Campus Currents

Monday, Feb. 13, 1:30 p.m.
O'Connor Hall 120

Join the Whittemore Library and the Center for Inclusive Excellence for a discussion of the graphic novel trilogy March by John Lewis. A limited number of FREE copies are available for pickup in the CIE (O'Connor 120) for people who would like to participate. Copies are also available through the Minuteman Library Network (https://www.minlib.net/) and on Overdrive (https://minuteman.overdrive.com/).

If you would like to pick up a FREE copy of March, please register for this event. Once you have registered, you can pick up your copy at the CIE (O'Connor 120) by showing your confirmation email. Copies will be available for pickup Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30-5pm and Thursdays from 11-3pm.

Please email kbarnard@framingham.edu or elaurie@framingham.edu if you need to make other arrangements for picking up books or have any other questions.

The first Campus Sustainability Meeting of the semester will feature a talk with Aimee Powelka from Energize Framingham.

Monday, Feb. 13, 1:30 p.m. on Zoom

Energize Framingham is committed to making Framingham a cleaner, healthier and more equitable community by taking on climate change one action at a time. The organization works with residents, community groups, schools, and city government on clean energy, waste reduction and more through education and outreach.

To receive more information on FSU Sustainability Events, click here.

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023
Humanity, Design + Happiness by Daryl Christopher

McCarthy Center Alumni Room, at 4:30 PM

How can we sustain joy and connection in our modern, fast paced world? Through design elements, true stories, and reflective dialogue, this participatory event will discuss simple practices for sustaining happiness and be led by Daryl Christopher, a designer, educator, and founder of RE_KIN, a magazine focusing on communal wholeness through responsiveness.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023
Artist Exhibition: Record Keeper

Reception (4:30 p.m.) at the Mazmanian Gallery and Panel Discussion (5:30 p.m.) at the Alumni Room, McCarthy Center

Record Keeper is an exhibition of ceramic artworks that explores how artists use clay, one of the oldest artistic mediums, to grapple with time. The included artists take a wide range of approaches to this theme. Adero Willard explores her diverse ancestries by employing building techniques indigenous to West Africa and by using red clay as the skin of the vessel. Megumi Naitoh's ceramic animations combine clay with digital technology to address the waves of racism currently aimed at Asians during the global pandemic. Paul Briggs' box-like forms reference the architecture of confinement within the prison system, suggesting what it means to be held in place and lose time. Elshafei Dafalla's contribution to the show will be a literal record of his time spent working with students in the art department during Fall 2022 to make an installation of forms that document the community and show how art can bridge differences.

Saturday, Feb 25, 6 to 8 p.m.
Danforth Art Museum, 14 Vernon Street

Join the Danforth staff for the opening reception of our new show Visionary Boston. There will be light refreshments and a cash bar. Danforth receptions are always a lively gathering of artists and friends!

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-reception-for-visionary-boston-tickets-487131141357

Friday, Feb. 24, 6 p.m.
O'Connor Hall Parking Lot

Participants of all ages are welcome!

Outside in the O’Connor Parking Lot by Maynard Road, use telescopes to observe a first quarter Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, the Pleiades star cluster, and Orion Nebula!

McAuliffe Center staff are available to answer your questions about telescopes and our Universe.