{"id":585,"date":"2022-03-25T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=585"},"modified":"2022-03-25T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:01:51","slug":"around-the-block-campus-news-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2022\/03\/25\/around-the-block-campus-news-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Block Campus News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kisunzu Wins Grant to Continue Photochemical Research<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry Jessica Kisunzu<\/a> learned in February that she\u2019d received a $16,000 two-year grant from Organic Syntheses Inc.<\/a>, which publishes procedures for preparing organic compounds. She\u2019s one of 14 winners of this year\u2019s summer research grants.<\/div>\n
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The funds will support her project, \u201cDevelopment of Photochemical Benzyne Reactions,\u201d through research supplies and stipends for two student co-workers.<\/div>\n
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Her research group uses light-emitting diodes to initiate chemical reactions. Light can be cleaner, safer, and more environmentally friendly than other energy sources for this process. It can reduce the number of compounds and by-products that have to be purified out, which saves time, money, and resources. \u201cMy research is currently focused on learning more about basic chemical reactivity, particularly with reactions that incorporate strained, high-energy compounds called arynes,\u201d Kisunzu says. \u201cOur goal is to develop reliable methods that use these strained molecules to expand their possible applications in areas such as drug or materials development.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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More Results from the State of the Rockies Conservation in the West Poll<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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The Colorado College State of the Rockies Project released the results of the 2022 Conservation in the West Survey<\/a>. Polling in eight western states explores voters’ bipartisan opinions in each state and of the Rocky Mountain West. View the full report<\/a>. We’ll highlight key findings over the next several blocks in this newsletter and on social media.<\/p>\n

This week’s highlight: 88 percent of Black voters say that issues involving clean water, wildlife, and public lands are important in deciding whether to support an elected public official, among other results.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The Black Sound Series at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College<\/span>
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The Black Sound Series <\/a>features the work of three contemporary artists who use sound to investigate the construction of Black identity in the personal, social, and political spheres. In the FAC\u2019s Lane Gallery, Rodney McMillian<\/a> explores how the words of 20th-century musician Sun Ra resonate in the present; Cy X<\/a> presents a newly commissioned audiovisual project featuring the figure of an Afro-Indigenous gardener navigating the impending apocalypse; and Camille Norment<\/a> harnesses harmony, dissonance, and feedback in a sonic installation that responds to movements of protest and resistance.<\/div>\n

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March 4-April 2: Rodney McMillian, \u201cPreacher Man,\u201d 2015
April 8-May 7: Cy X, \u201cWater Me,\u201d 2022
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The \u201cBlack Sound Series\u201d is conceived by FAC Executive Director Idris Goodwin<\/a>. The FAC Museum\u2019s presentation of new media works is curated by Katja Rivera, curator of contemporary art. The presentation is generously funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the FAC\u2019s Holaday Fund.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Professor Barnes Explores Systematic Inequities in STEMM<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor Rebecca Barnes<\/a> recently co-authored a perspectives piece in Nature Geoscience highlighting the systems of oppression inherent within STEMM<\/a> (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) for historically excluded groups. The article, \u201cScientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course<\/a>,\u201d reframes the discussion of diversity in STEMM from one that is passive (i.e., a \u201cleaky pipeline\u201d) to that of a hostile obstacle course, exploring the causes and consequences of underrepresented scholars. Barnes and colleagues\u2019 article points at the structural problems and exclusionary behaviors in scientific and academic institutions, which create a hostile environment historically excluded groups in STEMM, including scientists of color, white women, scholars who identify as LGBTQA+ as well as those with disabilities. Recently this article was included in a collection of works<\/a> by Springer Nature \u201camplifying Black voices and issues of race and inequality.\u201d<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Generosity Day is Monday<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Celebrate everything that makes CC great on Monday, which is Generosity Day, a special day of CC pride and philanthropy. Stop by the Generosity Day Carnival hosted by CC Mutual Aid and the Senior Class Gift Committee from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Ed Robson Arena. The ice will be open for skating, and the concourse will be filled with fun carnival games. Win prizes, enjoy free food and drinks, and learn more about CC Mutual Aid and the Senior Class Gift. All classes are welcome.<\/div>\n
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There\u2019s also an in-person watch party for CC students, faculty, and staff at 5:45 p.m. in JLK McHugh Commons. Enjoy heavy appetizers and drinks while we watch the virtual discussion, “An Evening with Professor Aline Lo and Professor John Williams: Exploring the Perspectives and Voices of the Asian Diaspora Communities through Author Viet Thanh Nguyen\u2019s Works \u2018The Sympathizer’ and \u2018The Committed.’ ” There will be CC trivia and prizes before the lecture starts at 6 p.m.<\/div>\n

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All this, giveaways, and more. We hope to see you there.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Political Science Major Will Ride Scholarship To Turkey<\/span>
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It\u2019s a long way from a small Colorado mountain town to Ankara, Turkey, but Samuel Frykholm \u201924 is confident about that journey. The political science major will spend summer 2022 studying the Turkish language through the Critical Languages Scholarship<\/a>, which will fully fund his time there.<\/div>\n

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The CLS application was unique, he says, because of its emphasis on students justifying their language choice. The program is part of the U.S. government\u2019s effort to assist students to master foreign languages and act as citizen ambassadors to other countries.<\/div>\n

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Students spend eight to 10 weeks in the host country. The CLS program doesn\u2019t require previous study in Turkish, among a few other languages.<\/div>\n

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CLS students participate in extracurricular activities that are created to augment the formal curriculum and expand their understanding of the host country\u2019s daily life, history, politics, and culture. They\u2019ll also meet regularly with native speakers to practice their conversational skills one-on-one.<\/div>\n

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Frykholm knows this experience will complement his political science studies, which he hopes to continue in graduate school.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mutual Aid Drag Show Performance. Arts in the Arena, on Friday, March 11.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kisunzu Wins Grant to Continue Photochemical Research Photo by Zak Kroger Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry Jessica Kisunzu learned in February that she\u2019d received a $16,000 two-year grant from Organic Syntheses Inc., which publishes procedures for preparing organic compounds. She\u2019s one of 14 winners of this year\u2019s summer research grants. The funds will support her … <\/p>\n

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