Global Health |
| Feb 26 | Skip Rizzo, PhD USC Institute for Creative Technologies |
Virtual Reality: A New Window into Health and Clinical Treatment |