The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in Canada announced the Award Recipients for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships with Jude Abu Zaineh, PhD in EART being awarded for: Home is Where the Maqlouba is: Understanding Palestinian diaspora through art, food, and technology. This award supports realization of art projects, studio materials, research and travel.
The Well-being Working Group invites you to join us for our next informal roundtable to share ideas, successes, and concerns around community well-being at RPI (in the context of ongoing global and national crises). This session will be facilitated by Holly Traver, with a special focus on gratitude.
* What is the importance of gratitude for ourselves and our students?
Please join us for a screening of Spaceship Earth by award-winning documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf on Friday 2/26/2021 at 6:00 PM. The film brings a fresh perspective to the famed 1991 habitation experiment in which eight volunteers lived within a biosphere that replicated the earths ecosystem at the earth system science facility in Oracle, Arizona. By asking why these people wanted
The 2021 McKinney Writing Contest is open! Submit in any or all of the following categories: Fiction or Drama, Poetry, Essay / Creative Nonfiction, and Electronic Media Using Language. Undergraduate and graduate divisions. First prize wins $300; 2nd prize wins $175; and 3rd prize wins $75. Deadline March 15th, 11:59 pm. Submit: info.rpi.edu/mckinney. Questions?
Join us for a special collaborative symposium hosted by the McKinney Committee at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and SUNY Albany's English Graduate Student Organization in collaboration with New York State Writers Institute, featuring Amina Gautier (fiction), Molly McCully Brown (essay, poetry), and Susan Nguyen (poetry). Each author will read from their work, to be followed by a panel discussion on writing about grief and loss, writing through stressful experiences, and the benefits of creative practices during difficult times. There will also be time for audience questions.
The Well-being Working Group invites you to join us for our next informal roundtable to share ideas, successes, and concerns around community well-being at RPI (in the context of ongoing global and national crises). This session will be facilitated by Alicia Walf, with a special focus on stress.
The Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer is offering online workshops on Deep Listening & Well-being this Spring. Join us for an exploration of mindful listening practices, creativity, collaboration, and play!
Event date: Wed, March 31, 4:30-6pm (reserved for RPI students only)
Register here! https://forms.gle/jhs2av4uMqUDS1YdA
More about Deep Listening:
The Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer is offering an online workshop on Deep Listening & Well-being, open to all RPI faculty, students, and staff. Join us for an exploration of mindful listening practices, creativity, collaboration, and play!
Event date: Wed, April 14, 4:30-6pm (open to RPI faculty, students, & staff)
Register here! https://forms.gle/jhs2av4uMqUDS1YdA
Over sixty years ago, a shepherdess from Central France became the ingénue author of two novels. According to her publisher, the retired mail carrier in her village helped the barely literate girl of 16 transcribe her fantastic stories, which became critically acclaimed. The story of Berthe Grimault impressed Muriel Orr-Ewing, the headmistress of The Grove Finishing School, who extended an invitation to Berthe to study among a class of elite young women. The Pygmalion tale made the international press, with Orr-Ewing claiming that Berthe’s attendance was a type of experiment.
