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Monday, February 25, 2019
Maria Rivero, "Shaping Your Creative Profile in the Age of Tech-preneurship"
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Monday, October 1, 2018
Risk, Responsibility and Resentment: The Political Economy of Online Harassment by Dr. Kylie Jarret.
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September 28, 2018
Research Skills Boot Camp for Undergraduates
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September 21, 2018
Film Series: Far from the Tree Q&A: Joseph Stramondo & Leah Smith, Katie Penn, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
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March 19, 2018
Dr. Marianne Schmid Mast: "Virtual Reality and Social Interactions"
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February 13, 2018
Stephen Bonner, "Where Will You Find Your Opportunities in the Soon-to-be-Transformed, New World of Healthcare?"
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November 16, 2017
Dr. Michael Mann: "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: The Battle Continues" November 17, 2017 & faculty seminar: "A Return To The Madhouse: Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump" Watch the video
November 12, 2017
Dr. Jabari Mahiri "A New Racial Literacy: Beyond the Color-Blind"
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April 20, 2017
Dr. Kishonna Gray, "Race, Gender, and Toxicity in Video Gaming Culture"
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April 9, 2017
Sharif Mowlabocus, The "Mastery" of the Swipe: Smartphones and Precarity in a Culture of Narcissism
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March 29, 2017
Dr. Wayne Norman, "How to be an Ethical Adversary Without Tying One Hand Behind Your Back"
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February 6, 2017
Juliette Kayyem, Assessing Our Security in an Age of Mayhem
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January 31, 2017
Public Policy in the Trump Administration
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November 8, 16
Dr. Andre Brock, “Diversity, Identity, and Technology”
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November 21, 2016
Research Skills Boot Camp for Undergraduates and Launch of Fusio, the Bentley Undergraduate Research Journal
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September 27, 2016
Natalia Voutova, Public Lecture: “Confessions of an International Civil Servant”
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April 14, 2016
Alfred Martin Jr., "Trapped in a Generic Closet: The Queer Politics of Post-Network Black Cast Sitcoms."
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April 2, 2016
Dr. Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho, "The Current Political Crisis in Brazil."
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March 29, 2016
Dr. Jack Whalen Ph.D. "Indicators of Social Performance and Wellbeing to Help Improve Small-Scale and Industrial Fisheries: A Global Exploration."
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March 21, 2016
Public Lecture with Maestro Patrick Botti, "Conductor, Researcher, Entrepreneur: Pathways through Music, Science and Business."
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March 7, 2016
Robert McNulty, "Afghanistan: the Peril and Promise – Reflections on Advancing Peace Through Education and Economic Development."
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February 11, 2016
Celene Ibrahim, “Exploring Muslim Identity on Campus”.
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February 9, 2016
Massachusetts State Senator Ben Downing, Net Impact Speakers Series.
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November 2, 2015
Matt Sienkiewicz,“The Other Air Force: American Efforts to Reshape the Media of the Middle East Since 9/11”.
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October 28, 2015
Tom Perrotta, Reading and Q&A.
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October 21, 2015
Nicholas Hartlep,The Model Minority Stereotype: Demystifying Asian American Success.
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October 19, 2015
Skylar Kergil, Transitioning Online.
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October 5, 2015
Dr. Thomas A. Birkland,“Do People Ever Learn from Disasters? A Revision of the Idea of Event-Driven Policy Change”.
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April 13, 2015
Undergraduate Student Research Assistant Showcase.
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March 31, 2015
Barbara Paul-Emile, "Mosaic".
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March 19, 2015
Noah Berger, Kay Schlozman, Katherine Levine Einstein, Juliet Gainsborough,& Dan Everett, "Panel Discussion on Whose Voice Gets Heard?: Economic Inequality and Political Participation in the U.S"
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February 17, 2016
Kimani Paul-Emile, “Beyond Title VII: Rethinking Race, Ex-Offender Status and Employment Discrimination in the Information Age”.
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February 23, 2015
Alison Jaggar "We Fight for Roses Too: Time-use and Global Gender Justice".
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February 17, 2015
Jabari Asim, “From the Personal to the Public: Turning Experience into Creative Expression”.
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February 4, 2015
Liz Peinado, Cheo Coker, & Dr. Frank Tuitt, Panel Discussion on Race and Inequality.
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