Tag: Common CAHSS
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Game Over! Rage quitting in contemporary gaming culture event on Wednesday
Join fellow gamers and college professors on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at noon to learn more about rage quitting. Rage quitting—abandoning a game or activity because of a surge of anger—is ever-present in contemporary gaming culture. As part of the 2022-2023 Common CAHSS event series, Dr. Juli Case and Chris Williams are joined by anger researcher…
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UW-Green Bay humor writers proving ‘It’s Funny Because It’s True’ (Homer Simpson!)
English Students in Professor Jennie Young’s (English, Humanities) creative writing class (ENG 312) have published a number of internet satire pieces this semester! Topics range from Halloween, to fat-shaming, to mocking college football, to the struggles of being an English major. They also presented at this year’s Common CAHSS conference, where they addressed the intersections…
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Q & A: The Story Behind The Third Annual Common CAHSS 2021: Truth
The 2021 Common CAHSS event, themed “Truth, Information, Misinformation, and Democracy,” seeks to explore the role of the modern university in supporting the “continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found,” which has been part of the University of Wisconsin identity for more than a century. Learn from faculty…
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Common CAHSS has released its full schedule of events, Nov. 29-30
Common CAHSS is an annual event in which UW-Green Bay and its College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS, pronounced “cause”) strive to generate awareness and conversation on a thematic common cause—organized around interconnected local and global challenges that require collective solutions spanning disciplinary and geographic boundaries. This year, Common CAHSS is tackling the theme:…
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Common CAHSS Returns to UWGB with “Truth: Information, Misinformation, and Democracy
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences has announced that Common CAHSS returns to present, Truth: Information, Misinformation, and Democracy on Nov. 29-30, 2021 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The free, two-day event will take place in-person and virtually. The third annual event themed “Truth: Information, Misinformation, and…
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Common CAHSS Returns with ‘Truth: Information, Misinformation, and Democracy’
GREEN BAY – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS, pronounced “cause”) is pleased to announce Common CAHSS returns to present, Truth: Information, Misinformation, and Democracy on Nov. 29-30, 2021 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The free, two-day event will take place in-person and virtually. The third…
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21-22 Common CAHSS Theme announced, Truth: Information, Misinformation, and Democracy
The 21-22 Common CAHSS theme will be: Truth: Information, Misinformation, and Democracy. The public’s ability to distinguish truth from falsehood seems to have deteriorated significantly in recent years. There is a widespread deficit in the ability to recognize subject expertise, critically evaluate sources, and synthesize ideas. The very notion that facts exist has been called into…
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CAHSS events: Conversations on sustainability / Jazz Ensemble
Ecological Futures: A Conversation on Sustainability for Earth Week: Join faculty from across the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), along with CAHSS Dean Chuck Rybak, for a virtual Earth Week discussion of the Common CAHSS 2020 theme, “Beyond Sustainability: Imagining an Ecological Future.” The event is Thursday, April 22, 2021, from Noon to 1…
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Dean Rybak, others, awarded ‘Best Digital Humanities Response to Covid-19’
Dean Chuck Rybak (CAHSS) is one of many contributors to the Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities project, which was awarded “The Best Digital Humanities Response to Covid-19” as part of the annual DH Awards. One of the project’s features is a list of digital pedagogy resources organized by keyword, with Rybak creating the entry on…
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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Week ahead: Performances arriving or no longer in calendar, part 51
In Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music will present a “6:30 Concert Series” program, “Sustainable Voices – A Musical Exploration of Ecological Sustainability,” March 8 in collaboration with Common CAHSS (College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences). According to a press release: The virtual concert will stream live from Fort Howard Hall in the…