The World through the Eyes of Our Carnivore KinA white shark displaying a mother’s tender glow, a Morelet’s crocodile with an off-the-chart emotional intelligence and an orca damned to exile after breaking an Ephebic Oath. “Curiouser and curiouser!” Alice in Wonderland might have exclaimed. Curious perhaps, but unbelievable, no. Neuroscientists assert that all animals – birds, reptiles, and mammals alike - possess brains and mental capacities comparable to our own. We take a journey behind the scenes in the lives of those who are considered the planet’s most fearsome creatures – grizzly bears, pumas, orcas, rattlesnakes and others – to discover an unexpected kinship.

Presenters: Dr. G.A Bradshaw, Founder and Executive Director of the Kerulos Center

Thursday, May 11, 2017 • 7 pm

Meese Room of the Hannon Library (Library 305)

Science and CuriosityWe normally associate creativity with the arts, while curiosity plays a major role in science. Science is about trying to figure out how the world works, how to solve the great mysteries of the universe. Scientists rely on curiosity to ask the right questions about these great mysteries and creativity to solve them. This panel of SOU scientists will discuss how curiosity and creativity motivate and inform scientific inquiry, and what it means to be a scientist.

Presenters: Ellen Siem (Physics and Engineering) , Greg Miller (Chemistry), and Michael Parker (Biology) .

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 • 7 pm

Stevenson Union 319

Gay Bradshaw, PhDGay Bradshaw holds doctorate degrees in ecology and psychology, and has published, taught, and lectured widely in these fields both in the U.S. and internationally. She is the author of Pulitzer Prize-nominated Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity, published by Yale University Press, an in-depth psychological portrait of elephants in captivity and in the wild. Dr. Bradshaw’s work focuses on trans-species psychology, the theory and methods for the study and care of animal psychological well-being and multi-species cultures. Her research expertise includes the effects of violence on and trauma recovery elephants, grizzly bears, chimpanzees, and parrots, and other species in captivity.

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