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Digital Transformation Coffee Hours – Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS)
Curious about WashU’s new Digital Transformation initiative? Have ideas? Want to get involved? Join Philip R.O. Payne, Digital Transformation lead, and the Digital Transformation implementation team for some coffee while talking all things digital transformation. This special coffee hour is centered around the Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS).
The Right to Read: A Panel Discussion - A Lowenthal Symposium Event
The Lowenthal Symposium Series is dedicated to understanding and improving the lives and educational experiences of urban youth. The right to read means giving each student the capability to access information that can allow them to reach their fullest potential.
Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives
How can narratives – visual, textual, and oral -- bridge divides between migrants and the communities in which they settle? Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives brings together the work of local and national artists who craft narratives of migration and holds space for migrants and those affected by migration to tell their stories.
Statistics and Data Science Seminar: Nonparametric sharp bounds and optimal design in police oversight
Speaker: Dean Knox, University of Pennsylvania
Arseli Dokumaci - Activist Affordances: Disability, Shrinkage, and Improvisation
Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship information session
Calling all sophomores interested in pursuing a humanities research project! You might be a great fit for the Kling Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Drop in at this information session and chat with current Kling Fellows and faculty to learn more about this opportunity.
Social Mixer: TRIADS Initiative in Race, Power, Equity, and Justice
The Department of Sociology Presents: Dr. Christine Williams
On Friday, February 9, 2024, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Christine Williams. Dr. Christine L. Williams is Professor of Sociology and the Elsie and Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams, Sr. Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on gender, race, and class inequality in the workplace. She has written about gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and homophobia in a wide range of workplace settings, most recently in the oil and gas industry. Professor Williams is the recipient of the American Sociological Association's Jessie Bernard Award and the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Career Award; she also received the Distinguished Lecturer Award and the Feminist Mentor Award given by Sociologists for Women in Society. She served as the 111th President of the American Sociological Association in 2020.
Ethical Research Data: The Feminist Principle of Examining Power in the Context of Big Data and AI
Lauren F. Klein, the Winship Distinguished Research Professor and Associate Professor of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English, Emory University
HOMAGE: Traveling Black History Exhibit
Join us on a remarkable journey through Black history and culture with the Homage Exhibit. Each original artifact represents an icon, cultural phenomenon, or pivotal historical moment and accompanies works created by artists and creatives. Stop in to Holmes Lounge at anytime between 12:00pm - 6:00pm and view the exhibit at your own pace.
Pizza with the Profs
Free lunch. Focused time with faculty. Fantastic.
What is Grad School? Options, Funding, Big Picture
Get practical advice to structure your consideration of graduate school (in-person only)
RESCHEDULED: SOC Student Field Trip: Guided Tour of "Moving Narratives" Exhibit
Information Session for Prospective Majors/Minors
Discussions with Mentors and Advisors
Need to talk with a mentor about grad school, but not sure what to ask them? (in-person or virtual)
2024 African Film Festival
The African Film Festival introduces Saint Louis audiences to the latest in African cinema. Through a variety of genres, the films showcase the latest talent and new directions in cinema while highlighting themes in a variety of African countries.
2024 STL African Film Festival
Undergraduate Research in Sociology Panel
Travel and Budget Tips 101 - Session 1
Travel and budgeting tips from past study abroad participants.
Machine Desires: Generative AI, Digital Extractivism, and Feminist Politics of Care
Travel and Budget Tips 101 - Session 2
Travel and budgeting tips from past study abroad participants.
To Academia or Not to Academia?
Grad school = being a professor, right? Well... (in-person only)
Feathers and Facepaint: The Making of Redface in American Theatre
Bethany Hughes, Assistant Professor of American Culture, Native American Studies Program, University of Michigan