Westwood Lecture Series
The Westwood Lecture Series is a part of President Mung Chiang’s efforts to continue enhancing the intellectual vibrancy of the Purdue West Lafayette campus.
Each lecture will take place 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Westwood, the Purdue president’s residence. Space is limited to the first 50 faculty who register. Additional information and a registration link will be available beginning two weeks prior to each lecture.
Upcoming Fall 2023 Events

Oct. 18, 2023
Songlin Fei
Professor and Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing, Forestry and Natural Resources. “A Digital Revolution in Forestry: AI and Lasers and Digital Twins, Oh My!”

Nov. 16, 2023
Ed Delp
Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Psychological Sciences (courtesy). “Deep Fakes and Other Types of Generated and Manipulated Media: It is Real and Coming for Our Society!”

Dec. 13, 2023
Preeti Sivasankar
Professor and Department Head, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences; Assistant Vice President for Strategic Health Research, Office of Research; Adjunct Faculty, IU School of Medicine-West Lafayette. “Can You Protect Your Voice? Physiological Investigations from Rats to Humans.”
Previous Events

Sept. 21, 2023
Deborah Knapp
Deborah Knapp, distinguished professor of comparative oncology, the Dolores L. McCall Professor of Comparative Oncology and director of the Evan and Sue Ann Werling Comparative Oncology Research Center, on “A New Era in Comparative Medical Research and Opportunities to Position Purdue as a World Leader.”