{"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":"2026-08-20T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:20:41","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 style=\"--hero-accent:#00a3e0\" class=\"hero hero--standard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin hero--has-image hero--has-social-links wp-block-butler-hero-standard\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__headline butler-auto-contrast\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJ. James Woods Lecture Series\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner-blocks\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hero__button-list is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right butler-auto-contrast\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/\">2026\u20132027 Series<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<ul class=\"butler-social-links wp-block-social-links is-style-logos-only is-horizontal hero__social-links is-style-on-image wp-block-butler-social-links\">\n\t\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Woods-Lecture-Series-Butler-University-108403469209973\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__extra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/09\/08102141\/24-WDS-10536-Web-Banner.jpg\" class=\"hero__image\" alt=\"J. 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James Woods. 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<h3 id=\"h-2026-2027-series-overview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026-2027 Series Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-ben-rein\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/\">Ben Rein<\/a> \u2013 Thursday, September 17, 2026 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Schrott Center for the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-david-laviska\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-ben-rein\">David Laviska<\/a> \u2013 Thursday, October 1, 2026 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-katherine-freese\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-katherine-freese\">Katherine Freese<\/a> \u2013 Thursday, October 22, 2026 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-arthur-benjamin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-ben-rein\">Arthur Benjamin<\/a> \u2013 Tuesday, January 26, 2027 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-jessie-christiansen\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-jessie-christiansen\">Jessie Christiansen<\/a> \u2013 Wednesday, February 17, 2027 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-john-warner\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-ben-rein\">John Warner<\/a> \u2013 Tuesday, March 2, 2027 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-anjana-khatwa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/#h-ben-rein\">Anjana Khatwa<\/a> \u2013 Tuesday, April 13, 2027 \u2013 7:30 PM \u2013 Shelton Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2c90304e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-text-link-blue-medium\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/woods-lectures\/schedule\/\">Lecture Descriptions <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"footer-contact has-no-social-links wp-block-butler-footer-contact\">\n\t<div class=\"footer-contact-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top footer-contact-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\">4600 Sunset Ave.<br>Indianapolis, IN 46208<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Chair<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor Andrew Stoehr<br><a href=\"mailto:astoehr@butler.edu\">astoehr@butler.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">LAS Event Coordinator<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\">Adriana Jones<br><a href=\"mailto:amjones9@butler.edu\">amjones9@butler.edu<\/a><br>Office: 317-940-9861<br>Cell: 317-441-6143<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-402","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>J. 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