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Stop and Smell the Roses: New Insights on the Medieval Rose Window—10th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture featuring Dr. Elizabeth Carson Pastan

Current scholarship on medieval stained-glass windows has allowed us to appreciate more fully how they were engaged in the devotional life of the buildings they illuminate. But rose windows, which are the very large circular apertures on the terminal arms of Gothic structures, have not been included in these analyses. The conservation currently taking place at Chartres Cathedral allows us to consider rose windows with new eyes, and grasp their materiality, legibility for their medieval beholders, and meaning within the larger glazing cycle.

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The Meaning Behind Data—Making Data More Human

Discovery Center - Hindle Auditorium Norton, MA, United States

In this talk, Jer Thorp shares his beautiful and moving data visualization projects, helping audiences put abstract data into a human context. From graphing an entire year’s news cycle, to mapping the way people share articles across the internet, to the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan, Thorp’s cutting-edge visualizations use technology and data to help us learn about the way we use digital technologies, become more empathetic in the data age, and ultimately, tell the story of our lives. How can understanding the human side of data lead to innovation and effective change? What value is there in the novel and interactive approaches to data visualization? And what are the business applications of creative data-focused research? Thorp teaches audiences how adding meaning and narrative to huge amounts of data can help people take control of the information that surrounds them, and revolutionize the way we utilize data.

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Lecture: A New Darwinian Humanism

Discovery Center - Hindle Auditorium Norton, MA, United States

The Departments of Biology and Religion are sponsoring a lecture by Dr Ken Miller, Professor of Biology at Brown University.

North Korea: Beyond Fake News

Mary Lyon Hall - Holman Room Norton, MA, United States

The History Department invites Associate Professor Suzy Kim from Rutgers University to deliver the semi-annual Helmreich Symposium lecture. She will deliver a talk entitled "North Korea: Beyond Fake News." View the Poster

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Artist Talk — Barbara Owen

Contemporary painter and mixed media artist Barbara Owen will talk about her career and her installation currently on display in the Weil Gallery. Owen, who works out of studios in Pawtucket, RI and Brooklyn, NY, studied sculpture and poetry, but has since focused on painting as her primary medium. Please join us for the opening reception of Simile + Metaphor: Red Necklace and Fiber/Paper/Love immediately following the lecture.

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A conversation with filmmaker Frederick Wiseman

Mary Lyon Hall - Holman Room Norton, MA, United States

Please join us for an evening with Frederick Wiseman. In our conversation with this award-winning documentary filmmaker, we will explore the creative process that drives his work, as well as his approach to our shared human experience.

Readings by the Writer: Tara Campbell

Campbell is the author of the speculative fiction novel TreeVolution and the story collection Circe’s Bicycle. Her stories and poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines. Much of what she writes is crossover sci-fi, or speculative fiction, about what happens when an ordinary person (or creature) faces extraordinary circumstances. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, she currently lives in Washington D.C.

Readings by the Writer: Darcie Dennigan

Dennigan is the author of three books, including her most recent, Palace of Sub-Atomic Bliss (Canarium Books, 2016). Her work has appeared in Boston Review, Poetry Magazine and the Bennington Review. She teaches at the University of Connecticut.