Archive for October, 2014

Volunteer Abroad: Go to India, Honduras, or Ghana with ‘Unite For Sight’

Volunteer Abroad: Go to India, Honduras, or Ghana with ‘Unite For Sight’

\Volunteer in India, Honduras, or Ghana with Unite For Sight Global Health Volunteer Abroad Opportunity Join Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps for a hands-on, immersive and unique global health experience. Unite For Sight prides itself on offering the best global health experience for volunteers, coupled with the highest quality healthcare […]

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October 20, 2014 at 4:26 pmAnnouncements

New Spring 2015 Course Examines Production, Consumption & Meaning of Food

New Spring 2015 Course Examines Production, Consumption & Meaning of Food

The Food Studies curricular theme offers a new course with an interdisciplinary approach to the production, consumption and meaning of food offered in Spring 2015. CAS 1410 Food Matters: Explorations in Food Across the Liberal Arts (3 credits) is the foundational course of the Food Studies curricular theme. This course […]

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October 20, 2014 at 10:14 amNews

Advising Tip of the Week: Take Advantage of Office Hours

Sara Berens, Academic Advisor and Retention Specialist for the College of Arts & Sciences

By Sara Berens College of Arts & Sciences Academic Adviser Office hours. How many of you have honestly utilized them this semester? If you haven’t already, now’s the time! Why? Because, your professors are experts in their field and know a lot about the subjects you are studying. Also, many […]

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October 20, 2014 at 9:34 amNews

Math Seminar: Topological Games on the Real Line, Oct. 20

Ahmed Shehzad gives a talk on Topological Games on the Real Line in the undergraduate math seminar (MATH 4993) on Monday, Oct. 20, at 11:50 a.m. in Morton 318. Abstract: In this talk, we will be looking at certain two player games of in nite length. These games will allow us […]

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October 20, 2014 at 8:40 amEvents

Physics Colloquium: Latin Squares and Mutually Unbiased Bases: The Phase-­Space Picture, Oct. 17

Physics Colloquium: Latin Squares and Mutually Unbiased Bases: The Phase-­Space Picture, Oct. 17

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Hurbert de Guise of the Lakehead University, Ontario Canada on “Latin squares and mutually unbiased bases: the phase space picture” on Friday, Oct. 17, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Latin squares have been studied as mathematical objects since Euler introduced the […]

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October 17, 2014 at 7:00 pmEvents

New Spring 2015 Course Helps Sophomores Plan Summer Internships

New Spring 2015 Course Helps Sophomores Plan Summer Internships

A new course—CAS 2130X Career Strategies: Internship and Job Mapping—will equip students in plotting their goals for gaining experience prior to graduation. Designed for sophomores, the courses launches in Spring 2015. Students will develop an action plan for completing an internship in their field of interest during summer 2015 as […]

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October 17, 2014 at 1:57 pmNews

Houston: ‘Badu & Family: Ruminations on a Southern Aesthetic’

Houston: ‘Badu & Family: Ruminations on a Southern Aesthetic’

By Akil Houston Assistant Professor of Cultural and Media Studies from Media Commons Listen: mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2014/09/02/badu-family-ruminations-southern-aesthetic Before southern rap was homogenized by a commercial industry obsessed with a derivative southern aesthetic with danceable drawled out hooks and questionable evidence of lyrics, the South crafted a distinct flavor. The Dirty South, not […]

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October 17, 2014 at 9:26 amResearch