2023 Research Weeks
ONE VCU | Research Weeks 2023 Signature Events
Providing insight into the future, recognizing opportunities in the present, and challenging us to learn from the past - all through a lens of innovation.
- Signature events YouTube playlist
- ISEE Symposium 2023 YouTube playlist
- In pictures: One VCU Research Weeks 2023 (May 10, 2023)
- VCU News Article about One VCU Research Weeks 2023 (March 20, 2023)
Week 1 | The Future: UNstoppable Innovation in Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT and the Talking Dog
Presented by AI pioneer, Dr. Terry Sejnowski, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Director, Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at The Salk Institute, University of California San Diego
Leading the Ethical Governance of Innovation
Presented by Dr. Sylvester Johnson, Associate Vice Provost for Public Interest Technology, Virginia Tech
Week 2 | The Present: UNstoppable Innovation in Real Time
Public Humanities and Social and Economic Sciences in Research
Presented by Dr. Rayvon Fouché, Director, NSF Social & Economic Sciences Division and
Dr. Matthew Gibson, Executive Director, Virginia Humanities
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Moving Science Forward (Panel Session)
VCU Faculty Panelists, Dr. Charlene Crawley, Dr. Gina Longo, Dr. Kevin Allison, Dr. Cristina Stanciu, Dr. Jesse Goldstein, Dr. Christine J. Cynn, and Moderator, Dr. Gary Cuddeback
Recorded presentation coming soon.
Weeks 3 & 4 | The Past: UNstoppable Innovation Lessons Learned
Symposium on Sustainable Energy and Environment
Presented by Keynote Speaker, Dr. Costa Samaras, Principal Assistant Director for Energy and Chief Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Do Whales Judge Us? Interspecies History & Ethics
Presented by Dr. Bathsheba Demuth, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society, Brown University
2023 VCU Research Weeks Planning Team
P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D.
Vice president for research and innovation
Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D.
Provost
Lisa R. Ballance , M.A., CPW, CCP
Associate vice president, strategy and regulatory affairs
Mangala Subramaniam, Ph.D.
Senior vice provost for faculty affairs
Lydia E. Klinger, CRA
Chair
Project Manager
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Ella Danilovich, MBA
Website developer
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Gianna DeMarco
Executive project manager
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Herb Hill
Lead, Undergraduate Research Weeks
Director of undergraduate research and creative inquiry
Office of the Provost
Emily Komornik
Communications specialist
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Jamie Stillman
Director, strategic communications
Office of the Provost
Marlo Marshall-Brown, MBA, CSPO
System engineer
VCU Health System
Christina A. Montgomery
Special assistant to the vice president for research and innovation
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Jade Chen
Communications
VCU undergraduate student
Callum Doty
Graphic design
VCU undergraduate student