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Summer Jobs and Internships for STEM Students
January 27, 2017
An overview of specific resources and techniques for securing a summer position in the STEM field. Students of all class years are welcome to attend. Pizza will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Information Session: Graduate Program in Sustainable Landscape Planning & Design
January 28, 2017
The Conway School is hosting an information session here at our Easthampton Campus that will include an overview of the program, presentations by two current students, and presentations by two alums, both of whom are involved in food production and agriculture (Jamie Pottern of Mt. Grace Land Conservation Trust and Marie Macchiarolo of Green City Growers in Boston). Students graduate from our program with a Master of Science in Ecological Design. More information and the registration form can be found at the link below:
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Mill 180, 180 Pleasant Street, Easthampton
10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Public Forum: Climate Action in a Time of Crisis
January 28, 2017
2016 was the warmest year in modern history. Every day scientists report further signs of climate change. Yet, far from helping, the new administration seems determined to make things worse. It’s up to the states. Join MA Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Amherst Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose, Smith professor Nat Fortune, and activist Marty Nathan to discuss what the Commonwealth can do. Followed by workshops and break out groups to help make your voice heard. Free.
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First Churches sanctuary, 129 Main Street, Northampton
3:00 pm

New England Conservation in an Era of Global Change
January 31, 2017
A talk with David Foster, ecologist and author of the recently released book "A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha's Vineyard", which explores the ecological dynamics, conservation history, and future prospects for one of New England’s iconic and most threatened landscapes. David is the director of the Harvard Forest, a 4,000-acre ecological laboratory and classroom in Petersham and a faculty member in ecology at Harvard University. He leads the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research program, which involves more than 100 scientists and students from across the nation investigating the dynamics of the New England landscape as a consequence of climate change, human activity, and natural disturbance. FREE and Open to the Public. Space is limited. Please RSVP online at link below:
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Amherst College Paino Lecture Hall, Beneski Building
7:00 pm

Events at Smith

Lecture: Can gull contamination along the shoreline make swimmers sick?
February 2, 2017
Kendra Brown, Lecturer in Engineering, will give a presentation about her research in shoreline water quality, focusing on recreation impacts from gull contamination.Co-sponsored by Environmental Science and Policy and Picker Engineering. Lunch is provided- bring your own drink.
Ford Hall 240
12:00 pm

Smith College Life Sciences & Technology Fair
February 2, 2017
A variety of science-related and engineering organizations will speak with students about full time and internship positions. Visit the Lazarus Center website (below) for a list of participating employers.
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Campus Center Carroll Room
3:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Workshop: Kimchi Power: Transnational Discovery of Food and Identity in Contemporary Korean Media
February 2, 2017
with Professor Robert Ji-Song Ku (Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies, Binghamton University, author of Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA); Jenny Wang Medina (literary translator, educator, Ph.D. in East Asian languages and cultures); and Ellie Choi (Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, Smith College). Approaching migration and displacement as a contemporary global condition, we examine the showcasing of Korean food in diverse spatio-temporal domestic settings -- the past (historical dramas), the countryside (seaside villages), the cities (youth gourmet dramas), and the new spaces of Korean-language "mukbangs," to its recent deterritorialization abroad, as diasporic Koreans like Marja Vongerichten, Roy Choi, and David Chang negotiate the glocal here in the U.S. landscape of ethnic cuisine. Questions of gender, spatio-temporality (town and country, East and West), commodification, and national identity are reconstituted in our inquiry. Sponsored by the Program in East Asian Studies, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and the College Lecture Committee. Free and open to the public.
Campus Center, Room 001
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Undesign the Redline
February 3, 2017
Join us for an interactive exhibition and pop-up library that invites participants to “explore how redlining and other policies, practices, and investments create systemic disparities and inequalities that not only perpetuate our most pressing social challenges, but impede the full potential of democracy.” The exhibit has been customized for our community, with references to Pioneer Valley history and historic maps of Boston, Hartford, Holyoke/Chicopee, and Springfield. Interactive mapping projects from the Spatial Analysis Lab will be on display from SWG 230 (Gender, Land and Food Movements), highlighting food access, gentrification, and the school-to-prison pipeline. The exhibit is on view whenever the library is open.
KnowledgeLab, Second Floor of Neilson Library

Op-Ed Writing Workshop: How to Make Your Voice Heard in Print or Online Media
February 6, 2017
Hosted by Heather Abel, writer and activist. The goals of this writing workshop are to help students articulate their opinions, learn the rhetorical styles and restrictions of an op-ed, and get their voices heard widely in print and online publications. This is a two-part series and students are encouraged to attend both sessions. Second session is Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 4:30 - 6 pm. Sign up here by Feb. 5, 2017 by emailing jolsen@smith.edu Refreshments included!
CC 204
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Climate Chaos
February 3, 2017
Fringe First Award Winner Baba Brinkman is the world’s first and only “peer reviewed rapper,”bringing science to the masses with his unique brand of hip-hop comedy theatrics. In Rap Guide to Climate Chaos, Brinkman breaks down the politics, economics, and science of global warming, following its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the energy economy. A trailblazer in the genre of “lit-hop”—he has created hip-hop adaptations of The Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, and Gilgamesh—Brinkman is also an award-winning playwright, a former tree-planter who has personally planted more than one million trees, and a Friend of Darwin Award winner (for his efforts to improve the public understanding of evolutionary biology) who has opened for Stephen Hawking.
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Main Stage, '62 Center, Williams College, 1000 Main St, Williamstown, MA
8:00 pm

Film Screening: Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective
February 4, 2017
Beautiful and poignant, INHABIT features the voices and visions of social and ecological changemakers in the Northeast and beyond. The film presents a sweeping vision of "a new way of being and relating to the Earth, a reminder that humans are capable of being forces of planetary healing." In these challenging times, we hope this event will inspire more collaborations and projects and that heal and nourish our community, such as the exciting work unfolding at Nutwood Farm. Before the film, we will share our current plans to grow hazelnuts and other perennial staple foods on our farm, along with our own 3-minute video and details about the launch of our crowdfunding campaign. Admission is FREE and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Childcare will also be provided during the film screening. For more information please call Sara at 413-824-1840 or email nutwoodfarmers@gmail.com.
Cummington Community House - 33 Main St, Cummington
6:30 pm

Events at Smith

Op-Ed Writing Workshop - Part 2
February 8, 2017
Hosted by Heather Abel. Co-sponsored by the Jacobson Center and Africana Studies. This is part two of the series. Refreshments included. Sign up by emailing Janelle Olsen at jolsen@smith.edu by 2/5/17.
CC 204
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

The King of Islandia: How Segregation and Its Violence Made a Man and Nation Rich
February 8, 2017
in this lecture, Nathan D.B. Connolly, Herbert Baxter Adams Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University will explore the interplay of racism, capitalism, politics, and the built environment. Part of the Undesign the Redline series co-sponsored by CEEDS.
Seelye 201
4:30 pm

Undesign the Redline
February 9, 2017
Join us for an interactive exhibition and pop-up library that invites participants to “explore how redlining and other policies, practices, and investments create systemic disparities and inequalities that not only perpetuate our most pressing social challenges, but impede the full potential of democracy.” The exhibit has been customized for our community, with references to Pioneer Valley history and historic maps of Boston, Hartford, Holyoke/Chicopee, and Springfield. Interactive mapping projects from the Spatial Analysis Lab will be on display from SWG 230 (Gender, Land and Food Movements), highlighting food access, gentrification, and the school-to-prison pipeline. The exhibit is on view whenever the library is open.
KnowledgeLab, Second Floor of Neilson Library

Plant Adaptation Up Close: A Biological and Artistic Interpretation
February 12, 2017
The earth's diverse environments create many challenges for plant survival, and plants have evolved adaptations that allow them to thrive under hostile conditions. This exhibit explores these diverse adaptations, from clinging to the rock cliffs to eating other plants. This is your lats chance to put on the 3-D glasses and enjoy this otherworld of plants! Through March 26.
Botanic Garden, Church Exhibition Gallery
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Interest Meeting: Bike Kitchen
February 12, 2017
We will be to finalize the open hours for Bike Kitchen and figure out how Bike Kitchen will work this semester. Please come with thoughts, ideas, and excitement! We are located at the back of Talbot House. (Go down the driveway/parking lot for the Smith Campus School, and we are the last doorway in the brick building on your right.) Can't make it but want to be involved? Contact us through Facebook or email us at bikes @ smith.edu If you have any questions, want to be involved in Bike Kitchen this semester but cannot make the meeting, send us a message and we will figure something out. We want you to be a part of Bike Kitchen! Thanks, and see you Sunday!
Bike Kitchen, Talbot House
2:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Race, Space, and Environmental Inequalities
February 9, 2017
a talk by Dorceta E. Taylor, Ph.D. Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and James E. Crowfoot Collegeiate Professor of Environmental Justice, University of Michigan.
Beneski Earth Sciences Building, Room 107, Amherst College
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Finding Work with Meaning in the Anthropocene: Panel Discussion
February 9, 2017
Gain insights into your personal journey toward forward-thinking work in sustainable living and community building within the fields of education, entrepreneurism, and green building, with Ofer Sharone, assistant professor, Sociology, UMass Amherst, Sara Schley, co-founder of the sustainable consulting firm Seed Systems; Ezra Small , UMass Amherst Sustainability Manager; Sarah Hebert G’13, Trinity Solar employee; and John Fabel, building and construction technology adjunct faculty member, UMass Amherst. Part of the Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice Around the Climate Crisis series.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library , Room 2601, UMass
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm