February 17, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Film Screening – Blade Runner 2049 DUC Theater 1015 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI, United States When Robots Rule the World Film screening in DUC Theater, Dreyfus University Center Blade Runner 2049 Young Blade Runner K’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years. Blade Runner 2049 is directed by Denis Villeneuve. (2017, 2 h 44 min) From...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
August 22, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Event Series Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center 1800 Portage Street UWSP COFAC, Stevens Point, WI, United States The National SEED Project is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. Through personal reflection and testimony, listening to others’ voices, and learning experientially and collectively, SEED equips us to connect our lives to one another and to society at large...
August 23, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Event Series Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center 1800 Portage Street UWSP COFAC, Stevens Point, WI, United States The National SEED Project is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. Through personal reflection and testimony, listening to others’ voices, and learning experientially and collectively, SEED equips us to connect our lives to one another and to society at large...
August 24, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Event Series Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity Summit UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center 1800 Portage Street UWSP COFAC, Stevens Point, WI, United States The National SEED Project is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. Through personal reflection and testimony, listening to others’ voices, and learning experientially and collectively, SEED equips us to connect our lives to one another and to society at large...
October 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm World Languages Fair Laird Room in Dreyfus University Center 1015 Reserve St, Stevens Point, WI It's time to celebrate world cultures in the UWSP World Languages Fair. Join us for crafts, conversation practice, and dances from around the world. You can try dances including: Salsa and Merengue, French Line Dancing and German Teddy Bear Dancing. Stop in to practice your conversation skills in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish...
February 21 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Black History Event: Alvin Hall – Driving the Green Book Laird Room in Dreyfus University Center 1015 Reserve St, Stevens Point, WI Join UW-Stevens Point for a special Black History Month event featuring Alvin Hall, author and podcast host of Driving the Green Book. The event is being held in person and virtually. Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. In the summer... Free
Featured Featured April 6 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Collection Crawl UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The Olson Museum of Natural History at UW-Stevens Point invites you to explore all 9 teaching and research collections in this year’s Collection Crawl. A day of hands-on learning and inspiration about the natural world for everyone! This year's crawl will feature the Entomology Collection. Visit our natural science collections across three UW-Stevens Point buildings,... Free