Arts & Sciences Week 2019

Imagine, Innovate, Impact!

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monday, september 16
8:15 am - 9:30 am	Moon Landing: State of the Art & Sciences Faculty & Staff Breakfast and Dean's Presentation Opening performance by WPI's Festival Chorus and welcome remarks by Provost Wole Soboyejo Location: Odeum A/B
11:45 am - 1:00 pm	Creative Minds, Innovative Spaces: A&S Faculty Lightning Talks Opening performance by WPI acepella group, Ketones Location: Foisie Amphitheatre
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Global Impact: The Latin American Experience Faculty Lightning Round Research Presentations, Scholar Talks & Reception Location: Odeum A/B Scholar Talks: Carlos Abreu Mendoza, Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture, Texas State University; and Geri Augusto, Gerard Visiting Associate Professor of International & Public Affairs and Africana Studies, Brown University Featured WPI Speakers: John Galante, Aarti S. Madan, Angel Rivera, William San Martin, Carlos Odria, Laureen Elgert, Courtney Kurlanska, Joe Aguilar, Andy Trapp Reception at 5:00 pm with music by Carlos Odria, PhD, Ethnomusicologist and guitarist
7:00 pm	Karaoke Night at The Goat's Head Pizza provided by the School of Art & Sciences
Tuesday, September 17
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Going Global in Latin America: Inaugural Latin American Studies Project Awards This competition features the best IQP & HUA projects developed in project centers in Latin America, Central America, and the Caribbean during the 2018 -2019 academic year. Location: Odeum A/B
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm	The Artist's Way: Visual Art Design Showcase & Gallery Walk Featured artists: Farley Chery, Charlie Roberts, Karen Royer, Joshua Rosenstock, Gillian Smith, Ralph Sutter, Marie Keller, Roshanok Bigonah, Ed Gutierrez, Adryen Gonzalez Location: Foisie I& E Center, Foisie Amphitheatre, & Global Lab Mixed Reality Room
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Latin America Live + Reception Introductory remarks by Panmela Castro, Brazilian grafiteira and performance artist Featured artists: Panmela Castro, Brazilian grafiteira & performance artist Sheila del Bosque Trio Mariana Pachon Puentes and Kit Zellerbach (live coding of music) Location: Foisie 203 & 205, Foisie Amphitheatre
Wednesday, September 18
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	A&S Undergraduate Student Lightning Talks Opening performance by WPI acapella group, Simple Harmonic Motion Student presenters: Joshua Driscoll, Biology & Biotechnology Delainey O’Connor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Ching Wing Cheng, Computer Science Sahil Nawab and Enyonam Edoh, Professional Writing/Biochemistry Laura Staugler and Kayleigh Campbell, Mathematical SciencesModel” Megan Varney, Physics Floris Van Rossum, Robotics Engineering/Computer Science Paul Pacheco, Environmental & Sustainability Studies Alissa Ostapenko, Computer Science/Mathematical Sciences Location: Campus Center ’46 Lounge - 1st floor
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Social Justice and Urban Design Scholar talk by Yasar Adnan Adanali, Center for Spacial Justice Location: Hagglund Conference Room
Thursday, September 19
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Innovate Impact with Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle and Martin Burt, WPI Entrepreneur in Residence (Brown Bag Lunch) Location: Chairman's Room
1:00 - 3:00 pm	Solve-a-Thon on Preventing Amazon Forest Fires Location: Foisie I&E Center
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm	Eliminating the Idea of Waste: A Great Minds Multiplied Lecture Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle Location: Kinnicut Hall (Salisbury Labs 115)
friday, september 20
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Come on In!: Gateway Park Laboratory Open House Location: Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center, 60 Prescott St
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Innovation at the Forefront: A&S Graduate Student Lightning Talks Location: Foisie Amphitheatre
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	A&S Graduate Student Research Poster Session & Networking Event Location: Foisie 2nd floor Reception at 5pm in Foisie 203/205