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

Hannah Wargo and Ares Harper
Emcees

Chuck Norris in Algeria
Mary Anne Lewis Cusato, French

Are We Clay?
Kristina Bogdanov, Fine Arts

2018 i-cubed
Capacity crowd in the Benes Rooms

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

Assumptions, Inequalities, and Congressional Committees
Franchesca Nestor, Politics & Government

Kristina Bogdanov
Are We Clay?

The Origin and Evolution of Genitalia
Dustin Reichard, Zoology

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

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

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

Chemical Complexity in Climate
Bethany Rudd, Chemistry

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

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

Movement = Medicine
Andy Busch, Health & Human Kinetics

The Presenters
2018 team of faculty

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

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

James Franklin, Politics & Government
How to Fight the Power

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

The Personalities of Volcanoes
Bart Martin, Geology

Mission Accomplished
Bob Gitter and Mary Anne Lewis Cusato
February 27, 2025
Location
45 Rowland Ave.
Delaware, OH 43015