Space sciences education manager for NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate, Oluseyi earned his master\u2019s degree and doctorate in physics at Stanford University, and worked at a Silicon Valley company where he conducted research on computer chips, which earned him eight U.S. patents and four European Union patents. His inventions can be found in computer chips used every day. In addition to his position at NASA, Oluseyi is a distinguished research professor in the Department of Physics & Space Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n Talking about the scientific process and the results of modern science with students and the public around the world is of utmost importance to Oluseyi. He co-hosts Outrageous Acts of Science <\/em>and How the Universe Works <\/em>on Discovery Science Channel.<\/p>\n Now in its 54th year, this year\u2019s edition of the colloquium will address such questions as \u201cWhere did we come from? How did the universe begin? How did intelligent, rational beings arise? And from such humble beginnings, how did we develop a mind that can ask these big questions?<\/p>\n \u201cSince everything begins with the origin of the universe, it makes sense to start the colloquium with a scientist who can tell a dramatic story, not only about his own beginnings, but about the very beginning of everything,\u201d said Joel Chandlee,<\/a> one of the colloquium coordinators and professor of cell and molecular biology.<\/p>\n While there will be plenty of talk about the cosmos, the lecture series will also offer speakers who will discuss the origin of life, the evolution of humans and the nature of our unique conscious and unconscious mind.<\/p>\n On Sept. 26, Meave Leakey, a paleoanthropologist, National Geographic <\/em>Hubbard Medal recipient, director of the Turkana Basin Institute, and research professor at Stony Brook University, will present the Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson Women\u2019s Studies Lecture at the colloquium.<\/p>\n \u201cMeave Leakey will bring her unique perspective on fossils that provide evidence of human evolution,\u201d said colloquium coordinator Holly Dunsworth, associate professor of anthropology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/a>.<\/p>\n In an attempt to find evidence of the earliest human ancestors, Leakey and her team have concentrated their studies on sites in Kenya that are between 8 and 3 million years old. They discovered a new species and evidence of bipedality (using two feet for locomotion) from 4.2 million years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Leakey will talk about how she found these fossils and then once she did, how she determined what they say about evolution,\u201d Dunsworth said.<\/p>\n Alycia Mosley Austin<\/a>, colloquium coordinator, assistant dean for graduate recruitment and diversity initiatives and associate director for the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, is especially looking forward to two lectures: Heather Berlin\u2019s talk, \u201cThe Dynamic Unconscious Mind,\u201d on Nov. 14 and Anil Seth\u2019s Dec. 5 lecture, \u201cThe Nature of Human Consciousness.\u201d<\/p>\n An assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, Berlin conducts research on the neural basis of impulsivity, compulsivity, and emotion with the goal of more targeted treatment. She is also interested in the neural basis of consciousness and dynamic unconscious processes.<\/p>\n Seth, who will discuss human consciousness, is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex where he is co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science.<\/p>\n \u201cProfessor Seth combines philosophy and science to examine consciousness, and uses mathematical models,\u201d said Mosley Austin. \u201cHe asks, why are we conscious and how can we measure it?<\/p>\n \u201cThese lectures will focus on basic science research on the brain,\u201d said Mosley Austin, who wanted to be a neuroscientist since she was 15. \u201cNeuroscience is not just about disease and health; it\u2019s about who we are as humans.\u201d<\/p>\n The other colloquium coordinators joining Chandlee, Dunsworth and Mosley Austin are: Dawn Cardace<\/a>, associate professor of geosciences, and Albert Kausch<\/a>, professor of cell and molecular biology and director of the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory.<\/p>\n Sponsors: Honors Program \u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the Provost \u00a0\u2022 125th Anniversary Steering Committee \u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation \u2022 The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment \u00a0\u2022 The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts & Sciences \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 John Hazen White Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 Gender and Women\u2019s Studies Program \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Community, Equity and Diversity \u00a0\u2022 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Engineering \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 College of the Environment and \u00a0Life Sciences \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 College of Health Sciences \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 College of Nursing \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 Division of Student Affairs \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications and Marketing \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Publications and Creative Services \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 ITS Instructional Technology and Media Services \u00a0\u2022 \u00a0溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies \u2022 George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. — August 24, 2017 — Hakeem Oluseyi has gone through his own amazing evolution, from a gun-carrying teen to an astrophysicist at NASA who co-hosts two TV shows and who appears regularly on CNN, NBC, MSNBC and Fox News. 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