Friday, March 01, 2024
College to County Comes to Campus - Summer Internship Program (11:30am to 1pm @ None)
Yes - there will be food! College to County (C2C) provides college students from underrepresented communities with paid summer internships The program increases participants' understanding of career pathways at the county, with focused mentorship and professional development opportunities
Biology Seminar: Dr. Steve Sillett '89 (12pm to 12:50pm @ Biology, Biology 19)
"Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Promoting Non-timber Values of the Tallest Conifers" Terrestrial biomass and carbon storage reach global maxima in the tallest conifer forests. After more than a century of industrial logging, these forests are scarce, but those remaining in reserves still have much to teach us. Tree and forest biomass can be accurately quantified by direct measurements combined with terrestrial, airborne, and spaceborne laser scanning. Steve’s talk will show how this was achieved in coastal redwood forests and why allowing some trees to reach full stature in regenerating forests is the best way to maximize long-term carbon sequestration and conserve biodiversity. Steve Sillett '89 is a expert in tree canopies. He was the first researcher to introduce climbing techniques that made the study of Redwood forest canopies possible. He is conducting a range-wide analysis of Sequoia sempervirens productivity and drought sensitivity that accounts for variation in forest age, neighboring trees, climate, and landscape position. 11:50 am- Snacks & Socializing noon- Talk Begins
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi is curated by Allie Tepper, associate curator The exhibition is organized for the Cooley by Tepper with director Stephanie Snyder The Cooley Gallery is pleased to present Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi, the first museum exhibition focused on the pioneering collective and cross-genre practices of artists Maren Hassinger (b
Visual Memoir Workshop at the VRC (1pm to 4pm @ Library, VRC (LL1, Room 42))
This is a 2-part workshop in which participants will develop a collecting practice and create a visual memoir Every person has a life worth highlighting and documenting!
The first workshop will introduce the project and provide information about personal archival practice
RCP Recipe Swap (2pm to 3pm @ Student Center, BIPOC Space on 2nd Floor)
The Reed Community Pantry needs your help to put together a recipe zine so we can share diverse recipes with the Reed community! Stop by the BIPOC Space in the 2nd floor of the Student Center on Friday, 3/1/2024 from 2pm-3pm to create a zine page of your favorite receipe! We are hoping to debut the zines at the Reed Zine Fest 2024! RSVP encouraged! We have 2 zine making sessions:
Friday, 3/1/24 2pm-3pm at the BIPOC Space in the 2nd floor of the Student Center (This session is reserved for student affinity group) Friday, 3/8/24 2pm-3pm at the Paradox Olde (All are welcome, participants will get a free drink ticket to use a the Paradox!)
Refreshments will be provided. We also have a special gift for participants!
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)
Do you have questions about job searching, fellowships, or career development? Do you need feedback on a resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn page? Join our Peer Career Advisors (PCA), a group of current Reedies who are experts in supporting you with your career exploration, for drop-in advising. No need to make an appointment; stop by Prexy to chat with a PCA between Sunday and Thursday from 6-8pm.
Spring Theatre Thesis Festival (7pm @ Performing Arts Building, Black Box Theatre)
7:00pm Pride and Prejudice
Adapted by Molly Brownson ‘24 Directed by Daniel Yogi Performed by Molly Brownson and Joaquin Pellegrin-Alvarez “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
Saturday, March 02, 2024
Gray Fund Outdoors Presents: MONSTER JAM (11:30am to 5pm @ Moda Center)
Come watch Mechanical Beasts compete against each other in the Ultimate Monster Truck Race!! Lottery Here!! Closes Tuesday, February 27th at Noon Schedule: 11:30 Meet at outdoor center 11:45 Depart reed 12:15-3 MONSTER JAM 3ish Head back to Reed and grab food :) 4:30 Arrive back!
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Western Early Keyboard Association presents The Leonhardt Legacy with Douglas Amrine, Harpsichord (2pm @ Performing Arts Building, PAB 320)
Douglas Amrine visits from Amsterdam to perform music of the 17th century including virginalist composers of England and the Low Countries, followed by suites by Louis Couperin and Henry Purcell. After the recital, Douglas will give a talk about his work to establish and maintain the Gustav Leonhardt Pedagogy Archive, a digital collection of primary-source material about Gustav Leonhardt's teaching. The great influence of Gustav Leonhardt on the field of early music and keyboard playing is widely acknowledged. This is a special opportunity to learn about and discuss Leonhardt's teaching with one who has knowledge of it.
Handouts Introduction to the Harpsichord Welcome to the World of Early Keyboard Instruments
Admission Free to WEKA members Free to 18 and under, and college students with ID Children must be accompanied by an adult General Admission $25 payable at the door with cash or check About the Reed College Early Keyboard Collection Reed College is unique in the Portland area with an Early Keyboard Collection that can be shared, thanks to the efforts of Bonnie Garrett (fortepianist and harpsichordist), whose long career at Reed included both teaching and administration. Read about Bonnie Garrett on page 16 of the Reed College Magazine, Sep 2010 Western Early Keyboard Association – www.wekaweb.org
Rose City Wind Symphony: Rhapsodies of Renewal (7pm @ Kaul Auditorium)
Please join us for the enchanting melodies of “Rhapsodies of Renewal,” a captivating musical performance showcasing the artistry of smaller chamber ensembles and the grandeur of the full wind symphony. Immerse yourself in a musical journey that explores the spirit of renewal through a diverse selection of compositions, promising an evening of harmonious brilliance and sonic delight. Saturday, March 2, 2024 7:00-9:00 pm Kaul Auditorium at Reed College Suggested donation $20
Spring Theatre Thesis Festival (7pm @ Performing Arts Building, Black Box Theatre)
Sunday, March 03, 2024
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Monday, March 04, 2024
Tea Time (1am to 4am @ Student Union)
A weekly gathering to indulge in Chinese tea, snacks, and conversation.
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Faculty Meetings (4:10pm to 5:30pm @ Kaul Auditorium, Gray Lounge, Kaul Auditorium, Gray Lounge)
The faculty will meet on Monday, March 4, 2024, 4:10-5:30 p.m. in Gray Lounge. AGENDA: -Minutes of March 20, 2023 and January 20, 2024 (to be distributed) -President's Report: Audrey Bilger -Dean's Report: Kathy Oleson -CAPP Report: Margaret Scharle, Chair -New Course Proposals -Proposed Change to French Minor Requirement -Proposed Change to Hum 220 -Proposed Changes to Physics Major Requirements -ProposedReligion Major and Religion Ad Hoc Interdisciplinary Major RequirementChange -OCSC report:New Math Program in Guanajuato, Mexico -CAT Report: Paul Silverstein, Secretary -Proposed revisions to language about scholarship in our governance documents (introduced at the 2/12/24 faculty meeting) -New Business -Adjourn
A total of 11 seats shall be reserved for student observers at each faculty meeting, except for meetings that include "approval of graduates for degrees." One of the student seats shall be reserved for a Quest reporter. The remaining 10 seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students must sign up in advance by emailing presidentsoffice@reed.edu. The faculty reserves the right to move into closed session at any time by means of a vote of a majority of those members present.
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
International Cafe (1:30pm to 2:30pm @ GCC-A)
Join us at the International Cafe every Tuesday at GCC-A from 13:30-14:30! We will be serving coffee, boba milk tea, snacks, and Asian cookies. Additionally, we'll have a snack sign-up form where every student is welcome to upload snacks that represent their culture or childhood, along with a picture and purchasing link. It's going to be a lot of fun! Let's rock it!
Blooms & Ballots with SEEDS (2pm to 3pm @ Eliot Hall, 126)
Join SEEDS to make flower bouquets while chatting about empowering your voice in the community by voting on Tuesday, 3/5/2024 from 2pm-3pm in Eliot 126. Refreshments will be served. RSVP HERE!
CS Colloquium: Steve Zdancewic, University of Pennsylvania (3:40pm to 4:30pm @ Physics, 123)
Vellvm: Formal Verification of LLVM IR Code - LLVM is an industrial-strength compiler that's used for everything from iOS development to academic research However, like any piece of complicated software, LLVM itself has a complex specification, making it hard to fully understand, and its implementation has bugs, which can cause potentially catastrophic mis-compilation errors
The Black Androids: History and the Technological Underground (4:45pm @ Eliot Hall, 314)
This talk explores Black technological experience in 19th and early 20th century America through a history of the "black androids" — automata in the form of black humans. At its core is a duality: the technologies that drove the androids' racist depictions also figured crucially in Black technological experiences, agency, and selfhood in 19th and early 20th century New York. From steam-men and railway sabotage plots to electrical workers and the Harlem Renaissance, the talk asks what a descent into the technological undergrounds might reveal about race and machines, about the challenges of history, and about the role of Black experiences in challenging our conceptions of technology and pointing us towards new approaches. Edward Jones-Imhotep is Director of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto. A historian of the social and cultural life of machines, he is the author of prize-winning books on the entanglements of science, technology, and culture from the 18th to 20th centuries. This talk draws from his new project, The Black Androids, which explores Black technological selfhood in 19th- and 20th-century New York. Sponsored by the Division of Literature & Languages. Free and open to the public.
Financial Wellness Spring 2024 Workshop Series (5:30pm to 7pm @ GCC-BCD)
The Financial Wellness Advisory Group is excited to present our Spring 2024 Financial Wellness Semester Series We will be hosting the following four basic workshops that will serve as building blocks to reaching your financial goals
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
CLBR Drop In - Commons (11:15am to 1:15pm @ Commons)
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Language House Open House (2pm to 4pm @ Language Plaza)
The Language Houses will be hosting an Open House in the Language Plaza on March 6th from 2:00 - 4:00. With housing applications open, we are excited to have the campus community join us in the Language Plaza for live music (a local Mariachi), snacks and festivities. Interested students will be able to walk through the language houses and ask questions about the program.
Studio Art Guest Artist: Brenda Mallory (3pm to 4pm @ Studio Art 201)
Brenda Mallory’s mixed media sculptural works are comprised of a variety of materials including cloth, fibers, beeswax, and found objects. By creating multiple forms that are joined with crude hardware that imply tenuous connections or repairs, her work addresses ideas of interference and disruption in long-established systems of nature and human cultures. Mallory lives in Portland, Oregon but grew up in Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She holds a BA in Linguistics & English from UCLA and a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She is a recipient of The Hallie Ford Fellowship, the Eiteljorg Contemporary Native Art Fellowship, the Native Arts and Culture Foundation Fellowship in Visual Art and the Ucross Native Fellowship. She has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, Ford Family Foundation, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Artist residencies include Ucross, Anderson Ranch, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Glean, Bullseye Glass, and the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at Sitka Center for the Arts.
How Do People Make Complicated Economic Choices? (4:10pm to 5:30pm @ Psychology, 105)
A lecture by Leora Friedberg on what we can learn from health insurance and retirement savings decisions Determining the amount to contribute to a savings plan and the health insurance plan to select are some of the complicated choices that many individuals face in their jobs
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)
VOCES8 (7:30pm @ Kaul Auditorium)
Friends of Chamber Music Concert Please contact the organization directly for ticketing and event questions. Their number is 503-224-9842. The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 inspires people through their music and their joy of singing. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos. Their performances are praised for their meticulous timing and tuning, impressive blend, and radiant sound. “The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance.” Gramophone Magazine PROGRAM: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 “After Silence” Voces8 performs repertoire from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and popular arrangements.
Thursday, March 07, 2024
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Nature Based Mindfulness (3pm to 4pm @ Great Lawn)
We are so glad you are interested in joining our nature based mindfulness experiences! Are you feeling lonely, stressed, or need a break? Do you have a desire to connect with the more than human world? We will offer a variety of nature-based mindfulness experiences that can be modified depending on attendee preferences and accessibility needs
Two Ideas of Dialectic: Hegel and Adorno by Peter E. Gordon, Harvard University (4:15pm to 6pm @ Vollum College Center, 120)
In this lecture I address the question as to how Adorno and Hegel may disagree concerning the concept of dialectical reasoning. The standard view, briefly stated, is that the two differ on a key point: Hegel saw the dialectic as a method that permits us to understand how negativity is ultimately reconciled within a rationally mediated whole: thus his well-known dictum “The True is the Whole” (The Phenomenology of Spirit). On Adorno, however, rejected the notion of the reconciled whole as ideological or affirmative of a “false” social order: hence his rejoinder “The Whole is the Untrue” (Minima Moralia). I wish to argue that the contrast between these two concepts of the dialectic is overdrawn, because Adorno’s conception of a so-called “negative dialectic” is still oriented toward what he calls “the reconciled condition.” In recognizing this point of agreement, we can better appreciate the normative orientation that guides Adorno in his social criticism.
The Chatbot’s Real Self: Textuality, Cultural Concepts, & the Archaeology of Artificial Personas (4:30pm to 6pm @ Eliot Hall, 314)
Large language models excel in the reproduction of genres and generic texts (Gershon 2023), yet nevertheless frequently produce semantically incoherent ones This asymmetry between the chatbots' incredible facility for syntax, genre, and combination coupled with their lack of human-like semantics has created a recurring dynamic in which that partial incoherence seems to encourage some users to search for hidden personas underneath or within the chatbot
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)
Pool Tournament (8:30pm @ Gray Campus Center, Pool Hall)
weekly 8ball tourneys held in the pool hall! sign-ups start @ 8:30 pm, games start @ 9. players of all skill levels and interest are welcome to participate, NO BUY IN!! for further questions or event information, please contact pool hall management via email <3 LESS TALK, MORE CHALK.
Friday, March 08, 2024
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
RCP Recipe Swap (2pm to 3pm @ Paradox, Paradox Olde)
The Reed Community Pantry needs your help to put together a recipe zine so we can share diverse recipes with the Reed community! Stop by the Paradox Olde on Friday, 3/8/2024 from 2pm-3pm to create a zine page of your favorite receipe! We are hoping to debut the zines at the Reed Zine Fest 2024! RCP is providing a free $7 drink tickets for participants to use at the Paradox! Reed students, faculty and staff are welcomed! Refreshments will be provided. We also have a special gift for participants! RVSP encouraged!
On Systemic Social Evil: Hegel and Foucault (4:15pm @ Vollum College Center, 110)
In discussions of social problems, it is now almost inevitable that we refer to systemic injustices, or systems of oppression, such as white supremacy or patriarchy. But what does it mean to think of society as a system and, in particular, as an oppressive system?
A number of thinkers have conceived of society as a system, but there are some unexpected affinities between Hegel and Foucault, two philosophers who are often seen as poles apart. Most obviously, for example, they have rather different normative evaluations about modern society: Hegel thinks that it is a system of rational freedom; Foucault thinks that it is a system of oppression. But despite these opposing normative schemes, I will argue that they rely on a similar conceptual model about the systemic workings of society. But whereas Hegel consciously developed a metaphysics to support his conception of a system, with Foucault the metaphysics has become merely tacit. Making what is tacit explicit, however, raises some serious questions about what it means to treat such normative phenomena as oppression and injustice as systemic.
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)
Saturday, March 09, 2024
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Monday, March 11, 2024
Tea Time (1am to 4am @ Student Union)
Las Vegas Ikebana: Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi (12pm to 5pm @ Cooley Art Gallery)
Peer Career Drop-in Advising (6pm to 8pm @ Prexy, Conference Room)