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Join us as we celebrate all of these special landmark reunions and gather together once again.

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A special thanks to Lance ’77 and Karen Miller Zingale for making this event possible.

In the early 1800s, a Buddhist convent in Japan organized a financial confraternity, but then caused hardship and pain to many of its investors when it defaulted on payments. How did this happen? Although most people think that Buddhist monks and nuns have nothing to do with money, Buddhism and money have existed side by side since the Buddha preached in the forests and cities of India and Nepal 2,500 years ago. In this talk, Professor Mitchell will introduce early Buddhist ideas about savings and then highlight how Buddhist institutions lent (and borrowed) money in premodern China and Japan. In particular, Professor Mitchell will highlight Buddhist pawn shops, simple loans, endowments, and financial confraternities (and unpack the story of the failed financial confraternity). Participants will learn about Buddhist ways of thinking about money, the role of Buddhist institutions in the larger financial systems of premodern East Asia, and ways of banking before official banks developed.

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(Part of the Karl W. Weiss ’87 Faculty Lecture Series)

In spring 2021, Professor Gonzalez and Professor Scerbo co-founded the Intersectional Culture & Psychology Lab, a research laboratory designed to enhance research experiences and visibility for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students. This inclusive space conducts research on marginalized groups and aims to identify solutions that address social justice issues. With this lab, they aim to foster research and intellectual curiosity that promote the visibility, support, and inclusion of marginalized students and, in particular, young women of color in their fields.

In this talk, Professor Gonzalez and Professor Scerbo will discuss the creation of the Intersectional Culture & Psychology Lab and will present results from their most recent study on the experiences of BIPOC students at Allegheny. They will also cover how student research assistants in their lab learn to notice whose voices are missing, review and correct research questions asked, question policies and programs, and connect what they discover to larger systems of oppression.

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(Part of the Karl W. Weiss ’87 Faculty Lecture Series)

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(Part of the Karl W. Weiss ’87 Faculty Lecture Series)

It is necessary to update the pedagogy in Computer Science to produce computer scientists who are able to think holistically in the design and development of novel technologies which cater to more humanitarian interests. Allegheny’s department of Computer Science, working in tandem with other schools and partners, aims to develop and integrate responsible thinking into the curricula and the technical aspects of its CS courses. This serves to inspire students, and results in the creation of open source projects, activities, programs and associated media in which responsible thinking plays a larger role in the technology. In this talk, Professor Bonham-Carter will discuss these issues, in addition to identifying specific approaches and lessons-learned in this effort by the CS department.

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(Part of the Karl W. Weiss ’87 Faculty Lecture Series)

One’s social class and social class background are considered concealable identities, and we are motivated to conceal them in specific environments. However, research on concealment and disclosure finds that doing so may have negative implications for mental and physical health. Pay secrecy norms may also lead to pay inequities within the workforce. This presentation will describe previous research on social class disclosure and pay secrecy and describe current research being undertaken by the Pickering Applied Social Sciences laboratory on the development of a social class disclosure scale and work presented by Allegheny student research assistants this summer on group differences in pay secrecy and social class disclosure (un)acceptability.

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(Part of the Karl W. Weiss ’87 Faculty Lecture Series)

Dr. Sami Schalk is an Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on disability, race, and gender in contemporary American culture. She is the author of Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and
Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (Duke UP 2018) and the forthcoming Black Disability Politics (Duke UP 2022).

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Part of the Race, Equity, and Justice Lecture Series, presented by Faculty Diversity & Inclusion

Shark Week is the biggest platform marine and conservation biology gets, however it has been criticized over the years for misrepresenting sharks, shark science, and the people behind shark science. Dr. Whitenack will talk about her and her colleagues’ project watching 201 episodes of Shark Week, documenting everything from which sharks and experts were featured to the messaging in each episode. Dr. Whitenack’s research has recently been featured in Popular Science and NOVA, and she also has appeared on Shark Week.

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(Part of the Karl W. Weiss ’87 Faculty Lecture Series)

Please join Dr. Jonathan E. Helmreich H’18 and enjoy this pre-recorded version of his popular historic walking tour of our beautiful campus. Available to watch by clicking the image below.

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Professors Janyl Jumadinova and Byron Rich discuss the ways in which their classes and research intersect across disciplinary lines, and how these interactions result in transformative outcomes for our students. They also illuminate the ways in which their classes and research coalesce around the Allegheny Lab for Innovation & Creativity, and how the lab is becoming the epicenter for demonstrating the power of the liberal arts as a core component of technological innovation. Their discussion also touches on the ways the lab is becoming a hub for strengthened relationships between the college and regional industry partners, and becoming a tool for regional economic development.

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Join Cliff Willis for a live-streamed tour of Bentley Hall and learn about the process for renovating the most iconic building on Allegheny’s beautiful campus.

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Has it been years since you’ve been back on Allegheny’s campus? Join student tour guides for a live-streamed tour of campus to revisit your favorite spaces and see what’s changed.

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Bring your favorite beverage, and join us for a casual get-to-know-you conversation with President Link as she finishes her second year at Allegheny. This fun live-streamed event features special guest hosts, Bethany Gigante Eppig ’11 and Dan Donahoe ’11, co-chairs of their tenth reunion committee.

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Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It honors June 19, 1865, the date when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, some of the last Black slaves in the U.S., learned of their freedom. This event commemorates the holiday with a discussion of the role of various forms of leadership in the continuing fight for freedom and equity for Black Americans.

Panelists
Dara Coleby Delgado, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Black Studies
Fields Jackson, Jr. ’80, CEO, Chief Cheerleader & Talent Scout Racing Toward Diversity Magazine
Abdikadir Lugundi ’21, History Major and Communication Arts Minor