Faculty-Staff Edition - March 18, 2024
If you鈥檙e looking to budget better or make retirement a reality, there鈥檚 something for you! Join WorkWell and Human Resources on campus and virtually for informational sessions on retirement, wills, trusts, planning for college and more this April.
Events & Exhibits
Prepping your garden鈥攇et tips on March 19
Interested in getting a garden going this spring? Come pick up some seeds and indoor/outdoor gardening tips.
Building compassion, joy with Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu April 12
Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu will be joining the campus as a guest speaker for the Buffs One Read and the Mindful Campus Program. Tickets are free; reserve your seat today.
Faculty Takes
As Voyager 1鈥檚 mission draws to a close, one planetary scientist reflects on its legacy
Planetary scientist Fran Bagenal first encountered NASA鈥檚 Voyager spacecraft during a student job in the late 1970s. Get her take on following these spacecraft for nearly 50 years, as they traveled to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune鈥攁nd beyond the bounds of Earth鈥檚 solar system.
Research Updates
What Remains founders braid migration dreams, art, stories
Growing up on the border shaped the worldviews and life trajectories of four 鈥渕ujeres fronterizas,鈥 or border women, who came together to create the What Remains project. Alumna Adriana Alvarez shares how the project reframes the migrant experience as a global and timeless human experience.
Secrets from the grave
By studying human skeletal remains, bioarchaeologist Sharon DeWitte is opening a new window into past pandemics and giving voice to the voiceless.
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