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- 14OctDiana Salomon "Do They Look Like Me?"Diana Salomon MFA Solo Exhibition, "Do They Look Like Me?" Sept 30 - Oct 15, 2024, Closing Reception: Oct 9, 6-9 pm at Lawrence Alloway Gall...
- 17OctSir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series: Alison Phipps/University of Glasgow, "Enabling Environments, Fugitive Spaces, and Restorative Practices for Intercultural Dialogue and Linguistic Justice"In this lecture, Phipps will consider the macro conditions and discuss re-thinking what makes for enabling environments for intercultural di...
- 17OctLecture by Naomi Oreskes/Harvard University, "Epistemic Privilege and the Gender 0f Climate Change Denial"Lecture by Naomi Oreskes/Harvard University, "Epistemic Privilege and the Gender 0f Climate Change Denial". Part of the College of Arts and...
- 18OctThe Art and Science of Electric Eels, Star-Nosed Moles, and Zombie-Making WaspsA neuroscientist by training, Ken Catania has spent much of his career investigating the unusual brains and behaviors of specialized animals...
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Research Spotlight
Studying the World's Changing Climate and Polar Environment
Department of Geosciences Assistant Professor Weisen Shen recently shared results forthcoming from his team's successful deployment of a series of seismic stations around the South Pole this past austral summer. Shen and his team of graduate students employed a novel transportation system consisting of arctic trucks; the results are likely to help understand the rate of appearance of climate change impacts, such as ice sheet motion.
Through the support of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Program (NSF-OPP) season in logistic investment grant, Shen's team spent two months at the South Pole conducting this resesarch; recent results have been publicized in the 2024 Ice Core community meeting. Click here to read more