i³ Lectures

It's thinking outside the box . . . and inside the clocks . . . and it's coming back in February 2025!
February 27, 2025
11 a.m. - Noon
Chappelear Drama Center
Ohio Wesleyan's popular i³ (i-Qubed) event returned for its 8th year on February 27, 2025, as part of the Spring OWU Connection Conference. Nine OWU faculty members, chosen by students, presented 3-minute lectures with ideas, insight, and imagination. See the all-star lineup below.
Check out videos of past i³ presentations, too. Got 3 minutes? Learn something fascinating.

Dustin Reichard, Biological Sciences
i³ Lecture: How Animal Culture Shapes Evolution

Elizabeth Nix, Nutrition
i³ Lecture: Why Are Eggs So Expensive?

Erin Flynn, Philosophy
i³ Lecture: Great Game! But Who Was Better?

Hanliang Guo, Mathematics & Computer Science
i³ Lecture: How Math Can Make You a Better Driver

Camilla Querin, Art History
i³ Lecture: What You Spend Years Building May be Destroyed Overnight. Build Anyway.

Brad Trees, Physics
i³ Lecture: What Puts the 'Super' in Superconductor?

Jamie Deitz, Education
i³ Lecture: Reading Gives You Rizz?

Brian Granger, Theatre
i³ Lecture: A Great Film Can Save Your Brain

Jay Martin, Health & Human Kinetics
i³ Lecture: How to Gain Experience
A Look at i³

Music & Community: LA Street Symphony, Marchin' in Step with the Other LA's Street Music Heritage
Nancy Gamso, Music

Chemical Complexity in Climate
Bethany Rudd, Chemistry

Chuck Norris in Algeria
Mary Anne Lewis Cusato, French

Hannah Wargo and Ares Harper
Emcees

Mission Accomplished
Bob Gitter and Mary Anne Lewis Cusato

Straddling Working-Class and Middle-Class Cultures
Paul Dean, Sociology & Anthropology

The Personalities of Volcanoes
Bart Martin, Geology

From the Mexican Village to the American Heartland: New Destinations for Mexican Migrants
Bob Gitter, Economics

The Presenters
2018 team of faculty

Authentic Pot Pie Has No Crust
Christopher Fink, Health & Human Kinetics

2018 i-cubed
Capacity crowd in the Benes Rooms

The Origin and Evolution of Genitalia
Dustin Reichard, Zoology

Kristina Bogdanov
Are We Clay?

The Evolution of Dogs, Accidental Best Friends
Shala Hankison, Biological Sciences

I'm Talking About Talking About the Way That We Talk
Ashley Kennard, Communication

Are We Clay?
Kristina Bogdanov, Fine Arts

Moving Beyond Comparison to Uncover Strengths Within LGBTQ+ Families
Krystal Cashen, Psychology

James Franklin, Politics & Government
How to Fight the Power

Movement = Medicine
Andy Busch, Health & Human Kinetics

What Does Batman's Soundtrack Reveal?
Frank Chiou, Music

Fear and Anger in Politics: Lessons from the Roman Past
Hank Blume, World Languages & Cultures

Assumptions, Inequalities, and Congressional Committees
Franchesca Nestor, Politics & Government
February 27, 2025
Location
45 Rowland Ave.
Delaware, OH 43015