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The University of Tampa’s Spring 2015 Honors Program symposia series kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 28, with a presentation by Lt. Gen. Roméo A. Dallaire, who was the commanding officer of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda prior to and during the 1994 genocide. His talk, titled The Rwandan Genocide, begins at 4 p.m. in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values on the UT campus.

Throughout the series, resident scholars and researchers at the University will present in their areas of specialization. In addition to Dallaire, guest speakers in the series include Don Hutson, author of The One Minute Negotiator, and Shulamith Koenig, a United Nations Human Rights Prize recipient.

All lectures are free, open to the public and held on the UT campus. For a full schedule, see below:

• Wednesday, Jan. 28:The Rwandan Genocide, Lt. Gen. Roméo A. Dallaire, Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values, 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 5:The Origins of Extrasolar Planets, Simon Schuler, UT assistant professor of physics, Reeves Theater, 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 12:Happening Here, There and Everywhere: UT Dance Through the Ages, Susan Taylor Lennon, UT professor of dance, Susannah LeMarquand, UT assistant professor of dance, Edison Building, Room 101, 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 18: Keynote Speaker for the 2015 Leadership Summit, Don Hutson, author of The One Minute Negotiator, ninth floor of the Vaughn Center, 8 a.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 25:Galileo and the Roots of Modern Astronomy, Emilio Torro, UT associate professor of mathematics, Reeves Theater, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 3:Student Perceptions of Tattoos, Kristen Foltz, UT visiting assistant professor of speech, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, noon.
• Thursday, March 19:Mistaken Cosmologies: European and American Mappae Mundi Before and After the Discovery, James Lopez, UT associate professor of Spanish, language and linguistics, Macdonald-Kelce Library, AV Room 2, 4 p.m.
• Monday, March 23: Peer Active Learning Strategy (PALS) for Clinical Education: A User-friendly Model for Health Care, Joanne Stevens, UT associate professor of nursing, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 11:30 a.m.
• Monday, April 6:The Radical Shift in Language Learning: What’s IN, What’s OUT, Andrew DeMil, UT assistant professor of Spanish, language and linguistics, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 15:The Roots of Religion and the Believer’s Brain, Scott Husband, UT associate professor of psychology, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 4 p.m.
• Saturday, April 18: Fourth Annual Human Rights Conference Keynote Speech, Shulamith Koenig, United Nations Human Rights Prize recipient, ninth floor of the Vaughn Center, noon.
• Thursday, April 23: Celebrating Honors: Undergraduate Research Fellows Presentations, Honors Undergraduate Research Fellows, Vaughn Center, ninth floor, Trustee’s Room, 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 29:Ethical Arguments about Disciplinary Controversies, David Reamer, UT assistant professor of English, Macdonald-Kelce Library AV Room 2, 7 p.m.
• Monday, May 4:B.E.L.I.E.V.E. (Becoming Engaged Leaders by Inspiring Education Values and Exploration), Pattie Johnston, UT associate professor of education, and Merrie Tankersley, clinical education director, Vaughn Center, ninth floor, Crescent Club, 6:30 p.m.