Big Ideas, Close to Home: The Lecture Debut is Here

Founded in 1984, TED – which stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design – events feature a diverse array of speakers from varied backgrounds and areas of scholarship. These speakers share knowledge, ideas, and connection through storytelling. Sometimes information gleaned through a TED Talk can be life-altering for the right recipient.

If you’ve seen a TED Talk, it was probably via a live stream or a video on YouTube or TED’s site. Gaining in-person entry to TED’s official conference is notoriously difficult. One has to apply to attend, and attaining a ticket is not guaranteed. Those who successfully apply commit to paying anywhere between thousands and tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege. For most of us, that’s just not feasible. However, CEHD is now offering the next best thing: The Lecture.

What is The Lecture?

Throughout their careers, faculty build a remarkable body of knowledge through research, teaching, collaboration, and experience. The Lecture offers selected newly promoted and senior faculty an opportunity to step back from their day-to-day work and share something broader: the personal and professional insights, discoveries, and lessons that have shaped their thinking and brought them to this point in their careers.

CEHD debuts The Lecture THIS Friday, Sept. 25 at 3pm in Education Room 7. The featured speaker for this premier event is Dr. Jesse Rhoades, a full kinesiology professor who also runs the BiPed Lab on campus. Dr. Rhoades has worked on multiple NASA-funded research projects and is an expert in biomechanics, spaceflight mobility, and human movement analysis.

What to Expect

After an introduction from CEHD Student Council member and doctoral student Komal Mangle, Dr. Rhoades will deliver The Lecture and share some of his unique background and experiences with a live audience. The audience will then participate in a Q&A session about what they just learned. All attendees are invited to a reception across the hall immediately afterwards.

Students, faculty, staff, and community members can all attend The Lecture absolutely free of charge by RSVPing here. Remote attendees will get a streaming link after registration.

Explore big ideas and learn something new and unexpected close to home. Join us at The Lecture.

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