The first meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Discussion Group for the 2018-19 year will be Friday, September 28, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room of Franz Hall. The group will discuss the article “A Burnt-Out Case: Aquinas and the Way We Work Now” by Jonathan Malesic, and Chapter 1 from Mary Rose O’Reilley’s The Garden at […]
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Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group: Friday, March 23
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, March 23, from 3:30-5 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing “Reflections on the Cosmic Perspective” excerpted from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s 2017 book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and the poem “The Brain is Wider Than the Sky” […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group: Jan. 26
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group is Friday, January 26, 3:30-5:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing the article “On Campus, Failure Is on the Syllabus” by Jessica Bennett and the poem “Richard Corey” by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Readings can be found on the Garaventa Center […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group: Nov. 10
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, November 10, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Conference Room. The group will be discussing the article “We Weren’t Built to Live in the Moment” by Martin Seligman and John Tierney and the poem “Nostalgia” by Billy Collins. Readings can be […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Sept. 29
The first meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group for the 2017-18 year will be Friday, September 29, at 3:30 p.m., in the Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room. The group will discuss the article “The Free Banquet: The Case for Universal Basic Income” by George Scialabba and the poem “To be of use” […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, March 31
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, March 31, 3:30-5 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be reading three short articles: Andrew Reiner, “Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest;” Sarah Brown and Katherine Mangan, “What ‘Safe Spaces’ Really Look Like on College Campuses;” and Christine Emba, […]
Join the Conversation: “Invisible Suffering: The Air We Share,” Feb. 6
Please Join College of Arts and Sciences faculty and regional representatives for an interdisciplinary conversation on the topic of “Invisible Suffering: The Air We Share,” on Monday, February 6, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. All are welcome to attend. Presenters include College of Arts and Sciences dean Michael F. Andrews; Ted Eckmann, environmental studies; Mary […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Feb. 3
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, February 3, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing “Hope Reimagined” from Krista Tippett’s 2016 book Becoming Wise: An Enquiry into the Art and Mystery of Living, and the poem “Atwater Kent” by William Stafford. The readings […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Nov. 4
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, November 4, in the Murphy Conference Room. The group will be discussing Alison Mountz (with others) “Slow Scholarship: A Feminist Politics of Resistance Through Collective Action in the Neoliberal University” and “iPoem,” by George Bilgere. Readings are available on the Garaventa Center website. […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Sept. 16
The first meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group for the 2016-17 academic year will be on Friday, September 16, 3:30-5 p.m., in the Murphy Room on the 4th floor of Franz Hall. The group will discuss Johns Hopkins political science professor Jane Bennett’s “The Wonder of Minor Experiences” from her book The Enchantment of […]