Photo of the Week: Last Friday, the Olin community came together for a variety of events including a Craft Fair featuring student, staff, and faculty vendors and a Cookbook Project community lunch where Oliners has the opportunity to share some of their best-loved recipes. These recipes will be included in the Olin Community Cookbook. The community lunch was sponsored by the Office of the President, with Gilda helping to serve up the tasty treats. Check out more photos here.

Gilda serving sweet treats at the Community Cookbook lunch.

Community Spotlight 

Blending Ethics and Engineering in "AI and Society"

Co-taught by Victoria Dean, Caitrin Lynch and Paul Ruvolo, "AI and Society" teaches students to think about the impact of artificial intelligence in their work. Learn more.

Dates to Note & Upcoming Events

Final events and presentations open to the community

Here's a list of final events that are open to the community. Check out some of the things your fellow community members have been working on!

DEI Champions/REJI Virtual Convening -- Data, Equity, Action! Facilitating an Equity Data Walk for Actionable Campus Change

December 14 from 12:30 - 2:00 PM EST

Description: Your campus commitment to racial equity and justice is evident - you are part of the REJI! But how can we bring more voices and more campus lived experience to this work in discussing the data, in collecting more, and in making actionable change at every level of practice? In February 2024, all REJI campuses will host a campus Equity Data Walk.  Join us for a workshop on how to facilitate your successful event. We will be discussing everything from logistics (a room? Refreshments? Breakout Zoom rooms?), to strategies on facilitating and encouraging productive, asset-based, and equity-minded discussion of our campus data and most importantly, how to ensure this is only the beginning of the conversation!

Registration to Receive Zoom Link: https://bridgew.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tcuCsrj8uHdQk0EBAepZc3DFUY2Ou24T5   

Additional Learning/Reading/Viewing Opportunities for December

�         Accountability during Crisis: The Transformative Potential of Institutional Research and Effectiveness in the Struggle Toward Racial Justice, Kaylan Baxter (2020). (This is a brief and useful overview of some equity-minded data practices.)

�         Understanding Data as an Equity Practice - A Conversation with Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux (particularly watch the video from time stamp 3:14-33:17)

Expo - Monday, December 18

Expo will be hosted on Monday, December 18. An I Cal is attached, and details and a schedule are below.

Expo is an end-of-semester celebration of student work. We invite students to present a class project, passionate pursuit, research endeavor, or another learning experience you/they want to share with our community. We'll also have performances from the Wired Ensemble and OCO and a community lunch. Email Susan Mihalidis with any questions.

To support community-building efforts, we are also incorporating a service project into Expo. We will decorate cards for patients staying in the hospital at the end of the year and do a library clean-up. SERV and the library are our co-hosts for these activities.

Expo Fall 2023 Schedule

Intersession

Intersession is from December 19 - January 17. View the 2023-24 Academic Calendar here.

Do you have a question? Contact: Miriam Stulin.