Capt Mark Kelly Endeavour to Succeed lecture part of IdeaFest
Kelly’s lecture, “Endeavour to Succeed,” will address his success in space as well as his personal life and how it forever changed in the assassination attempt on his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Kelly and Giffords co-authored, “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope,” released in November 2011, which explores Kelly’s public service as a pilot and astronaut, his wife’s public service as a politician, and their struggles following the shooting that left her critically injured.
Kelly served as commander of Space Shuttle Discovery and flew his first of four missions in 2001 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, the same space shuttle that he commanded on its final flight in May 2011. He was selected as an astronaut in 1996 and received a B.S. degree in marine engineering and nautical science from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1986. In 1994, Kelly received an M.S. degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. A photograph of Kelly is available for download at www.usd.edu/press/news/images/releases/Mark_Kelly.jpg.
Presented in partnership with the Beacom School of Business Opportunity Fund and the Arthur Volk Symposium, “Endeavour to Succeed” is free and open to the public and one of two lectures scheduled for IdeaFest, April 10-11. Dr. David Sweatt, the Evelyn F. McKnight endowed chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Alabama Medical School, and the director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, will present a second keynote address, “Neurobiology of Creativity,” at 7 p.m. on April 11. Sweatt’s lecture, presented in partnership with the Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences at the Sanford School of Medicine, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Center for Academic Engagement, is at the Muenster University Center and is also free and open to the public.
A photo of Sweatt is available for download at www.usd.edu/press/news/images/releases/David_Sweatt.jpg.
IdeaFest is an annual event that showcases accomplishments in graduate and undergraduate research, creative scholarship and academic engagement. Established in 1992 as a celebration of academic and cultural diversity at USD, IdeaFest is hosted by the Center for Academic Engagement, Council for Undergraduate Research and Sponsored Activity, USD Graduate School, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and the USD Office of Academic Affairs. For more information about IdeaFest, please visit www.usd.edu/engageor for directions to campus or campus venues, please go to: www.usd.edu/about-usd/campus-map.cfm.
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