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3/21

Feminist Data Science in Action

Van Pelt Library.

Catherine D’Ignazio gives a talk on how grassroots feminist activists are tackling feminicide through data science. It's the topic of her upcoming book, “Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism.”

12:00 p.m.

Hybrid; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th Floor

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3/23

Doing Global Media Studies

media-guidelines

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication hosts the 2023 biennial fellows’ symposium, featuring panel talks and receptions with experts in communication, film, media, the humanities, and more. The theme is global methods and concepts in the field of communication and media studies. This is a two-day event.

9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Hybrid; Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

3/28

Conversation with Jason Reynolds

A yellow and green victorian house

Join in conversation with Jason Reynolds, author of “Ghost,” a National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature, as well as a Marvel Comic, “Miles Morales: Spider-Man.”

10:00 a.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

3/28

Cancer Interception and Prevention

Cancer metastasis

This talk will explore the potential impact of new cancer interventions that could prevent 50-60 percent of cancers if optimally employed. Scholars who will speak include: Robert Vonderheide, director of the Abramson Cancer Center; Jonathan Epstein, executive vice dean and chief scientific officer at the Perelman School of Medicine; and Susan Domchek, executive director of the Basser Center for BRCA at the Abramson Cancer Center.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Virtual

Trees in themselves

“Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees,” a new book by Jared Farmer of the School of Arts & Sciences, is reviewed.

March 23, 2023 ・ From The New York Review of Books