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20
Sep

CHaSS Book Talk: Dr. David Lancy

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Join us to celebrate the publication of Dr. David Lancy's newest book, Learning without Lessons, published with Oxford University Press. Professor Emeritus Lancy will provide a short talk about his work and there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and celebration. This is a great way to learn more about CHaSS research!

11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Old Main |
20
Sep

LAEP Speaker Series: James Hyatt, Distinguished Alumnus

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The Education of a Landscape Architect James will describe his unique career path which has taken him all over the world and provided collaboration with some of the most renowned architects, interior designers, environmentalists, and tastemakers of our time. Bio: James Hyatt is the Founding Principal and President of JamesHyatt Studio. James has inspired the imagination of all those who live within or visit places of his creation. Without a doubt, James Hyatt Studio has created some of the most compelling landscapes in the world. As an internationally acclaimed landscape architect and designer, Jim leads James Hyatt Studio. His is a planning and design firm with a primary focus on luxury resorts, up-scale communities, and private residential estates. Additionally, the studio has successfully executed evocative retail environments, mixed-use, and urban residential developments Jim has extensive experience working within complex and environmentally sensitive projects, creating timeless environments his clients have come to expect.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
25
Sep

Research Lecture with Andrea Baldwin

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In her 2022 book, A Decolonial Black Feminist Theory of Reading and Shade: Feeling the University, Andrea Baldwin uses Black and decolonial feminist theorizing along with a queer of color critique to examine the university as an affective space. This space often causes marginalized and minoritized individuals to feel out of place and out of time. Baldwin developed the concept of “Shad(e)y theoretics” to encapsulate this idea.In this presentation, Baldwin builds on her theorizing to offer insights into the current moment in US politics. She explores the seemingly easy cooptation and, in some cases, cooperation of university administration in erasing marginalized and minoritized communities and their scholarship. While this erasure is not unexpected from a decolonial perspective, it remains deeply painful. Using indigenous feminist and Black feminist ecological thought, Baldwin provides thoughts on how to navigate the current epistemic and affective violence experienced by Black, brown, indigenous, and queer scholars in the US academy.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | David B. Haight Center |
26
Sep

Tanner Talk Series | Biscuits and Botany: Transforming the Early Modern Book

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How does a rare, historic book become a piece of 21st-century edible art? Join Ella Hawkins as she creates a new biscuit (cookie) design based on an early printed book from USU’s special collections. As well as demonstrating this design process, Ella will look back at her past biscuit sets and discuss the unique qualities of printed texts from different periods. Ella Hawkins is a Shakespeare scholar, design historian, and artist. She shares her fascination with design by creating edible art inspired by historical textiles, objects, and costumes, working with cultural institutions including the British Library, Jane Austen’s House, and Milton’s Cottage. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and the author of Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume: ‘Period Dress’ in Twenty-First Century Performance.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | USU Libraries |
26
Sep

From Books to Biscuits

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How does a rare, historic book become a piece of 21st-century edible art? Join Ella Hawkins as she creates a new biscuit (cookie) design based on an early printed book from USU’s special collections. As well as demonstrating this design process, Ella will look back at her past biscuit sets and discuss the unique qualities of printed texts from different periods.

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | USU Libraries |
26
Sep

Contemporary Legends in a Polarized World (Derek Agard Distinguished Lecture)

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In a country where trust is at an all-time low and polarization at an all-time high, is everything a legend? Using examples of contemporary or “urban” legends from across the US, Tom Mould, Professor of Anthropology and Folklore (Butler University), explores new approaches to legend research that help us navigate our current landscape of fake news, conspiracy theories, and echo chambers. In the process, Professor Mould upends some long held beliefs about what contemporary legends are, what they do, and what they can tell us about ourselves and the polarized world we live in.

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Utah State University |
27
Sep

LAEP Speaker Series: Therese Graf, The Craig Johnson Lecture

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From Propagation to Planning, How Restorative One Health Design Approaches Can Scale Site Based Interventions to Regional Scale Solutions MASS Design Group was founded on the understanding that design has a critical role to play in supporting communities to confront history, shape new narratives, collectively heal and project new possibilities for the future. In the face of a changing climate and rapid rates of biodiversity loss, holistic place based solutions are needed that cross disciplinary boundaries and catalyze action. Through our One Health work we have explored how restorative design approaches can scale from site based applications to regional scale solutions. This session will highlight these possibilities and discuss how collaborative partnerships can expand design approaches towards research based methodologies, sustainability, community benefit, and resilience.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
03
Oct

The Brewer Festival of Writing

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Brewer Festival of Writing: Reading with Lindsey Drager Date: Thursday, Oct. 3 Time: 12:00-1:15 Where: Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101 Description: Author Lindsey Drager will read from her new book, The Avian Hourglass, and participate in an audience Q&A. Brewer Festival of Writing: Work of Art Panel Discussion Date: Thursday, Oct. 3 Time: 1:30-2:45 Where: Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101 Description: Author Lindsey Drager, ceramicist Antra Sinha, and painter Terry Powers will participate in a lively discussion about the labor that goes into their craft.

12:00 pm - 2:45 pm |
10
Oct

2024 Arrington Mormon History Lecture: Jana Riess

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Join Jana Riess, author and senior columnist for Religious News Service, for a lecture at the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall on October 10. When the first Next Mormons Survey was conducted in 2016, a key finding was that Latter-day Saint women in the U.S. were, on average, more certain in their beliefs about God, Jesus, and the church than LDS men. That may well be changing. Dr. Riess will unpack the 2022-23 Next Mormons Survey’s findings about LDS women and religiosity, placing them in the larger context of the shifting American religious landscape.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
10
Oct

October Lecture Series: Historic Brigham City Through a Modern Technological Lens w/Scott F. Jensen

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Join us for our USU Brigham City Region October Lecture Series: Historic Brigham City Through a Modern Technological Lens, with Guest Speaker Scott F. Jensen. Digitally restored photographs bring new life and forgotten details to the streets, businesses, and homes of Brigham City from her earliest days.

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
23
Oct

49th Annual Honors Last Lecture

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The University Honors Program presents the 49th Annual Honors Last Lecture, featuring Dr. Laura Gelfand, Distinguished Professor of Art History in Caine College of the Arts. Honors students nominated and interviewed faculty, selecting Dr. Gelfand as the 2024 Honors Outstanding Professor. The title of Dr. Gelfand’s lecture is “The Future is Unwritten: Be Passionate.”

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
23
Oct

Turtles All the Way Down: What fossils of chelonians tell us about the Age of Dinosaurs in Utah and beyond

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Today, only one species of turtle - the Mojave Desert Tortoise - is definitively native to Utah. But did you know that during the Age of Dinosaurs, our state had one of the most diverse turtle faunas in Earth history? Whether you're a turtle fan or just a paleo nerd, come learn about the diverse turtles from the Cretaceous of southern Utah, including a massive new species, and what they tell us about ancient aquatic ecosystems.

Part of USU Eastern's "From the Book Cliffs to Blanding: A Panoramic View of Eastern Utah" series, come hear paleontology professor Josh Lively speak the fascinating fossils that lie beneath our feet.

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Utah State University Eastern Campus |
23
Oct

Friends of the Library Fall Lecture: Slenderman

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While most people first learned of the creature known as Slender Man in 2014 in the wake of a gruesome attempted murder in Waukesha, Wisconsin, many fans and creators of the online genre known as "creepypasta" had already been familiar with him for years. Blending the tropes of folk legend and literary horror, creepypasta is a collaborative, hybrid genre that provides an entirely new outlet for scaring ourselves silly. This talk will consider the role that the internet has played in reshaping folklore and folk belief, and will examine several examples of contemporary online horror that illustrate the ways in which folklore continues as a symbolic barometer for society's anxieties and fears in the digital age.

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | USU Libraries |
25
Oct

LAEP Speaker Series: Heather Goestch, The Planning Lecture sponsored by Student APA

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Master Planning to Mastering Annual Planning: A Career Journey as a Nontraditional Planner From painter to nonprofit director, learn about Heather’s career path as she highlights how planning school uniquely enhanced her ability to reach higher levels of management within operational roles. This session will reveal how strategic vision, effective resource allocation, clear communication, and detailed project management can be applied for success in nontraditional careers. Attendees will discover how to leverage planner core competencies and a professional network to navigate and excel within any career, potentially transforming their professional approach to reach their goals.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
12
Nov

Unique Plants and Animals: The Flora and Fauna of Eastern Utah

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Come on a virtual fieldtrip of the beautiful plants and animals that call Eastern Utah home. We will discuss the unique adaptations that allow these species to thrive in our amazing desert habitats.

Part of USU Eastern's "From the Book Cliffs to Blanding: A Panoramic View of Eastern Utah," hear Wildland Resources professor Sunshine Brosi discuss the plants animals that call Eastern Utah home.

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Utah State University Eastern Campus |
15
Nov

LAEP Speaker Series: David Evans

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My Life in the Landscape For more than 50 years, the landscape has been at the center of my professional life. From my early days in the design/build business, to my later career in downtown revitalization and teaching, the past 50 years have enriched my life immeasurably, and taught me an array of valuable lessons. These lessons are at the heart of my presentation, with the hope of inspiring students as they dream and shape their future.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
22
Nov

LAEP Speaker Series: Angela Brooks, Women in Landscape Architecture Lecture

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Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Source for Housing Solutions, Illinois Program No truer words have ever been spoken than Dorothy’s “There’s no place like home.” A home is more than just the physical structure; it is a place that emotes comfort, safety, and belonging. Yet for many the storied dream of home is more fiction than fairytale. I’ll share my experiences, how a chance encounter with public housing led to a career dedicated to working to help the under – and un-housed; and along the way, how my professional association helped prepare me to tackle career challenges.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fine Arts Visual |
12
Feb

13,000+ Years of Indigenous History in Eastern Utah

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Eastern Utah is well-known for the spectacular rock art found in places like Nine Mile Canyon and the Puebloan architecture of Bears Ears National Monument and other landscapes. But the stories of the indigenous people who have called this land home for millennia are also preserved in much less notable sites that reflect the ephemera of daily activities such as cooking a meal or making a tool. Join Dr. Tim Riley as he explores the material history of this landscape with a focus on how we can learn more about people from the objects they left behind and how we can visit these places today with minimal impact and maximal respect. 

Part of USU Eastern's "From the Book Cliffs to Blanding: A Panoramic View of Eastern Utah," come hear Eastern Prehistoric Museum Director Tim Riley talk about the first human inhabitants of Eastern Utah. 

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Utah State University Eastern Campus |
18
Mar

The Carbon Dream: A Brief History of Castle Country Immigrants

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Why did European and American immigrants come to Castle Country and what kind of lives did they create? How do these lives relate to the larger story of The American Dream? Come listen to stories of immigrants who built the community we have today.

Part of USU Eastern's "From the Book Cliffs to Blanding: A Panoramic View of Eastern Utah" series, come hear history professor Nichelle Frank talk about the 19th century settlement of the Castle Country region.

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Utah State University Eastern Campus |
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