Emma Glen and Emily Hudson Publish Translations and Book Review</h1> <article> <h1>Emma Glen and Emily Hudson Publish Translations and Book Review</h1> <p>anagy — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:39:10 +0000</p> <span>Emma Glen and Emily Hudson Publish Translations and Book Review</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-08-04T13:39:10-04:00" title="Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 13:39">Wed, 08/04/2021 - 13:39</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Latin and comparative literature majors Emma Glen ’22 and Emily Hudson '22 recently published their translations of Catullus in the undergraduate Classics journal <a href="https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/65699936/animus-classics-journal-vol-1-issue-1/39"><em>Animus</em></a>. </p> <p>Their careful and creative translations of this most creative of Latin poets are testament to their hard work and imagination. </p> <p>“I have really enjoyed spending the last year or so focusing on translating,” says Hudson. The more I’ve worked as a translator, the more I have realized how much versatility it requires. If you’re going to translate something well, especially a poem, you can’t just be good at the language you’re working with; you also have to have the creative chops to maintain the artistic aspects of the original language.” </p> <p>They recently teamed up with Associate Professor and Chair of Classics <a href="/chris-trinacty">Christopher Trinacty</a> to publish a <a href="https://classicalstudies.org/node/35364">blog post</a> for the Society for Classical Studies. This post offers a reading of the new graphic novel by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno, <em>The Trojan Women: A Comic</em>. Carson and Bruno manipulate Euripides’ original text into a bleak visual and verbal tableau that acts as a meditation on the horrors of war. </p> <p>“Examining the rich layers of their transformative work provided an enlightening view on the different ways in which Classical texts can be received and applied to a modern context,” says Glen.</p> <p>In addition, Hudson’s essay about Ovid’s representations of Medea and Procne was published in the undergraduate Classics journal <em><a href="https://www.apsu.edu/philomathes/HudsonPhilomathes5.12021Online.pdf">Philomathes</a></em> this summer. Glen has been working with Professor of Classics <a href="/ben-lee">Ben Lee</a> and fellow Classics major Han Yang on <a href="/news/teaching-new-normal-study-medieval-medical-manuscripts-time-covid-19">Beneventan manuscripts</a> and will soon submit an article about their work to <em>Bibliografia dei manoscritti in scrittura beneventana</em>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-08-04T12:00:00Z">Wed, 08/04/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2391">Languages & Literatures</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2377">Arts & Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25316">Comparative Literature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/classics" hreflang="und">Classics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-literature" hreflang="und">Comparative Literature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Emma Glen and Emily Hudson are third-year Latin and comparative literature majors.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Christopher Trinacty</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Teaching Garden</h1> <p>ygay — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:00:29 +0000</p> <span>The Teaching Garden</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-08-21T17:00:29-04:00" title="Friday, August 21, 2020 - 17:00">Fri, 08/21/2020 - 17:00</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor of Biology Mary Garvin tugs at a thin tree branch above her head and brings it closer to her reach, gently nipping at it with a small pair of shears. She prefers that the pollinator garden grows uninhibited, so pruning is typically done only when necessary. </p> <p>The garden, located on the first floor of the Science Center, is framed by a large bank of two-story windows. It’s designed to allow visitors to literally see conservation at work and gain an appreciation for the critical ecosystem services that flowering plants and their pollinators provide. The depth of the space can be difficult to gauge until the door opens and you are welcomed inside. Visitors are met with a narrow path that winds past several flower beds before opening up to bird houses and ferns. The garden is filled with some 50 species of plants and native hosts such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, and swamp weed. There are also nesting sites for native species of solitary bees and hives for European honey bees. Small water reservoirs are tucked under branches. The serenity and majesty of the space is not lost on <a href="/mary-garvin">Garvin</a>. </p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> <p>“I was initially drawn to biology as a child,” Garvin says.’’ I had a rather obsessive attraction to the beauty of nature. I was very lucky to grow up in a rural area when kids were allowed to roam the woods and fields and creeks unsupervised. Growing up in a large family, I guess that I found great peace in that natural world. I just love to watch a garden progress through a season—watch inter-species interactions, especially plant and insect interactions and the seasonal changes in these interactions. So, I guess that I also really enjoy seeing students develop the same sense of joy and wonder and the resulting inspiration that they derive from it.”</p> <p><br> To prepare her students for their learning journey, Garvin spent several weeks watering, pruning, and inspecting foliage inside the open air atrium during the summer months. Prior to the coronavirus, the <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmPxh2px">pollinator garden</a> was often used by several biology and geology professors. Garvin would also bring her class of 20 or more students into the space to work with the hive, while others performed semester-long projects. Although Garvin plans to primarily teach remotely this year—students will spend the first half of the semester collecting data for semester-long projects—the openness of the garden lends itself to social distancing practices so she intends to lead in person small group labs there and in other field settings on college property. Students will also create and curate an insect collection.</p> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Students in Garvin’s classes wear protective gear and dismantle hives “to see live examples of the major concepts of behavior, physiology, genetics, ecology, and evolution.” During regular maintenance of the hives, students observe the structure of the comb, the proportion of cells in the comb with eggs, larvae, and signs of disease. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>During the winter months, when most of the plants and the bees are dormant, the pollinator garden is still very interesting, explains Garvin. “Birds come in to feed on the seeds and fruit that result from successful flower pollination. The birds also feed on bees that died and have been removed from the hive by young worker bees. On a warm day in January or February, the ground outside of the hive might be littered with dead bees from such a cleaning. In class this year, the winter garden provides an opportunity to see these processes at work and to see the effects of climate change, such as the early emergence of plants in response to our warming winters.” </p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>A ladybug clings to a cup plant with aphids. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> <p>For Garvin, the best teaching is actually coaching or mentoring students in how to approach problems, think critically, and learn in ways that are best for them. She does this by guiding her students through their own exploration of the scientific process—first by providing them with the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder, then by walking with them on that journey through the scientific process. The pollinator garden is a wonderful tool for this approach. </p> <p>“Here’s an observation that a student might make,” Garvin says, walking briskly over to a large leaf plant with red specks. “All of these plants have these very interesting insects, but they're not on other plants. So, it would be the student’s job to figure out what these insects are and identify the plant. But why are the insects only on this plant and not other plants? The student can develop a hypothesis and together we can do the creative piece of designing and experimenting to see if we can figure that out.”</p> <p>Garvin will teach Ecology of a Watershed; Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology; and Invertebrate Ecology and Evolution this academic year.</p> <p><br> </p> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-08-21T12:00:00Z">Fri, 08/21/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This academic year, many students will learn in outdoor classrooms and some will have the opportunity to explore 91ֱ��’s pollinator garden—a living classroom inside the Science Center.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2764">Science Center</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25251">Biology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/biology" hreflang="und">Biology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Professor of Biology Mary Garvin works in the Science Center’s pollinator garden.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Undergraduate Research Symposium Showcases Student Research Virtually</h1> <p>hhempste — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:34:54 +0000</p> <span>Undergraduate Research Symposium Showcases Student Research Virtually</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-04-24T15:34:54-04:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2020 - 15:34">Fri, 04/24/2020 - 15:34</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Despite restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 91ֱ�� College Undergraduate Research Symposium will continue—in an online format—to showcase collaborative work between 91ֱ�� students and faculty. </p> <p>Typically held as a one-day, in-person event, the Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual conference that highlights 91ֱ�� students’ research, along with the academic and artistic work of each year's graduating class.</p> <p>This year’s online symposium spans six days. The new format makes all research broadly available through recorded video and poster presentations that may be viewed online by anyone. Research is accessible between April 27 and May 2 through the <a href="/undergraduate-research/symposia/virtual-presentations">Office of Undergraduate Research website</a> and can be viewed at any time. Authors, titles, abstracts, and Q&A information is also available on the page. </p> <p>Many student presenters will also hold live Q&A sessions on <a href="https://blackboard.oberlin.edu/">Blackboard</a>, which can be accessed by those in the 91ֱ�� community.</p> <p><a href="/leslie-kwakye">Leslie Kawakye</a>, associate professor of neuroscience and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, says that it is vital to provide students a platform to share their projects. “By presenting their research, students can engage in the final step of the research process: sharing their newly created knowledge with the world. It's important to honor and acknowledge their hard work, their dedication, and the new knowledge that they are producing.”</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Eder Aguilar will present research that analyzes experiences of Latinx students at 91ֱ��.<br> Photo credit: Courtesy of Eder Aguilar</figcaption> </figure> <p>For senior comparative American studies major Eder Aguilar, research with Professor of Comparative American Studies <a href="/gina-perez">Gina Pérez</a> on Lantinx students has taken place over two years. His presentation of “Am I Latinx Enough?” Latinx Ethnic Identity, Belonging, and Expression of Latinidad at 91ֱ�� College” analyzes experiences of Latinx students at 91ֱ�� “through a focus of their ethnic identity formation, their feelings of belonging, and their expression of their Latindad.” </p> <p>“This research has been two years in the making,” says Aguilar. “Though these circumstances have been incredibly strenuous, I am proud of the work I have done and I am incredibly grateful for the students who participated in my research.”</p> <p>Third-year economics major Sun Moon, whose research with Assistant Professor of Economics <a href="/martin-saavedra">Martin Saavedra</a> explores the impacts Japanese internment during World War II had on life spans, says the research experience has been valuable. </p> <p>“I didn’t realize how much I would learn from engaging in the research process. I’ve discovered so many different ways and methods to explore our research question. It was rewarding to apply the knowledge I gained in the classroom.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oberlin/sets/72157714013515596/">In this gallery</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> , view some of the 2020 presenters working on research at 91ֱ�� (prior to the transition to remote classes) and at home.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-04-24T12:00:00Z">Fri, 04/24/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Office of Undergraduate Research invites everyone to an online symposium between April 27 and May 2, featuring research from 91ֱ�� of Music students.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2358">Undergraduate Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4861">Neuroscience</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25341">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/leslie-kwakye" hreflang="und">Leslie Kwakye ’06</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/gina-perez" hreflang="und">Gina Pérez</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/neuroscience" hreflang="und">Neuroscience</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/economics" hreflang="und">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Charlotte Babarinsa '20 uses electroencephalography (EEG) in a study to understand the neural mechanisms that lead to decreased crossmodal temporal acuity. Study authors Babarinsa, Zoey Keeley, Kathryn Hirabayashi, Samantha Papadakis, Zoii Barnes-Scott, and Russell Jaffe will present their research in the 2020 Undergraduate Research Symposium.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Mike Crupi</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Teaching in the New Normal: Professor Sebastiaan Faber</h1> <p>hhempste — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:25:25 +0000</p> <span>Teaching in the New Normal: Professor Sebastiaan Faber</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-04-22T14:25:25-04:00" title="Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 14:25">Wed, 04/22/2020 - 14:25</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor of Hispanic Studies <a href="/sebastiaan-faber">Sebastiaan Faber</a> describes how a chance assignment that would explore <em>The Exterminating Angel</em>, a film about contagion and confinement by surrealist Luis Buñuel, has become a fitting discussion piece for students in his senior seminar (HISP 447). Faber explains that the film displays particularly eerie parallels to the current state of the world, much of which is in a state of forced confinement. </p> <p>From Faber: </p> <p>An upper-class dinner party takes a dark turn when the guests suddenly seem unable to leave the sitting room. There is no physical barrier blocking them; some other power is holding them back every time they approach the threshold. Over the following days of compulsive confinement, base instincts inevitably break through the razor-thin veneer of civilization as the guests try to make sense of a situation they don’t understand, surviving like castaways on a desert island. Some fall victim to superstitious delusions and feverish hallucinations. Others turn into murderers or rapists. While a black bear and a couple of sheep roam the empty mansion—preemptively abandoned by the serving staff, who felt something eerie was aloft—life outside goes on. The authorities cordon off the entrance gate and mark it with the yellow flag indicating contagion.</p> <p>This is the disturbing premise of the film that my course syllabus happened to have scheduled for the weekend 91ֱ�� students spent hurriedly packing their bags, a week before Ohio declared a state-wide lockdown in response to COVID-19. <em>The Exterminating Angel</em> was shot in 1962 by Luis Buñuel, the father of surrealist cinema. Buñuel—whose son was an Obie, Class of ’57—had a knack for disturbing practical jokes. He couldn’t have come up with a better way to mark the weird and unexpected transition from in-person classes to a second module in which we’re teaching and learning in a state of forced confinement.</p> <p>Two and a half weeks into this new world, I am happy to report that neither I or my students have succumbed, as yet, to murder or delusion. Sure, teaching to a screen of fifteen video thumbnails does not compare to the energy of an in-person class. Using Zoom is awkward and uncomfortable. It unsettles habits and routines. But in a way, our subject matter has helped prepare us for this: The first six weeks of the semester, too, were often awkward and uncomfortable. It couldn’t have been otherwise.</p> <p><em>The Exterminating Angel</em> is part of a senior seminar fully dedicated to Buñuel’s work and its legacies. Although the class is taught in Spanish, the twenty Buñuel films we’re viewing were shot in Spanish, French, and English in Mexico, France, Spain, and the United States. Some of them are downright hilarious satires of bourgeois life. Others are melodramatic and mysterious. Yet they are all profoundly disturbing. If Buñuel had a single goal throughout his career, it was to use the power of cinema to confuse his viewers while undermining their beliefs about the world, humanity, religion, morality, sexuality, desire—and themselves. Having your beliefs undermined is not a pleasant experience. Discomfort and frustration reign. And to make things worse, Buñuel’s movies stubbornly resist interpretation. As he liked to say: “Nothing in this film means anything.” Not a promising point of departure for a class discussion of any kind.</p> <p>Yet in hindsight, those first six weeks we got to spend in each other’s physical company were a useful boot camp for the online experience we’re limited to now. We were able to build a community—even if it was based on shared discomfort and frustration—that has survived into our current state of confined dispersion. What has also survived is the rigorous routine of (almost) daily viewing and writing we put in place before COVID-19 changed the world (two dozen films, twenty response papers, three papers with two drafts each).</p> <p>Our virtual meetings, meanwhile, have also had some unexpectedly positive aspects. Students who watched the films together on campus now sometimes share them with their families, who become unwitting focus groups for their papers. Zoom’s panopticon effect—students don’t know when the teacher is looking at them—puts everyone on their best behavior and makes cold-calling more acceptable. Although breakout rooms frustratingly put students out of the teachers’ view, the fact that the groupings are random allows students to work with people they didn’t sit next to in class. And being able to use a shared Google doc for in-class group writing or brainstorming in real-time is useful for quickly generating—and visualizing—ideas.</p> <p>Has Buñuel’s surreal take on the world as we knew it prepared us for the surreal world we’re finding ourselves in now? “I feel I’m appreciating this quarantine differently,” a student writes. “How linear or logical is time anyway? Why do we insist on analyzing this abnormal reality with normal eyes?” “I feel like this whole pandemic could be a Buñuel film,” another tells me. “He would very much enjoy its ironies. The wealthier ‘bourgeois’ groups in our country have continued to socialize and travel, for example, while the pandemic impacts low-income communities to a much greater extent. And Buñuel would find great pleasure in critiquing religion, as religious ‘devotion’ has become a catalyst for the rapid spread of the virus. The parallels between Buñuel's films and our current state are painfully absurd, and his films seem more appropriate now than ever.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-04-22T12:00:00Z">Wed, 04/22/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at 91ֱ��. In this series we are sharing stories from faculty on how they are navigating this new normal. How have you adapted instruction to a remote learning environment? How have students shifted how they learn and participate? What’s changed, what’s stayed the same, or what has come as a pleasant surprise? Please <a href="mailto:communic@oberlin.edu">share an example or anecdote</a> that addresses one of these areas. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4796">Hispanic Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/sebastiaan-faber" hreflang="und">Sebastiaan Faber</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/hispanic-studies" hreflang="und">Hispanic Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">A screenshot of students Hispanic Studies 447 in a Zoom discussion.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Photo courtesy of Sebastiaan Faber</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="field field--name-field-bio-card-el-biography field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="biography-card"> <figure> </figure> <div class="biography-card__content"> <h2><span>Sebastiaan Faber</span> </h2> <ul class="item-list list--clean" style="margin-top: 0px;"> <li class="professional-title">Professor of Hispanic Studies</li> <li class="professional-title">Program Director, Latin American Studies</li> </ul> <a class="view-more" href="/sebastiaan-faber">View Sebastiaan Faber’s biography</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Economics Team Wins First Place at Business Case Competition</h1> <p>hhempste — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:25:39 +0000</p> <span>Economics Team Wins First Place at Business Case Competition</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-03-02T14:25:39-05:00" title="Monday, March 2, 2020 - 14:25">Mon, 03/02/2020 - 14:25</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 91ֱ�� team surpassed 15 other schools to secure the first place honor during the competition held on Saturday, February 8, 2020, at Marietta College. Team members included Matthew Walton ’22, Yanjin Wu ’22, and Noemi Duker ’23. Beth Tallman served as the team coach. </p> <p>The team of three students was given approximately two months to prepare case studies to present for Peoples Bank senior management. The cases included scenarios related to human resources, finance, strategic planning, and marketing. Presentations were 20 minutes in length, followed by a 10-minute question-and-answer session with a panel of judges.</p> <p>Tallman’s work with the students focused on organizing the team’s approach to the case, based on each student’s individual strengths. She also assigned preparatory readings if the students needed to build additional skills. The students returned to campus during winter term to begin working together. </p> <p>Tallman praised the team’s performance. “The students did a lot of intelligent research and were willing to learn what they needed to to get the job done. Peoples Bank encourages creativity, and 91ֱ�� students can be very creative.”</p> <p>The trio's marketing recommendation for the case included creating a series of personal finance videos targeting millennial customers who often prefer consuming information through video, as opposed to the written word. </p> <p>“The students created a prototype that was a real hit with the judges,” says Tallman. </p> <p>Watch the team’s <a href="https://youtu.be/_tPUd9s-2G0">video</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-video-camera"></span> about how to create a monthly budget. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-03-02T12:00:00Z">Mon, 03/02/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For the second year in a row, 91ֱ�� College was awarded first place in the Eighth Annual Peoples Bank Undergraduate Business Case Competition.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25341">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/economics" hreflang="und">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Beth Tallman</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Jewish Studies Program Experiences Renewal</h1> <p>hhempste — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:36:48 +0000</p> <span>Jewish Studies Program Experiences Renewal</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-08-26T12:36:48-04:00" title="Monday, August 26, 2019 - 12:36">Mon, 08/26/2019 - 12:36</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>91ֱ��’s <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/jewish-studies">Jewish Studies Program</a> recognizes that Jewish history, culture, religious tradition, and literature is embedded in the larger world. It’s integral for understanding the history of Europe, the United States, and other parts of the globe, says <a href="/ellen-wurtzel">Ellen Wurtzel</a>, associate professor of history and chair of the Jewish Studies Program from January 2018 to July 2019.</p> <p>This year, through a reimagination of programming and reallocation of resources, the program is experiencing a renewal. The changes will provide students with more opportunities to immerse themselves in the program.</p> <p>“We’re at a really exciting time with new faculty, new ideas for programming, and a shared language program in Hebrew with Ohio State University,” says Wurtzel. “If you’re a student interested in learning about Jewish culture, history, tradition, and language, you can do it all through the Jewish Studies Program.”</p> <p>Additions this academic year include two tenure-track professors: Shari Rabin, assistant professor of Jewish studies and religion, and Sheera Talpaz, assistant professor of comparative literature and Jewish studies. Matthew Berkman will also join the program as a visiting assistant professor of Jewish studies, and Professor of Religion <a href="/cindy-chapman">Cynthia Chapman</a> will serve as the program’s new chair.</p> <p>According to <a href="/laura-herron">Laura Herron</a>, assistant professor of Jewish studies, the program attracts a diverse group of students interested in religion, politics, history, literature, and cultural studies. Because most courses also count toward the cultural diversity requirement, students are able to enrich an existing area of study by either expanding its context or honing in on a specialization.</p> <p>“It’s not just students in the humanities and social sciences who take our courses. Last year, we had a biology major complete a minor in Jewish studies because the issue of migration resonated. We also have conservatory students who want to explore topics like Jewish musical traditions,” says Herron.</p> <p>Students who earn a major or minor in Jewish studies go on to a variety of careers. Some pursue a career in an academic or professional field, while others go on to graduate school, the education field, or work for charitable foundations.</p> <p>However, some students find even deeper inspiration in the program. Emily Volz ’19 entered 91ֱ�� thinking she would be on a pre-med track and then later go on to become an oncologist. After reevaluating her interest in that field, she dabbled in geology. “But that fell apart pretty quickly,” says Volz.</p> <p>After doing a summer program in Israel, Volz found the experiences she had pushed her in the direction of Jewish studies. She “found inspiration through a visiting professor of Jewish studies,” and she took four classes with that professor. The overall experience eventually led Volz to attend rabbinical school.</p> <p>Classes offered in the program this academic year include Introduction to Jewish Studies: Sacred Spaces and Promised Lands; New Testament Christian Origins; and Orientalism and the Jewish Question. Herron encourages all students to give Jewish studies at try. “I invite students who have perhaps never considered taking a Jewish studies course to take one this year. There’s room for everyone at the table.”</p> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-08-26T12:00:00Z">Mon, 08/26/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2583">College of Arts and Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25386">Jewish Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/laura-herron" hreflang="und">Laura Herron</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/ellen-wurtzel" hreflang="und">Ellen Wurtzel</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/cindy-chapman" hreflang="und">Cynthia (Cindy) Chapman</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/jewish-studies" hreflang="und">Jewish Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Rice Hall, home to 91ֱ��'s Jewish Studies Program.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Larry Kasperek</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Q&A with Chris Marx: Great Lakes Mathematical Physics Meeting</h1> <p>hhempste — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:28:10 +0000</p> <span>Q&A with Chris Marx: Great Lakes Mathematical Physics Meeting</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-07-12T14:28:10-04:00" title="Friday, July 12, 2019 - 14:28">Fri, 07/12/2019 - 14:28</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Q: The Great Lakes Mathematical Physics meeting is an annual meeting in mathematical physics in the greater Midwest. How did 91ֱ�� College come to host this meeting?</strong></p> <p>Since the first GLaMP meeting four years ago, the conference has been co-organized by Michigan State University (MSU), the University of Kentucky (UKY), and 91ֱ�� College. The first three meetings were held at MSU; starting with this year’s meeting the plan is to alternate the meeting between MSU, UKY, and 91ֱ��. I was excited to host this year’s meeting on our campus and, for the first time, open up participation to also include undergraduate students.</p> <p>Aside from logistics, my primary responsibility as a local organizer was to secure funding. This year, we were fortunate to receive support from four organizations, which awarded funding totaling $35,700: the National Science Foundation (NSF, DMS-1900167; $30,000), the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the American Institute of Physics (AIP), and the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP). The meeting was also awarded “in cooperation status” by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM).</p> <p><strong>Q: How would you describe "mathematical physics"? </strong></p> <p>Generally speaking, mathematical physicists aim to provide a mathematically rigorous foundation of physics. This means to develop a mathematically sound and consistent framework, which allows to prove theorems that capture the behavior of physical systems. In the United States, most mathematical physicists are employed in mathematics departments. Current research interests include statistical physics, quantum mechanics, many body and solid state physics, and general relativity. With our conference, we try to represent the field as broadly as possible.</p> <p><strong>Q: What was the overall goal of GLaMP, and how was it achieved?</strong></p> <p>The distinguishing feature of the GLaMP meeting has been its emphasis on young researchers in the field. With the majority of contributed talks given by early-career faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, we aim to provide a forum that showcases the work of young researchers, offers career development opportunities, and more generally, helps secure a flourishing future of mathematical physics in the United States.</p> <p><strong>Q: Part of GLaMP's special focus is the support of young researchers in the field. How was that group supported?</strong></p> <p>The GLaMP meeting offers career development opportunities, specifically through a three-hour mini course in a topic of current research interest by a world-class expert, four invited plenary talks from leading researchers in their respective fields, and a career round table, representing different career paths in mathematical physics, both in academia and in industry. This year’s mini course was on “disordered quantum spin chains” given by Günter Stolz of the University of Alabama, Birmingham. The career round table advises students and junior researchers on career issues in mathematical physics and related areas.</p> <p><strong>Q: Six 91ֱ�� students participated in the GLaMP—this was the first time undergraduate students were able to attend the meeting. How were these undergraduates involved? </strong></p> <p>One intention in opening the meeting to undergraduate students was to give them the opportunity to experience a research conference and see examples of the type of problems that people are currently interested in. In addition, participating undergraduate students also had a chance to interact with current graduate students, post-docs, and junior researchers, i.e. participants who are only one or two career steps removed from them. In conjunction with the career round table, we hoped this would give undergraduate students useful insights and examples which would help them in their own career planning.</p> <p>We were pleased that seven of the 43 registered participants of GLaMP 2019 were undergraduate students, six of whom were affiliated with 91ֱ��: Didi Banyeretse, Alexandra Du, Rainie Heck, Omar Hurtado, Claire Segura, and Hengrui Zhu.</p> <p><strong>Q: Is there anything else you'd like to share about the GLaMP?</strong></p> <p>The feedback we received by the participants was phenomenal. In this context, I am very grateful for the local support, in particular from 91ֱ��’s Conference Services and the staff of the Hotel at 91ֱ��, both of which made this meeting run as smoothly as it did. With this year’s successful meeting, I am already looking forward to GLaMP 2020 which, I am happy to report, will again take place at 91ֱ��.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-07-12T12:00:00Z">Fri, 07/12/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Assistant Professor of Mathematics <a href="/chris-marx">Chris Marx</a> served as the local organizer of the <a href="https://sites.google.com/msu.edu/glamp2019/home">Great Lakes Mathematical Physics</a> meeting (GLaMP) held June 28-30, 2019 at 91ֱ�� College. For the first time in the program’s history, undergraduate students, including six from 91ֱ��, were able to participate.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2367">Science & Math</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2358">Undergraduate Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/chris-marx" hreflang="und">Chris Marx</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/mathematics" hreflang="und">Mathematics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Great Lakes Mathematical Physics meeting attendees pose together on the 91ֱ�� College campus.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Sylvia Rios</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Professor of History Renee Romano Selected for Cultural Exchange Residency in Japan</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:16:30 +0000</p> <span>Professor of History Renee Romano Selected for Cultural Exchange Residency in Japan</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-05-27T12:16:30-04:00" title="Monday, May 27, 2019 - 12:16">Mon, 05/27/2019 - 12:16</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Beginning in late May, Professor of History, Comparative American Studies, and Africana Studies <a href="/renee-romano">Renee Romano</a> will spend several weeks visiting academic institutions in Japan through a residency awarded by the Organization of American Historians (OAH).</p> <p>Romano is one of two U.S. historians selected by the OAH and the Japanese Association for American Studies to receive the 2019 residency on cultural history of the 20th century at Tohoku University. The residency was announced April 5 during the OAH annual meeting in Philadelphia. Her work is also supported by the Japan-United States Friendship Commission.</p> <p>Romano specializes in modern American history, with research interests in the racial politics of post-WWII United States, African American history, civil rights, and historical memory. In 2018, she codirected the traveling exhibit <em><a href="/news-and-events/special-events/courage-and-compassion">Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American World War II Experience.</a></em></p> <p>Romano will be in Japan May 29 through June 16. During her time there, she will give lectures on American history at the annual meeting of the Japanese American Studies Association in Tokyo, at Doshisha University in Kyoto, at Osaka University in Osaka, and at Tohoku University in Sendai.</p> <p>“This residency is a wonderful opportunity for me to meet and engage with Japanese scholars who study U.S. history,” Romano says. “I’m excited to share my work with students and scholars there and to gain a deeper perspective on how America and its history are viewed in Japan. I’m also thrilled to have the opportunity to give talks at several different universities in different areas of the country and to do some sightseeing along the way.”</p> <p>Romano is the author and coeditor of several books, including the 2018 anthology <a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/historians-on-hamilton/9780813590318"><em>Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America’s Past.</em></a> She serves on the executive board of the OAH and is an OAH Distinguished Lecturer. Founded in 1907, OAH is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to American history scholarship.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-05-27T12:00:00Z">Mon, 05/27/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Renee Romano, professor of history, comparative American studies, and Africana studies </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jennifer Manna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Senior Symposium 2019 Preview</h1> <p>hhempste — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:51:24 +0000</p> <span>Senior Symposium 2019 Preview</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-04-26T08:51:24-04:00" title="Friday, April 26, 2019 - 08:51">Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:51</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>More than 100 seniors and fifth-years on 27 panels will each give a brief presentation about work they performed for honors, capstones, or research they conducted individually or with a faculty mentor. The symposium will examine a broad range of topics such as “Love & Relationships in the Digital Era” and “Project Hózhó: Youth, Arts, and Environment in the Navajo Nation.”</p> <p>The symposium takes place in the King Building. Concurrent panels begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue through 8 p.m. Ti Ames ’19 and Professor of Theater and Africana Studies Caroline Jackson Smith will give the 11 a.m. keynote address in King 106, about black performing arts through a focus on a recent production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play <em>The Brothers Size</em>, which Ames directed. A reception will take place from 6:20 to 7:20 p.m. in the King Building’s second-floor lounge.</p> <p><a class="view-more" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pfwpve9MN8hWL50v_MX_ZJkT2mqHw5YmYQMQvI0kJt4/edit?ts=5cc06ea8">See additional event details and access the full schedule of presentations</a></p> <hr> <h2>The following are a sampling of abstracts from the student presentations </h2> <p><strong>Presenter: Pang Fei Chiang<br> Scents and Sensibilities: Gay Identities in Malaysia</strong></p> <p>For a lot of Malaysians, the kitchen serves as a domestic space where interactions between a mother and a child take place. Many Malaysian students very commonly spend their afternoons studying at the dining table while their mothers cook and tutor them at the same time. It is a site of memory where familial identities and personal identities are constructed. As such, children are more connected to their stay-at-home mothers, who usually happen to be the first parent that queer Malaysians tend to come out to.</p> <p>Therefore, the kitchen is an intensely personal space where encounters with food play a huge role in mobilizing the sensory dimension of memory, through a concoction of taste, sound, and smell, which are deeply rooted in the tempo of everyday life. For other folks, the kitchen serves a space that transports one back to their childhood by means of a particular taste or smell, thereby reflecting past events and experiences, as well as memory of anticipated rituals and celebrations such as Christmas dinner or Ramadhan meals.</p> <p>Using audio recordings, spices, and portraits of the Malaysian gay community and their mothers, <em>Scents and Sensibilities</em> is a mixed-media installation that incites nostalgia of the kitchen as a private space of joyful childhood memories, but also of potential conflicts that reflect the realities of tension and discrimination against the gay community.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Daniel Gonzales<br> Progression of State & Federal Education Policy, Funding, and Legislation in Public Schools Since 1983</strong></p> <p>The purpose of this work is to analyze:</p> <ol> <li>the ways in which the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) has funded music education in public schools since the 1980s.</li> <li>the kinds of musical opportunities that are available to students during the school day and the factors that affect access to those opportunities.</li> <li>why access to these opportunities is important.</li> </ol> <p>As a future music educator, these issues are extremely pertinent to the settings I will find myself in after 91ֱ��.</p> <p>My research consisted of delving into scholarly journals, books, an 91ֱ�� thesis from 1999, and self-conducted interviews of Clevelanders who grew up in or around the city. From my analysis, I assert that today, students in CMSD do not have adequate opportunities to learn music and that overarching racial dynamics tied to a deep history of segregation contribute significantly to this problem.</p> <p><strong>Presenters: Brian James, Kieran Minor, and Rashad Saleh<br> Project Hózhó: Youth, Arts, and Environment in the Navajo Nation</strong></p> <p>The goal of our project, Project Hózhó, is to create an enduring collaborative summer program for youth on the Navajo Nation that engages complex environmental, cultural, and political issues through photography and filmmaking. We collaborated with local organizations like the National Park Service, Indian Health Service, and the local school district to create curriculum for grades 7-12, executed over a four-week period at Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Chinle, Arizona.</p> <p>Through classroom workshops, field shoots, and a guest photography workshop with Will Wilson ’93, students created a portfolio of a dozen works ranging from documentary to sci-fi. Student work will be combined with hours of our own documentary footage and oral histories to create an interactive website about environmental change in the Chinle Valley. This project shows the value of interdisciplinary learning, collaboration, and entrepreneurship in crafting creative approaches to community-centered social and environmental justice.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Alexandra Roman<br> Love & Relationships in the Digital Era</strong></p> <p>We live in a world dominated by technology. In this environment, how have relationships and love been affected? The purpose of this research is to examine the possibility of maintaining meaningful connections, and ultimately love, in a society saturated with dating applications and accessible pornography. The two themes driving this argument are the “emotional” and the “physical.”</p> <p>The former will be considered through an in-depth exploration of what constitutes an authentic relationship through the lens of Existentialist philosophy, further articulated by contemporary philosophers from A. Ben-Ze’ev to Alain de Botton to W. Helm. The latter is articulated through an analysis of Austin’s speech act framework of locutionary and illocutionary acts as applied to pornography. My findings ultimately sustain the claim that technology has affected the way we love and engage in relationships by promoting power imbalances and through a constant perpetuation of identity delusions.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Hannah Tishkoff<br> Sensing the Visual: A Critical Disability Studies Approach to the Allen Memorial Art Museum </strong></p> <p>The exterior of 91ֱ�� College’s Allen Memorial Art Museum boldly states “The Cause of Art is the Cause of the People.” While this sentiment from marxist artist and author William Morris may be inspiring, the reality is that meaningful experiences with art in museums are often inaccessible to people with disabilities. Beginning with the dominance of the visual over all other senses, museum space produces a variety of physical and psychological barriers that prevent people with disabilities from entering or enjoying museums.</p> <p>This project examines the Allen’s commitment to accessibility for visitors of all abilities while taking into account its unique position as a campus art museum with a world-renown collection. I begin by comparing the Allen’s physical space with the guidelines put forth by the Americans with Disabilities act of 1990, as well as the Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design.</p> <p>Based on my research I have outlined suggestions for the Allen to better accommodate visitors of all abilities. These include a focus on multi-sensory exhibition design, which provides opportunities for engaging all five senses in the gallery, as well as increased collaboration with local schools and disability services at the college. I conclude by emphasizing that everyone learns and experiences the world differently; while instituting accommodations would undoubtedly increase the value of the museum experience for visitors with disabilities, everyone benefits from more inclusive practices.</p> <p><strong>Presenter: Sage Vousé<br> Towards More Complicated Human Security: Solving the Measurement Paradox</strong></p> <p>In the aftermath of the Cold War and in preparation for the 1995 World Summit on Social Development, Pakistani theorist Mahbub ul Haq argued that global security should include economic, food, health, environmental, personal, and community security. This idea of an expanded and human-focused threat model, referred to as human security, readily ballooned into multiyear discussion of the failings of national security, the benefits of rejecting nationally-based security models, and the nature of safety itself.</p> <p>Since the 1995 definition of human security, approximately seven different measurement methodologies have emerged. None of these methodologies encompass every part of the 1995 definition. A decade into human security discourse it was concluded that the potential to measure human security was bottlenecked by a paradox: the more a definition attempted to encompass of Mahbub ul Haq’s definition, the less tractable and feasible it became.</p> <p>This project demonstrates that an interdisciplinary, quantitative approach can potentially solve this paradox, directing the literature towards issues of data science and ethics which increasingly govern our age. To do so, it outlines a tractable means of quantifying, combining, and analyzing each subsection of the 1995 definition and, as a case study, shows how survey data collected in the Current Population Survey by the United States Census Bureau can be utilized to form a predictive model for food security.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-04-25T12:00:00Z">Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Office of Undergraduate Research invites all members of the campus and community to celebrate the scholarly and artistic achievements of members of the Class of 2019, at the10th annual Senior Symposium on Saturday, April 27.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2992">Senior Symposium</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2358">Undergraduate Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Computer Science Students Compete in Programming Contest</h1> <p>anagy — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:03:54 +0000</p> <span>Computer Science Students Compete in Programming Contest</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-03-15T11:03:54-04:00" title="Friday, March 15, 2019 - 11:03">Fri, 03/15/2019 - 11:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Computer science students showed a strong performance in the 29th annual <a href="http://personal.denison.edu/~lalla/DSPC/results19.html">Spring Programming Contest</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> at Denison University on March 2.</p> <p>The department sent eight teams that competed with 21 teams overall from four other Ohio schools, including Baldwin-Wallace University, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan University, and the University of Akron. 91ֱ�� had three teams finish in the top five: Jakob Cornell ’19, Anders Cornell ’20, Julia Cornell ’22, and David Hansen ’19 placed second; Seraphina Gibson ’20, Adina Johnson ’19, Sage Vouse ’19, and Jad Seligman ’19 placed fourth; and Colton Potter ’21, Minh Lam ’20, David Gold ’21, Khang Nguyen ’21 placed fifth.</p> <p>Assistant Professor of Computer Science <a href="/sam-taggart">Sam Taggart</a> helped prepare the students and accompanied them to the four-hour competition. Students were asked to solve problems that tested their knowledge of both specific programming and general problem-solving skills. A new batch of problems is designed for each contest.</p> <p>Taggart says this year’s contest involved several board games; the hardest problem required students to write a program to play the board game <a href="https://gamewright.com/product/IOTA">Iota</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> optimally.</p> <p>“Placing in the top five is great,” Taggart says. “This is also the largest group we’ve brought to a programming contest. Every team was able to solve at least one of the problems, even those for whom this was their first contest. This is something to be proud of as well.”</p> <p>91ֱ�� competes in three computer science contests per year and has done so for many years.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-03-15T12:00:00Z">Fri, 03/15/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25321">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/sam-taggart" hreflang="und">Sam Taggart ’12</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/computer-science" hreflang="und">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">91ֱ�� students participated in the annual spring programming contest at Denison University.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Computer Science Department</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>