Spring 2017 Group Grant Recipients
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听 Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) | 听 The听2017 Science Communication (SciComm) Symposium is an expansion on the well-received First Annual WiSE SciComm Symposium, established in April 2016. The 2017 SciComm Symposium will extend its efforts to a full-day event that will consist of a morning AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) hands-on workshop and an afternoon session of short TED talk-style research presentations, communication-based activities, and a networking hour. |
听 听 Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Association | 听 The 7th Annual Graduate Student Conference is an interdisciplinary humanities conference, and this year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淪pheres of Influence: Latin American and Iberian Languages and Cultures in Contact.鈥 听We have received abstracts from graduate students affiliated with several departments here at CU 抖阴传媒在线 as well as from other academic institutions throughout the United States. In addition to a full day of graduate student presentations during multiple, thematically organized panels, there will be a keynote speech by Dr. Ericka Beckman, Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. |
听 听 Persian Student Association | 听 We would like to expand our meeting leading to the Persian New Year in March and International Festival in April to provide a dinner at the C4C to allow these graduate students (and a few undergraduates, if applicable) to participate in a shared meal and conversation about recent governmental actions that impacts many of our students, researchers, and families 鈥 primarily, the prevention of Iranian nationals to enter in the United States for the next 90-120 days. |
听 听 Latin America Studies Graduate Research Cluster | 听 On March 9-10, 2017, the Latin American Studies Center (LASC) Graduate Student Research Cluster is organizing a visit by anthropologist, Dr. Winifred Tate. During her visit, Dr. Tate will meet with an undergraduate class, attend a lunch with graduate students (open to all disciplines), and give a public talk. 听Dr. Tate鈥檚 work on human rights, violence, and US foreign policy in Colombia is very timely given the recent signing of the peace accords between the Colombian government and guerrilla FARC in December 2016. Further, her experience in activist, research, and policy realms will speak to a broad range of disciplines interested in conflict, peace, foreign policy, and human rights within and beyond Latin America. |
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Feminist Theory Reading Group | 听 Dr. Gina Colvin will give a public lecture entitled "Telling the Divine Feminine:听Womanist Spiritual Activism at the Religious and Cultural Margins" on April 4, 5:30 PM at the听Center for British and Irish Studies, Norlin Library (room M549). 听Dr. Colvin is a fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and a M茫ori woman of Ngati Porou and Nga Puhi descent who writes, speaks and teaches about decolonization and post-colonialism at the intersection of culture, race, gender, class and religion. 听She is also the听host of the popular Mormon podcast 'A Thoughtful Faith', hosts a controversial blog and is an activist for the revival of the feminine divine in Christianity. On April 5 from听10-11:30 AM, Dr. Colvin will be offering a special graduate seminar in the Hazel Gates Cottage library. Spots are limited to currently enrolled graduate students in any department. 听If you would like to sign up for the seminar or want more information, please RSVP to听olivia.meikle@colorado.edu听by March 31. 听Readings, if any, will be distributed by April 1. 听Lunch will be provided. |
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| 听 The Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference (RMIHC) is a unique conference that the University of Colorado's history graduate students plan and organize and that graduate students from around the country and across a number of disciplines attend. This year's conference, on September 29-October 1, marks the eighteenth annual event. The principle goal of the conference is to provide graduate students with the opportunity to present their original work among their peers in an atmosphere that is both professional and congenial. RMIHC mirrors the format and structure of a professional academic conference; each panel features a faculty moderator, a graduate student commentator, and a group discussion. In past years, RMIHC has offered ten to twelve conference panels of three presenters each. A hike at Colorado Chatauqua, a welcome banquet, a professional development panel, a happy hour, and a keynote address, this year to be given by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, provide attendees with an opportunity to make professional connections, to discuss their scholarship, and to become acquainted with the resources that CU听抖阴传媒在线 has to offer. |
听 听 听 | 听 The ATLAS Graduate Student Collective is partnering with and to bring Dr. Geraldine Cochran, Dean of the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Science, Mathematics, & Engineering, to CU 抖阴传媒在线. On April 5 (4-5 PM in ATLAS 100), Dr. Cochran will听discuss current research, including her own recent studies, on inclusion and intersectionality (the interaction of multiple identities) in graduate physics education. 听A 听for this talk,听along with a list of future听speakers in this seminar series, can be found on the CU Caf茅 website.听 In addition to this open research talk, Dr. Cochran will share how sticking to听the motto "upward and onward" has shaped her professional path in a special career talk during a graduate student lunch on April 6 (12- 1 PM in Gamow Tower 11th Floor Reading room). |
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| 听 , the Women鈥檚 Law Caucus, and 抖阴传媒在线 Cru invite you to attend our "Human Trafficking and the Law" event taking place on听Wednesday, April 12听at 6:00 p.m.听in Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building (room 101). The event, open to the public, will feature guest speakers Rosi Orozco, former Mexican Congresswomen and International Counter-Trafficking Advocate, and Noemi Mu帽oz, a Human Trafficking Survivor and current law student at Universidad del Valle de M茅xico. 听Ms. Orozco and Ms. Mu帽oz will describe their encounters with the human trafficking industry, and share how they are working to transform laws in Mexico and abroad to prevent trafficking and obtain justice for survivors. 听After the speaking portion of the event, and a brief Q&A, guests are invited to meet and greet the speakers and other attendees from听7:30-9:00 p.m.听in the Boettcher Reception Hall. Light appetizers will be provided. We thank you for your support.听 |
听 | 听 The is a student philosophy conference that hosts undergraduate and graduate students from around the country. This year, the conference will be held April 7-8 include two keynote addresses, by Helen Longino of Standford University(4/7, 5:30 PM in HUMN 150) and Chandra Sripada 听of the University of Michigan (4/8, 4:30 PM in HUMN 125). 听There will also be ten student presentations with commentaries (from our own CU 抖阴传媒在线 philosophy students), and opportunities for socializing and networking. 听Questions? Contact rmpc@colorado.edu |
