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Creative Writing Colloquium 2019

The ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ program in English invites all budding writers to attend the first ever ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ Colloquium on Creative Writing. Attend lessons on writing technique, ask questions about the publishing process, and rub elbows with published authors. Choose sessions on fiction or poetry or mix and match. 

Saturday, March 9
9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Brooks Science Center, ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ

See the schedule, speaker list and register here.  

Earthwatch presentation by Assistant Professor of Biology Abigail Berkey

Abigail Berkey traveled to South Africa from Aug. 7 to 21 on an Earthwatch trip that was paid for by Wilson ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s Joan M. Thuebel ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’52 Earthwatch Prize. She volunteered at the Mankwe Wildlife Reserve, studying the behavior of the reserve ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s threatened white rhinos.

Come and hear about Abby's exciting adventure!

 

Lunch and Learn ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ – NASA ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ ’s InSight and the Deep Space Atomic Clock

Hear Wilson Professor, Chad Lower, tell you about what's new at NASA. 

Deep Space Atomic Clock: NASA has built an atomic clock they hope to use on future missions. In October or November 2018, it will launch into an orbit around the earth for about a year while they continue testing the clock. Current launch date looks like November 19.
 
InSight Landing on Mars: The spacecraft InSight was launched May 2018 en route to Mars. It should arrive at Mars and land November 26, 2018.

Banned Books Read-Out

Did you know that the most challenged book in America last year was Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why?

Did you know that this week, the last week of September, is Banned Books Week?

So come join faculty, staff, and students for another Banned Books Read-Out and Film Screening!

This Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., communications students will hold a Banned Books Read-Out in the Lenfest Learning Commons, where you can read aloud from any banned book of your choice.