Monday, September 16, 2019 to Friday, September 20, 2019
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Imagine, Innovate, Impact!
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| monday, september 16 | |
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| 8:15 am - 9:30 am |
Moon Landing: State of the Art & Sciences Faculty & Staff Breakfast and Dean's Presentation Location: Odeum A/B |
| 11:45 am - 1:00 pm |
Creative Minds, Innovative Spaces: A&S Faculty Lightning Talks 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:
Location: Foisie 203 & 205, Foisie Amphitheatre |
| Wednesday, September 18 | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
A&S Undergraduate Student Lightning Talks Student presenters:
Location: Campus Center ’46 Lounge - 1st floor |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Social Justice and Urban Design 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: 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 |
Events
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Monday, September 16, 2019 8:15am to 9:30am
Moon Landing: State of the Arts & Sciences Breakfast & Dean's Presentation -
Monday, September 16, 2019 11:45am to 1:00pm
Creative Minds, Innovative Spaces: A&S Faculty Lightning Talks -
Monday, September 16, 2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Global Impact: The Latin American Experience - Faculty Lightning Round Research Presentations -
Monday, September 16, 2019 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Global Impact: The Latin American Experience - Scholar Talks and Reception -
Monday, September 16, 2019 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Karaoke Night at The Goat's Head -
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:00am to 12:30pm
Going Global in Latin America: Inaugural Latin American Studies Project Awards -
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 5:00pm to 6:00pm
The Artist's Way: Visual Art Design Showcase & Gallery Walk -
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Latin America Live + Reception -
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Student Lightning Talks -
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Social Justice and Urban Design: Yasar Adnan Adanali, Center for Spatial JusticeScholar talk by Yasar Adnan Adanali, Center for Spatial Justice
Yaşar is an Istanbul-based urbanist, activist and researcher. He is one of the co-founders and the director of Center for Spatial Justice, a non-profit working towards fairer, more democratic, ecological urban and rural spaces. His PhD research in Habitat Unit (TU Berlin) is on the right to land movements of informally developed neighborhoods in Istanbul. Yaşar previously worked as an action planner with urban communities in Dominican Republic struggling against evictions and on refugee camp improvement projects in the Middle East. Since 2010, he has been teaching participatory planning and co-housing courses at Darmstadt Technical University (Germany) as a visiting lecturer. Yaşar is a voluntary consultant for Düzce Hope Homes, the first participatory social housing project in Turkey and one of the World Habitat Awards 2017 finalists. He has fellowships from Ashoka Foundation (2016) and Bertha Foundation (2019).
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Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Innovate Impact with Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle and Martin Burt, WPI Entrepreneur in Residence (Brown Bag Lunch)Location: Chairman's Room
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Thursday, September 19, 2019 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Eliminating the Idea of Waste: A Great Minds Multiplied Lecture -
Friday, September 20, 2019 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Come on In!: Gateway Park Laboratory Open House -
Friday, September 20, 2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Innovation at the Forefront: A&S Graduate Student Lightning Talks -
Friday, September 20, 2019 4:00pm to 6:00pm
A&S Graduate Student Research Poster Session & Networking Event
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