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New Book Celebration in Honor of Prof. Hal Langfur, Adrift on an Inland Sea: Misinformation and the Limits of Empire in the Brazilian Backlands

532 Park Hall

Join the Department of History for a celebration and discussion in honor of Prof. Hal Langfur and the publication of his book, Adrift on an Inland Sea: Misinformation and the Limits of Empire in the Brazilian Backlands. Prof. Langfur will be joined in conversation by Dr. Cynthia Radding, Gussenhoven Distinguished Professor of History, University of […]

UB Poetics Program: A Tribute to Bernadette Mayer

Poetry Collection, 420 Capen Hall

  The UB Poetics Program is hosting a Tribute to Bernadette Mayer with two events that are free and open to the public on Friday, April 14.   3:30-5:30pm - Artist & Scholar Panel on Bernadette Mayer Exhibition of Mayer’s Works in the Poetry Collection UB Poetry Collection, 420 Capen Hall, UB North Campus   7:30-9pm […]

Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures: Jorge Mari and Luis Prádanos, “Teaching as if Life Mattered: Reflections on Earth-Grounded Ecopedagogy” [HYBRID]

GRoW Home (GROW Clean Energy Center) 150 Service Center Rd, Buffalo, NY, United States

Please join the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures  for a joint lecture by Prof. Jorge Mari (NC State) and Luis Prádanos (Miami of Ohio) on the Environmental Humanities and the practices of Ecopedgogy. This team presentation will introduce the audience to the field of Environmental Cultural Studies, and within it, to some of the […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: Dr. Lauren Richter, “Strategic Science Production and the Case of PFAS”

474 Park Hall 211 Mary Talbert Way, Buffalo, NY, United States

This talk will examine the capacity of chemical manufacturers to influence the scope of U.S. regulatory decision-making through mobilizing the scientific field surrounding PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Drawing on participant observation at two offices within Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in-depth interviews, and analyses of industry documents, Richter will share a portion of her research investigating […]

Gender Institute Panel Discussion: “Social Reproduction from Majority World Perspectives” [HYBRID]

509 O'Brian Hall North Campus

“61% of the entire planet is laboring informally. And what characterizes informal employment is a blurred divide between the productive and the reproductive.” Alessandra Mezzadri, GLUNetwork Interview (8/10/2022) Contemporary social reproduction debates are primarily focused upon the “crisis of care” in high income countries. Less attention has been paid to social reproduction in post-colonial and post-socialist contexts […]

Center for Information Integrity Symposium: Misinformation in Social Media and What to Do About It

Buffalo Marriot Niagara 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst, NY, United States

Free and open to the public. Register here.  While manipulative actors deliberately introduce false and misleading information into the media stream, much of the corrupt information circulating in the public sphere is spread inadvertently by otherwise responsible actors. Well-meaning individuals forward and re-tweet inaccurate, even downright harmful misinformation. Media platforms that would seem to have an […]

Performance Research Workshop: Trevor Boffone and Danielle Rosvally, “Digital Elevator Pitches: How to Put Your Research on TikTok”

310 Silverman Library/Capen Hall

The Performance Research Workshop welcomes Trevor Boffone (University of Houston) and Danielle Rosvally (UB). How do you articulate your research for a broad public via social media? In this workshop, Dr. Boffone and Dr. Rosvally will discuss how TikTok has shaped and informed their work on Yassified Shakespeare, a multimedia project that seeks to better […]

Technoculture Workshop: Marta de Menezes and Amy Pilling, “Unboxing CRISPR: A Hands-on Workshop Exploring the technological, ethical, and creative implications of DNA manipulation with CRISPR” [Part 1]

Coalesce Center for Biological Art - 308 Hochstetter Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo

This 2-day, hands-on workshop led by international artist Marta de Menezes (Portugal) and interdisciplinary artist and educator Amy Pilling (US) will provide an overview of the most talked about biotechnology in the world today — CRISPR. What exactly is CRISPR, how does it work and what is its impact on the future? CRISPR is a revolutionary […]

Technoculture Workshop: Marta de Menezes and Amy Pilling, “Unboxing CRISPR: A Hands-on Workshop Exploring the technological, ethical, and creative implications of DNA manipulation with CRISPR” [Part 2]

Coalesce Center for Biological Art - 308 Hochstetter Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo

This 2-day, hands-on workshop led by international artist Marta de Menezes (Portugal) and interdisciplinary artist and educator Amy Pilling (US) will provide an overview of the most talked about biotechnology in the world today — CRISPR. What exactly is CRISPR, how does it work and what is its impact on the future? CRISPR is a revolutionary […]

PLASMA presents: Lindsay Caplan, “Arte Programmata: Freedom, Control, and the Computer in 1960s Italy”

112 Center for the Arts (Screening Room)

Lindsay Caplan is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her writing has appeared in Grey Room, ARTMargins, e-flux, The Scholar and Feminist Online, Piano b, and Art in America, as well as edited collections and exhibition catalogues. Her book Arte Programmata: Freedom, Control, and the Computer in […]

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