These 15min, TEDx-style presentations will provide an engaging look into each winning scholars’ work in their respective fields of computer science, music, urology, and history.
The 2020 Hettleman Talks will take place virtually on Monday, October 19th at 3 pm as part of University Research Week.
These TEDx-style presentations from the 2020 winners of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement will provide an engaging look into each winning scholars’ work in their respective fields of computer science, music, urology, and history.
Please register at researchweek.unc.edu/hettleman to receive the zoom link.
The 2020 Hettleman Prize awardees and their talks are:
Mohit Bansal, Ph.D.
The John R. & Louise S. Parker Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science within the College of Arts & Sciences
“Towards Knowledgeable, Multimodal, and Action-Grounded Conversational Assistants”
Andrea Bohlman
Associate professor in the Department of Music within the College of Arts & Sciences
“Sounding Protest”
Angela Smith, MD, MS, FACS
Associate professor in the Department of Urology within the UNC School of Medicine
“Engaging Patients for Better Care”
William Sturkey, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in the Department of History within the College of Arts & Sciences
“Seeing the Disappeared”
Read more about this year’s four Hettleman Prize awardees.