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Intellectual Omnivores Unite
You are invited to celebrate the research of your peers at the University Honors Program Research Showcase!
Enjoy brief, casual talks and ask questions this Friday, April 25th from 10am to 12pm in the Club Room of the Honors Townhouse. Let your fellow UHP’ers know how proud we are of their dedication and willingness to take a risk in order to contribute and disseminate original work as active scholars!
And if you have research you’d like to present, let Catherine know by Thursday, April 24th to be included in the program!
It’s a magical time of year. As soon as classes end, study hours open up in the UHP office in Foggy Bottom!
No fighting for space in Gelman or dealing with crazy roommates for you. You’ve got the UHP townhouse. And the UHP townhouse has candy. And fruit. And hot chocolate. And coffee. Oh my! That’s all the brain food you’ll need to power you through this finals season.
ALL Honors students are welcome to use the townhouse for studying and snacking.
Check out the extended hours below this picture:
Friday, 5/2 — 12-4pm; 8-10pm (Closed for Student-Faculty Dinner)
Saturday, 5/3 — 12-10pm
Sunday, 5/4 – 12-10 pm
Monday, 5/5 – 12pm-10pm (Just the Club Room from 3-4:30)
Tuesday, 5/6 – 9am-10pm (Basement only from 3-5)
Wednesday, 5/7– 9am-10pm (Just the Club Room from 3-4:30)
Thursday, 5/8 9am-10pm
Friday, 5/9 9am-10:00pm
Dates for the rest of finals are tentative, and will be based on demand!
Interested in microfinance, crowdfunding, or entrepreneurship? Come join Microfinancing at GW (and some of your honors friends!) in a conversation with Robert Breen of Kiva Zip, a recently developed program launched by Kiva, that uses crowdfunding to make loans for entrepreneurial ventures in in the US and Kenya. We’ll be discussing microfinance in developed countries, financial empowerment, and how people and organizations can utilize crowd-funding platforms to raise funds for their ventures.
The event is on Wednesday, April 30th, from 6-7PM in Room 403 of the Marvin Center . Cookies, brownies, & coffee will be provided for all who attend!
Join the Honors Program for a lunch discussion on
“With so many rules and “right answers” to questions, is there room for intuition and creativity in mathematics? Thankfully, the right answer to that question is a resounding “YES!” We know this because mathematicians (including the speaker) experience it as they engage in the practice of mathematics. In this talk, I will offer some food for thought on the issue of exactly where intuition and creativity fit in the practice of mathematics, and why this is a philosophically significant problem.”
Friday, April 25th at 1pm in Ames 101Q, Mt. Vernon Campus
Tickets cost $5, pick them up at any UHP office, starting Wednesday, April 16th.
Come and go as you please, no need to show up exactly at 4:30pm.
Students MUST purchase a ticket, but you’re encouraged to RSVP on Facebook, too.
If you like improv comedy, supporting your fellow UHPers and puppets, you don’t want to miss SLATE: the World College Comedy Festival. This Saturday at 8:30 PM, college improv groups from around the region will be performing along with some really impressive professional groups.
Slate features groups from Boston University, American, George Mason, UMD, Georgetown and, of course, GW. Professional groups include Men of Science (extra credit points for Prof. Kung, maybe?) and Washington Improv Theater groups Commonwealth and the Fuzzups, an entirely puppet-based improv set.
If all of this isn’t reason enough to attend, you can also support fellow UHPers, Eleanor Klibanoff from receSs and Kayleigh Ryherd and Evin Feldman from [insert here].
CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT for more info.
Join the Honors Program for a lunch discussion on
“With so many rules and “right answers” to questions, is there room for intuition and creativity in mathematics? Thankfully, the right answer to that question is a resounding “YES!” We know this because mathematicians (including the speaker) experience it as they engage in the practice of mathematics. In this talk, I will offer some food for thought on the issue of exactly where intuition and creativity fit in the practice of mathematics, and why this is a philosophically significant problem.”
Friday, April 25th at 1pm in Ames 101Q, Mt. Vernon Campus
Come cheer on fellow UHPers Keila Franks, Rauvin Johl and Megan Kavaras by attending the 2013-2014 Elliott School Undergraduate Scholars Panel Presentations on Wednesday, April 16th from 1-5pm at the Lindner Family Commons in 1957 E St.
The Scholars program is a year-long research experience that UHP students can use to fulfill their special honors/thesis requirement. Participants produce polished and meaningful papers ready for publication, conferences, and fellowship applications. You’ll get to hear your classmates present independent and innovative research on topics like Burmese repatriation, Romanian libraries, and Indian development. The program is taking applications for the 2014-15 session right now, making the panel sessions the perfect place for interested students to chat with this year’s scholars about their experience. Also, there will be free food…so there’s that.
Click HERE to view the event invite/schedule and HERE to access the application to the 2014-2015 program.
This is how Megan, Rauvin and Keila will feel if they have to geek out about their papers alone.
But this how Megan, Rauvin and Keila will feel when you come hear them geek out about their papers
Make the right choice.
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