Professor Mary Anne Franks is an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of civil rights, free speech, and technology, and the president and legislative & tech policy director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Reception and Book Signing to follow, in Walter Commons Co Sponsored by: Media, Rhetoric, and Communication Pathway; the Departments of English; Philosophy; Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies; Government & International Relations; the Frederick Henry Sykes Memorial Lecture Fund; and the Co-Sponsorship Fund

Join us on Thursday, March 27th 5-6pm to learn about the sustainability housing transition from Earth House to Lazrus House happening next Fall. What do YOU want the future of sustainable living on campus to look like? Stop by to share ideas and hear about the Office of Sustainability's role in this transition. Snacks and free thrifting available via The Dressing Room! Hosted by: Earth House/360 House, Lazrus, Office of SustainabilityAdditional Information can be found at: https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11157589 (https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11157589)

Please join us for a public showing of the documentary Counted Out. In the 21st century, fueled by technology, data, and algorithms, math determines who has the power to shape our world. Counted Out investigates the biggest crises of our time through an unexpected lens: math. In our current information economy, math is everywhere. The people we date, the news we see, the influence of our votes, the candidates who win elections, the education we have access to, the jobs we get—all of it is underwritten by an invisible layer of math that few of us understand, or even notice. But whether we know it or not, our numeric literacy—whether we can speak the language of math—is a critical determinant of social and economic power. Through a mosaic of personal stories, expert interviews, and scenes of math transformation in action, Counted Out shows what's at risk if we keep the status quo. Do we want an America in which most of us don't consider ourselves "math people"? Where math proficiency goes down as students grow up? Or do we want a country where everyone can understand the math that undergirds our society—and can help shape it?

The Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection at Connecticut College presentsOF COLOR AND INK: The Chang Dai-chien Story Documentary Film Screening & Director Talk with Director Weimin Zhang Award-winning Filmmaker and Professor of Film Studies, San Francisco State University Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian 张大千1899–1983) has long been hailed as one of China's foremost 20th-century painters. Sometimes referred to as "Picasso of the East," Chang's paintings have outsold Van Gogh (CNN (mailto:https://www.cnn.com/style/article/zhang-daqian-picasso-of-east/index.html)) and have broken records at auction (New York Times (mailto:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/arts/china-art-auction-zhang-daqian.html)). Yet his thirty-year global journey after leaving mainland China in 1949 remains widely misunderstood and shrouded in mystery.Of Color and Ink is the first film (2023, run time: 101 minutes) to document the 30-year exile of Chang Dai-chien through South America, Europe, and the United States. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Weimin Zhang, it is also the culmination of Zhang's own 12-year journey to unravel the mysteries and controversies surrounding Chang Dai-chien's political, artistic, and spiritual quests. The film delves into Chang's extraordinary life in exile, highlighting the global context of his art and its broad impact as it crossed cultural and political boundaries between East and West.Of Color and Ink has received wide critical acclaim for its cinematic achievement and scholarly contribution and has so far won Best Feature Documentary Film Awards at film festivals in Brazil, China, and the United States. Weimin Zhang is an award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer, and professor of film studies at San Francisco State University's School of Cinema. As one of China's Sixth Generation filmmakers, she graduated from Beijing Film Academy and then received her MFA at Ohio University. She has worked on numerous award-winning films, documentaries, and TV drama series in both China and the U.S. as a director, cinematographer, and editor. A Q&A with Weimin Zhang will follow the screening, moderated by Yibing Huang, Curator of the Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection and Professor of Chinese. This event is free and open to the public. Cosponsors: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of Art History and Architectural Studies, Asian Students In Action (ASIA), and the Faculty-Student Engagement Fund at Connecticut College

Collaboration with Office of Wellbeing and student support specialists. There will be homemade mock-tails made in house. We will be discussing the importance of of finding alternate fun drink options for those under 21. This event is open to all students regardless of house. Hosted by: Jane Addams, Wellbeing and Health PromotionAdditional Information can be found at: https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11134846 (https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11134846)

Regular meetingsHosted by: Entrepreneurship ClubAdditional Information can be found at: https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11003577 (https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11003577)