Remarks by Institute Leadership, Duncan Brown, Vice President for Research, and Dean Behzad Mortezavi, College of Arts & Sciences.

Featuring poster presentations by student and postdoctoral associates. This poster session generally represents posters from the Smart Materials and Form & Function focus groups.

Featuring IMPACT posters that highlight advances in outreach, teaching, translation, and any innovative approaches for creating societal impact. A reception celebrating the Kashi And Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences And Humanities will run concurrently.

The Kashi And Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences And Humanities is a partnership with Department of Physics and the Syracuse University Humanities Center. The Wali Lecture is an annual event where the sciences and humanities converge, fostering dialogue and new perspectives on current topics for all who attend. This year, the Wali Lecture is co-organized with the BioInspired Institute’s focus group Posthumanities: Arts and Sciences to present Eduardo Kac, Professor of Art and Technology Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.