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Northwestern Engineering's Dean's Seminar Series presents: Dario Robleto
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
12:00 PM
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Northwestern Engineering and the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art present:
The Art of Scientific Storytelling
We live in a time when the arts and sciences are generally understood to operate in different domains of knowledge production, each using different tools in their search for truth. The now cliched divisions between the fields–emotion vs. intellect, the heart vs. the brain–are tidy illusions which should be vigorously challenged. What is the value of re-establishing this connection and how can the two fields grow from the interaction? More specifically, how can art’s sensitivity to the personal and emotional dimensions of human experience better illuminate the same experiences at the heart of all scientific investigation?
Artist-at-Large Dario Robleto will share the deep connections between art and science through his creative research methods, narrative storytelling and exploration of material science and sculpture.
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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One McCormick: McCormick Student Groups and Student Life
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
12:30 PM
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The next seminar in the One McCormick Series, which seeks to build community and connectivity at Northwestern Engineering, focuses on McCormick student groups and student life.
Greater involvement with campus life has been associated with higher academic achievement, student satisfaction with college, and persistence toward graduation. Key ways to encourage student involvement are cultivating a sense of belonging and communicating to the students that they matter. The McCormick School of Engineering supports involvement and connection through a robust infrastructure of student-led organizations—and continued to do so as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to disrupt these pathways to involvement.
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Ellen Worsdall will share examples of how student organizations have successfully navigated the challenges presented by the pandemic and adapted their activities to the rapidly changing conditions of the past year. A Q&A with two student leaders will illustrate how these groups are providing opportunities for students to feel that they belong to the McCormick community.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
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HCI + Design Thought Leaders Lecture: How Should People Relate to Artificial Intelligence?
Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design
4:00 PM
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Join Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D) for an engaging conversation about how we can partner with machines to think and talk about data to uncover truths and tell never-before-told stories. Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg will present on their group’s human-centered research and design work that aims to make people-centered AI partnerships productive, enjoyable and fair.
Talk abstract: “Participatory Machine Learning” - How should people relate to artificial intelligence technology? Is it a tool to be used, a partner to be consulted, or even a source of inspiration? As technology advances, choosing the right human / AI relationship will become an increasingly important question for designers, technologists and users. We will show a series of examples from the People+AI Research (PAIR) initiative at Google--ranging from data visualizations and tools for medical practitioners to guidelines for designers--that illustrate how AI can play each of these roles. But how do we decide which role is right for a given situation? Our answer rests on the idea of broadening participation in the construction, use and evaluation of this technology.
Speaker Bios: Fernanda Viégas and Martin M. Wattenberg are pioneers in data visualization and analytics who have built systems used daily by millions of people throughout the world. As leaders of Google’s PAIR (People+AI Research) initiative, they work on new ways for people to explore and understand data. Their work has also been exhibited in venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, London Institute of Contemporary Arts, and the Whitney Museum of America Air. Fernanda Viégas is a Brazilian scientist and was named as one of the most influence women in technology by Fast Company. Martin Wattenberg, as a director of R&D at Dow Jones created some of the early digital journalism technology and his visualization of stock markets and baby names are considered Internet classics.
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Lead the Future of Product Design and Development
Segal Design Institute
9:00 AM
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Join us for an online information session to learn how you can become a senior leader in creating advanced and ground-breaking new products with the Master of Product Design and Development Management at Northwestern (mpd2).
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Northwestern Engineering's Dean's Seminar Series presents: Arun Majumdar
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
2:00 PM
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Monday, May 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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One McCormick: Personal Academic Tactical Help (PATH)
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
12:00 PM
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Speaker: Joseph Holtgreive, assistant dean for undergraduate engineering
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial Day (no classes)
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All Day
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Memorial Day (no classes)
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Monday, May 31, 2021
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Spring examinations begin
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Spring examinations begin
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Monday, June 7, 2021
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Spring examinations end
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Spring examinations end
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Saturday, June 12, 2021
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McCormick School of Engineering Convocation (Tentative)
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
1:00 PM
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Ryan Field
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This ceremony will honor all 2021 McCormick undergraduate, master’s, and PhD graduates.
The ceremony will be ticketed, and further information regarding the maximum number of tickets available will be released soon.
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Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Commencement (Tentative)
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Commencement (Tentative)
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Monday, June 14, 2021
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