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SUArt Galleries Presents 鈥楢rt And Industry: A History of Mezzotint Engraving’
The 黑料不打烊 Art Galleries will present “Art and Industry: A History of Mezzotint Engraving,” a lecture by exhibiting SUArt Galleries artist and print historian Carol Wax. The lecture will be presented Wednesday, March 4, at 5:30 p.m. at the…
Humanities Center Continues Spring Symposia with Lecture on March 4
Gesa E. Kirsch, professor of English and director of the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences at Bentley University, will deliver a public lecture titled 鈥淭he Power of Social Networks: Rhetorical Agency and Civic Activism among 19th-Century Women Physicians鈥 on…
Harry Brod Presents 鈥楢sking for It: The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent鈥
Harry Brod, widely recognized as a founding figure of the field of masculinity studies, will speak March 3 at 7 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium on 鈥淎sking For It: The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent.鈥 The lecture focuses on the…
Former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend to Give Next University Lecture
Andreas Weigend, former chief scientist at Amazon and founder of Social Data Lab, is the next speaker in the 2014-15 University Lectures series. His presentation, 鈥淲e Are Our Data: Harnessing the Power of Social Data,鈥 is Tuesday, March 3, at…
Mathematics Department on Hot Streak
The Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences has the formula for success. Uday Banerjee, professor and chair of mathematics, says that nearly a third of his faculty have received major grant awards or international speaking invitations…
Marine Geologist Daniel Fornari to Headline Holmes Ceremony Feb. 26
Daniel Fornari, a world-renowned marine geologist, will headline the annual Chauncey D. Holmes Ceremony and Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Heroy Geology Laboratory. Free and open to the public, the event also…
Syfy Exec Offers Insight on Diversity in the Media
鈥淧art of the authenticity of television is how relatable it is. I want to feel good watching TV. I want to see faces that look like mine,鈥 says Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, the Syfy VP of unscripted development and current programming, and…
Carver Series Continues with Poet Bridget Lowe G’09 Feb. 25
The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a visit by Bridget Lowe G鈥09. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, the renowned Missouri poet will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m., followed by a reading…
Maxwell, IVMF, VA Medical Center Join Forces for International Women鈥檚 Day
There are nearly 215,000 women currently serving in the United States military and more than 1.8 million women veterans. Hundreds of thousands of civilian women also serve in combat and post-combat areas as advisors, aid workers, development specialists and health…
Symposium Explores Link Between Religion, Sexuality Feb. 27
The Humanities Center (HC), housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, continues its 2015 Spring Symposia with a program on religion and sexuality. William Robert, assistant professor of religion, will lead the spring’s first HC Faculty Fellow symposium titled…