{"id":402,"date":"2021-10-06T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:12:39","slug":"woods-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"J. James Woods Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero-standard hero-standard--hasImage alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container hero-standard__container\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"headline-highlight\">\n\t<span \n\t\tclass=\"headline-highlight__text  headline-h1\"\n\t\tstyle=\"--highlight-color: var(--color-theme-blue-bright);\"\n\t>\n\t\tJ. 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The goal of the Woods bequest is to bring prominent mathematicians and scientists to Butler University in order to speak on theories at the frontier of their disciplines, as well as on related technologies and other issues of public concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2025-2026-series-overview\">2025-2026 Series Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-dr-lily-arison-rene-de-roland\">Dr. Lily-Arison Ren\u00e9 de Roland<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Monday, September 29, 2025 \u2013&nbsp;7:30 PM \u2013 Schrott Center for the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-john-vucetich\">John Vucetich<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Wednesday, October 15, 2025 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-dawn-wright\">Dawn Wright <\/a><\/strong>\u2013 Thursday, November 13, 2025 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-daniel-schacter\">Daniel Schacter <\/a><\/strong>\u2013 Thursday, December 4, 2025 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-hava-siegelmann\">Hava Siegelmann<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Wednesday, February 18, 2026 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Schrott Center for the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-eduardo-brondizio\">Eduardo Brondizio<\/a><\/strong><em> <\/em>\u2013 Thursday, March 26, 2026 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2025-2026-schedule\/#h-claire-bowen\">Claire Bowen<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Tuesday, April 14, 2026 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/2023-2024-schedule\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >2025-2026 Lecture Descriptions <\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"footer-contact alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__wrapper grid-default\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__columnHeader\">J. 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