Implementation of the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan
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Mary-Alice Daniel will visit Washington University the week of September 25 as the Center for the Literary Arts' inaugural Visiting Writer in Residence. On September 28, Daniel will read from her works and take part in a live conversation with Ariana Benson at the Women's Building Formal Lounge. We chatted with Daniel over email on late-night poetry, her approach to live readings, and inviting younger writers to break rules and make mistakes.
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As part of the Program in Public Scholarship's partnership with The Conversation, Professor of History & American Culture Studies Peter Kastor writes about the history of presidential sons and how their conduct has impacted their fathers' reputations.
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On September 13, Arts & Sciences hosted a Special Session on Research Funding Opportunities, including presentations from:
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- SPEED Grants
- Transdisciplinary Institute for Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS)
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Center for the Literary Arts
- Center for the Humanities
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If you missed the session, you can view a video recording and find links to research funding opportunities on the Strategic Plan website. This webpage also includes video and resources from the August 29 special research session.
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These workshops, open to faculty and students, will introduce participants to the basics of the Unity VR engine. President by the Immersive Technology Collective cluster.
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Mary-Alice Daniel is the Center for the Literary Arts' inaugural Visiting Writer in Residence. Join us for a reception, followed by readings from her celebrated, genre-spanning works.
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The inaugural WashU Mindfulness Day will feature a symposium on current mindfulness research happening at WashU, drop-in meditation practice opportunities, showcases from community partners, and a keynote speech by Dr. Richard Davidson, the founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Presented by the Mindfulness Science & Practice cluster.
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M4 is a scientific conference bringing together an interdisciplinary group of individuals to inspire mindfulness research using advanced cognitive neuroscience tools and technology. Presented by the Mindfulness Science & Practice cluster.
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| Practice writing a book proposal from scratch in this hands-on, goal-oriented workshop. Ten seats are available, and pastries and coffee will be provided.
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Organized in conjunction with the Kemper Art Museum's exhibit, Adam Pendleton: To Divide By, poet Simone White will deliver a reading and take part in a conversation on creative practice in relation to the role of language and poetry in Pendleton’s work.
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WashU students are invited to join us for a two-hour workshop on experimental book arts organized in conjunction with the exhibition Adam Pendleton: To Divide By.
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Moving Stories brings together participants from scholarship, the art field, and advocacy to discuss the challenges of incorporating and honoring the dignity of immigrant narratives in different practices.
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The Center for the Literary Arts will host an informal session for students interested in applying for the grant in fall 2024. Topics include how to prepare for the application process, tips for starting your project proposal, finding potential affiliations abroad, and more.
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This Program in Public Scholarship workshop will explore the concept of risk as it relates to public scholarship, inviting participants to play out scenarios as they pertain to their research fields and interests. The workshop will conclude with a low-stakes, low-pressure writing activity around the idea of risk.
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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Heng Ji presents on large neural models, which excel in many tasks but exhibit surprising deficiencies in certain types of knowledge. In this talk, Ji proposes a two-way knowledge acquisition framework to make symbolic and neural learning approaches mutually enhance each other.
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