What's On at Trent University - Week of March 26, 2018
Upcoming events include the Celebration of Community Research and 3 Minute Thesis
Monday, March 26, 2018
Every week new and exciting things are happening at Trent University. Come and be inspired through a range of events, public lectures, panel discussions and debates, all open to the community. Here’s what’s on at Trent University this month:
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Celebration of Community Research
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Great Hall, Champlain College
About: Join us as we recognize the scope and impact of community-based research completed by Trent University students through the Trent Community Research Centre. Each of these for-credit projects were completed with a variety of community organizations. Come tour the projects and discover the impact of experiential learning.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Three Minute Thesis
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Location: Market Hall, 140 Charlotte Street
About: Trent’s graduate students are faced with the ultimate challenge - to explain their highly complex and technical research in just three minutes, with only one PowerPoint slide, to a panel of community judges. The winner moves on to represent Trent at 3 Minute Thesis Ontario.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
8th Annual Northern Studies Colloquium
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Trent Student Centre Event Space
About: All are invited to this one-day event showcasing, discussing, and celebrating the University’s excellence in northern research. Attendees will learn from short presentations by graduate students on the variety of their research.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Decoding Classical Indian Dance with Deepti Gupta
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Bagnani Hall, Traill College
About: Deepti Gupta, a visiting artist with Public Energy, will talk about her practice and career as an artist, teacher and scholar and will help us decode classical Indian dance. Gupta's choreography has been at cutting edge of contemporary South Asian dance for nearly 25 years. She will present the world premiere of her newest work, Snowangels, at Market Hall on April 6 and 7, 2018.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
You Get What You Pay For: Funding Cities in the 21st Century
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Trent Student Centre, room 1.20
About: The Department of Economics welcomes Dr. Enid Slack, director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, University of Toronto, to deliver the annual Harry Kitchen Lecture in Public Policy.
Kate Weersink, communications and media relations officer, Trent University, (705) 748-1011 x6180 or kateweersink@trentu.ca