This Week at USI – March 20, 2017

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Uber co-founder and serial entrepreneur, Oscar Salazar, to present at USI’s Romain College of Business speaker series

The University of Southern Indiana will present “Innovation in Legacy Industries,” a talk by Dr. Oscar Salazar, early architect and founding Chief Technology Officer of Uber, the popular rideshare technology platform. The program will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the Physical Activities Center on the USI campus. Mr. Salazar’s campus visit is hosted by the USI Romain College of Business and made possible through private gifts to the USI Foundation. Read More

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 22

Dr. Martin Blaser to present annual Shaw Biology Lecture

The University of Southern Indiana will host “Missing Microbes: Antibiotic Overuse Fuels Modern Plagues”, the 2017 Shaw Biology Lecture by Dr. Martin J. Blaser on 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 in Mitchell Auditorium. Blaser is a professor of medicine and microbiology at New York University and director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU Langone Medical Center. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is underwritten through the USI Foundation. Read More

7 p.m. Monday, March 27

Immigration, refugees are topics of USI’s continued series on civility

Dr. David W. Haines, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at George Mason University, will present “Refuge in America,” at 7p.m. Monday, March 27 in Carter Hall in University Center West. This presentation is part of the University of Southern Indiana speaker series related to civility. Previous speakers in the series included author and social critic Os Guinness and Senator Richard Lugar and Congressman Lee Hamilton. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

Now through April 8

New Harmony Gallery to host Print Invitational inspired by 1800’s publication

The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is hosting the exhibition, The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge Print Invitational and Exchange now through April 8. Works in the exhibition were inspired from the 1800’s New Harmony publication, The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge. A closing reception for the exhibition will be held at the gallery from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 8. The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge Print Invitational and Exchange is free and open to the public. Read More

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