Student recital: Jessica Cotturone, voice
Senior Jessica Cotturone, an applied mathematics, music and computer science triple-major from Mukwonago, Wis., will perform a voice recital.
ACLU leader Sykes to present Curtis Family Lecture March 4
ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Emerson Sykes will present the lecture “Freedom of expression and freedom of inquiry in polarized time” at the free March 4 lecture.
Blood Drive
The Student Government Association will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Please eat before donating and bring a photo ID.
Guest lecture: Dr. Sarah Morrison, 'Unearthing the formation histories of inner planets'
Planets form in a disk around their parent star, and their orbits can change over time due to exchanging angular momentum with this disk and through gravitational interactions with other planets. This likely occurred to some extent in our Solar System, but the degree to which these processes shaped the inner planets of our Solar system and in exoplanet systems to become the systems we observe today is still an ongoing area of research.
In this talk, Dr. Sarah Morrison, an assistant professor in the Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science Department at Missouri State University, will discuss the plausible formation scenarios that produce the observed characteristics of the most common types of inner planets, super-Earths, and mini-Neptunes. From numerical simulations of planetary embryos colliding and merging in their residual protoplanetary disks, Dr. Morrison will show what conditions during that phase of planet formation are conducive to forming planet populations with observationally consistent orbit and mass/size distributions. Dr. Morrison will also discuss her path in planetary science and astrophysics and different pathways in professional preparation for careers in planetary sciences and astrophysics.
Presented by the Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy Department.
Watch party: 'Shades of Beauty: Skin Color in Ancient Greek and African Art'
Join the Classics Department to watch a live-streamed lecture by Dr. Mary Ann Eaverly entitled "Shades of Beauty: Skin Color in Ancient Greek and African Art."
Lecture summary: In both Greek and Egyptian art, skin color reflects gender, not race: men’s skin is typically dark, and women's typically light. This commonplace ancient method of gender differentiation, however, proves to be both complex and flexible, encompassing the differing worldviews of Pharaonic Egypt and Archaic Greece and revealing underlying societal ideals about the roles and status of men and women.
About Mary Ann Eaverly: Mary Ann Eaverly is Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, where she has won several teaching awards. While earning her Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan, she was the Vanderpool Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. In 2021, Professor Eaverly was named a Luminary by Eos, the scholarly society for Africana Receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome, for her work in that area. Her most recent book, which provides the material for her Fox Lecture, is "Tan Men, Pale Women: Color and Gender in Archaic Greece and Egypt."
Submit to the Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award by April 1
The theme for the 25th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award is "Equity-Unity and Peace," an opportunity for students to reflect on some fundamental truths that concern people of all genders, ethnicities and nationalities.
Join APEP for a re-entry simulation March 13
On March 13, 1:30-4 p.m., the Augustana Prison Education Program will host a re-entry simulation in the Gerber Center. Seating is limited. Sign up today to participate. (We are also looking for several volunteers. Contact Bonnie Jessee to learn more.)
Study Abroad/Study Away Fair
International and Off Campus Programs invites students, faculty and staff to stop by the Study Abroad/Study Away Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Augustana faculty who are leading J-Term 2025 programs will be there to meet with students and answer questions. Representatives of approved study abroad programs will also be on hand to discuss programs around the world.
Freedom of Expression workshops in March
Residential Life, in partnership with PEN America, is hosting 10 one-hour workshops on Freedom of Expression in March. Attend any one workshop and enter to win a raffle for priority housing selection, Augie merch, and gift cards to the Brew and Bookstore.
Freedom of Expression Workshop
Censorship. Protest. Activism. Book bans. Free speech.
Residential Life, in partnership with PEN America, is hosting 10 one-hour workshops on Freedom of Expression in March. Attend any one workshop and enter to win a raffle for priority housing selection, Augie merch, and gift cards to the Brew and Bookstore.
About PEN America
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.