Jessi Rae Morton, News Editor
Spring break is coming up very soon, but there are still many events and activities taking place on campus this week. There are options for those who want to learn something new outside of their coursework, and those who just need a break during midterms.
LGBTQ+ Lunch and Learn: Queer Women Throughout History
Hosted by the Office of Intercultural Engagement
Tuesday, March 4, 1-2 p.m., EUC Claxton
Join OIE to remember queer women of the past and celebrate our heroes of today! Bring your own lunch.
Neith-Athena-Minerva: On the Origins and Evolution of the African Creator Goddess
Hosted by Ancient Mediterranean Studies & Archaeology (AMSA)
Tuesday, March 4, 2-3:15 p.m., Arndt Parlor, Mary Foust Residential Hall
From the event webpage:
Come join a presentation and conversation with Dr. Omar Ali on the African origins of Minerva via Egypt and Greece.
Based on the forthcoming book “Africans in the Ancient Mediterranean World” by the historian Omar Ali and classics scholar Rebecca Muich, the event comes on the heels of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month in partnership with African American and African Diaspora Studies, the Department of History, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, along with Lloyd International Honors College and Ashby Residential College.
Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Grant Talk with Dr. Faye Stewart
Hosted by Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
Wednesday, March 5, 12-1 p.m., Curry 231
From the event webpage:
Join Dr. Faye Stewart, this year’s Linda A. Carlisle Faculty Grant recipient, for a talk on A Queer Theory of Spectatorship: Viewing Socialist-Era Cinema Aslant. Enjoy refreshments and an engaging discussion—open to all!
YFY Success Series: Study Strategies
Hosted by New Student Transitions and First Year Experience
Wednesday, March 5, 2-3 p.m., AAC
Level up your study game with YFY and the AAC! Join our Study Strategies workshop to learn time-saving tips, memory techniques, and focus strategies that will help you approach exams with confidence. Discover how to manage your time effectively, retain information with ease, and stay on track during your study sessions. Get the tools you need to study efficiently and perform at your best!
Colloquium: Nicolò Zava, Institute of Science & Technology Austria (ISTA)
Hosted by Mathematics & Statistics
Wednesday, March 5, 4-5 p.m., Petty 219
From the event webpage:
Join us for “An introduction to the role of the Gromov-Hausdorff distance in computational topology” with Nicolò Zava. Nicolò Zava is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) in Herbert Edelsbrunner’s research group.
His research focuses on metric geometry, with strong motivations from applications in computational topology. He studies the Gromov-Hausdorff distance and related distance notions between spaces, as well as their embeddability, employing techniques from coarse geometry and dimension theory. This event is open to the public and includes more information about the talk is available on the Mathematics and Statistics website.
Free Expressions
Hosted by Counseling and Psychological Services
Thursday, March 6, 3-4:30 p.m., Smith Associated Campus Ministries Center 214
Engage in art-based activity for self-expression, stress reduction and emotional awareness. All supplies are provided.
Geography, Environment, & Sustainability Spring 2025 Colloquium
“Illegalities From Above and Below: Making a City for Contraband in the Paraguay-Brazil Borderlands” – Talk by Dr. Jennifer L. Tucker.
Thursday, March 6, 3:30 p.m., Graham 106
From the event webpage:
Outlaw Capital (University of Georgia Press, 2023) shows how transgressive economies and gray spaces are central to globalized capitalism. With an ethnography of the largest contraband economy in the Americas running through Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, Outlaw Capital shows how conflicts over everyday illegalities shape urban development. By studying the differential treatment of ‘elite illegalities’ and the ‘street illegalities’ of street vendors, Outlaw Capital shows how racialized narratives of economic legitimacy across scales – not legal compliance – sort whose activities count as formal and legal, and whose are targeted for reform or expulsion. Ultimately, reforms criminalized the popular economy while legalizing, protecting, and ‘whitening’ elite illegalities.
This event is free and open to the public. For disability accommodations, contact mlreaga2@uncg.edu / 336.334.5388
Ashby Dialogue: Healing Disclosures of Food and Faith
Hosted by Ashby Dialogues
Thursday, March 6, 4-6 p.m., School of Education Building 222
From the event webpage:
Please join us for the first event of the Ashby Delectable Dialogues series (Spring 2025): Cultivating Interdisciplinary Food Conversations.
Dr. Derek S. Hicks, Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at the School of Divinity, Wake Forest University will be delivering a talk followed by Q&A on “Healing Disclosures of Food and Faith.”
This talk is free and open to the public.
Hosted by Recreation and Wellness
Friday, March 7, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Climbing Wall event with coffee and donuts.
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