Implementation of the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan
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On March 21 and 22, Kakimoto and Garnett will visit Washington University as part of the Center for the Literary Arts Speaker Series to discuss their work as a writer-editor team. In this Q&A, the duo sheds light on how writers and editors collaborate, as well as their perspectives on the modern publishing industry.
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Presented by the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures, the Making Transdisciplinarity Work conference convened academics, funders, and administrators to discuss how breaking down departmental barriers can create more powerful scholarship.
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Rafael Soldi's meditative portrait series Entre Hermanos appears as part of the Moving Stories in the Making exhibit at The Luminary. Conceived and organized by Moving Stories, a programmatic grant of the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures, the installation lasts until March 30. Soldi discussed his contribution to the exhibition and its connections to his own immigration story.
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The Center for the Literary Arts will host author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto and editorial director at Bloomsbury Publishing, Callie Garnett, as part of its Speaker Series. Kakimoto will give a reading followed by a conversation with Garnett about the process of editing and publishing her debut short story collection, Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare.
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Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian-born artist and independent curator based in Seattle. His practice centers on how queerness and masculinity intersect with larger topics of our time such as immigration, memory, and loss. Soldi's photographic portrait series, Entre Hermanos, is currently on display at The Luminary as part of the Moving Stories in the Making exhibition, presented by ITF's Moving Stories group.
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Dolores Albarracín of the University of Pennsylvania visits as part of the TRIADS Speaker Series. Albarracín will describe experiments designed to establish whether merely alluding to behaviors can influence others to perform those behaviors, as well as the conditions under which this occurs. This will be followed by an account of the use of artificial intelligence to elevate behavioral messages to authorities within communities.
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Arts & Sciences research writer Chris Woolston will address the importance — and challenges — of effective science communication, sharing tips on translating scientific findings to a general audience and crafting a message that will resonate with a wide variety of readers. Presented by the Program in Public Scholarship.
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Stories that Win is a transdisciplinary project deploying computational text analysis to analyze the structure and content of origin stories, be these stories of politicians, CEOs, or university presidents. Its launch symposium will bring together researchers from across disciplines interested in the various ways that story forms affect society.
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Catherine Knight Steele is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland - College Park where she directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT). Her research focuses on race, gender, and media, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse and digital communication.
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This workshop will be a low-pressure, pragmatic opportunity for those with books under contract to make concrete steps toward completion. By focusing on some of the smaller parts and stylistic considerations, you will make real progress toward finishing your book.
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