Monday, December 14, 2015 | By Brock University
Expand your teaching practice and dialogue with other passionate educators and leaders at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2016 Conference!
Call for Proposals Closes January 6, 2016.
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Monday, December 14, 2015 | By Brock University
Mikel Ghelfi, who is a doctoral student in Brock’s Chemistry program, was a finalist in last year’s Three Minute Thesis® (3MT®) contest at Brock
Ghelfi, who is from Trimbach, Switzerland, says he participated in the contest last year to test himself in the “art of explaining your own research topic to a stranger.”
“The contest asks you to wisely choose key words and sentences that create a metaphor of your research that will grasp and inspire the audience,” he says. “Explaining your research to others is a key fragment of an academic education and 3MT® gives you the perfect platform to flourish in this skill.”
The 2016 Call for 3MT® Proposals is now open to Brock graduate students who want to have a fun and challenging way to talk about their research and, in the process, expand their research communications skills. The contest is held each year in conjunction with Brock’s annual Mapping the New Knowledges (MNK) Graduate Student Research Conference that is presented in partnership by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Students’ Association.
Graduate students who are interested in competing this year are invited to a workshop, on Satuday, Jan. 16, to help prepare their presentations. Brock’s 3MT® preliminary round will be held on Feb. 23 and the top finishers will advance to the contest finals that will be held at the MNK conference on Thursday, April 7.
Complete contest details and the online submission form for proposals (due by Jan. 25) can be found online — CLICK HERE to go to Brock’s 3MT® website.
Read more about Ghelfi’s 3MT® presentation in Brock News — Three minute thesis explores the delivery of Vitamin E
Thursday, December 10, 2015 | By Brock University
Time Magazine has recognized the photographic work of Brock University visual arts instructor Amy Friend.
A photograph created by Friend for the cover of The California Sunday Magazine’s April 5 edition is one of Time’s Top 10 covers of the year.
“Our selection of the top 10 covers of 2015 displays an exquisite use of photography,” writes Kira Pollack in Time’s online article <http://time.com/4131125/time-picks-the-top-magazine-covers-of-2015/?xid=fbshare> announcing the best covers. “With this unranked selection, we’ve witnessed that the cover still holds the power to be iconic and, at the very least, move and delight us.”
Other covers on the list include the Vanity Fair image of Caitlyn Jenner shot by famous photographer Annie Leibovitz, New York Magazine’s issue featuring black and white images of 35 women who claim to be victims of Bill Cosby and a Harper’s Bazaar photo of singer Rihanna in the mouth of a shark.
Friend said she is thrilled her work is included in a collection of so many amazing images.
“It gives a boost to the aspects I really believe in regarding photography and its ability to reach a certain and specific sentiment with people,” she said. “When you are struck by an image, it remains with you.”
As a fine arts photographer, Friend works with light. In her photographic series Dare alla Luce, she uses light to re-make vintage photographs.
“We loved the work of Canadian artist Amy Friend, specifically her series Dare alla Luce, in which she manipulates archival photographs with a needle and then projects light through the images,” said California Sunday Magazine’s creative director Leo Jung.
The cover was inspired by that series and shows the silhouette of a woman with spots of light shining through, giving it a poignant quality. John von Pamer took the picture of the woman and Friend applied her technique on it and then re-photographed it. It goes with the story Death, Re-Designed <https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-04-05/death-redesigned> .
“The resulting image has an otherworldly, ethereal quality – a perfect metaphor for this story,” said Jacqueline Bates, photography director.
Friend said it’s not unusual for artists to work in editorial realms.
“More and more, artists are being approached to work with mainstream media,” she said, noting that’s opening even more doors for her students at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. “There’s fertile ground between the fine arts stream and with editorial-based work.”
Friend said Brock visual arts students are exposed to both digital and analogue photography thanks to the MIWSFPA’s brand new darkroom.
“It’s what really sets us apart from many other universities, which are mainly concentrating on digital,” she said. “Every time a student develops a photo in the darkroom, it’s a completely magical experience.”
In much of her work, Friend uses found images and vintage pictures. Dare Alla Luce has been published in book form by photolucida.org <http://photolucida.org/> and one of the images featured hangs in the new FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines.
Friend’s recent work will be on display at Rodman Hall Art Centre from Jan. 29-May 1 in a show called Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life, curated by Marcie Bronson.
An opening reception will be held Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 03, 2015 | By Brock University
"The outreach course stands as a bridge to the community, and it has demonstrated that sustained university outreach in the Niagara community and beyond can have a real impact in widening student community learning in educational or non-educational settings,” said Prof. Irene Blayer.
The course’s other professor Cristina Santos said the course has opened many opportunities for students and the University.
“It has built a trusting and mutually beneficial relationship with a wide-range of community-based partners,” she said.”
Cowen said outreach courses help educate students about the community.
Tuesday, December 01, 2015 | By Brock University
See this introduction to the Marilyn. I Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts at Brock University in St. Catharines ON, with scenes from the events of the official opening of the new facility on September 18, 2015.
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