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CSB and SJU Inclusive Excellence Adventure - Pilot Episode
No full textConversation with a Chemistry professor about inclusion, education, and scientific language.
Welcome to CSB and SJU Inclusive Excellence Adventure. Hosted by Pedro dos Santos, Professor of Political Science, this podcast explores the inspiring stories of our community members and the impactful inclusive work happening at CSB and SJU. With a rich history of fostering a genuine and authentic inclusive community, the podcast examines the complexities of belonging and community through personal narratives and insightful conversations. Join us as we celebrate our colleagues\u27 journeys and learn from their experiences, all while challenging our own understanding of inclusion and community
The Chatham House Speech by Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, October 31, 2024, and the Following Recent Developments in Sudan
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LAI Craft Talk: Literary Arts Institute Writer in Residence, Jill Talbot
No full textJill Talbot is the author of The Last Year: Essays (Winner of Wandering Aengus Press Editor’s Prize, August 2023), as well as The Way We Weren’t: A Memoir and Loaded: Women and Addiction, a collection of personal essays. Her writing has appeared in literary journals such as AGNI, Brevity, Colorado Review, Diagram, Gulf Coast, Hotel Amerika, Lit Mag, River Teeth: A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction, and The Paris Review Daily and has been recognized seven times in TheBest American Essays annual series. She is Associate Professor of Creative Writing and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas
“Alexa, Play Baby Shark!” How Digital Voice Assistants Impact Children’s Development
Full text linkAs digital voice assistants (DVAs) like Siri and Alexa become more common in households, their influence on young children becomes more vast and often overlooked. Using secondary research from news reports, academic research studies, and expert opinions, this paper explores the question: how do DVAs influence children’s emotional, cognitive, and social development, and in what ways can early exposure to such technology shape the behavior of future generations? While there are benefits—such as nurturing children’s curiosity by providing immediate feedback to questions and helping with language skills when the child queries the chatbot—the unemotional and mechanical ways that DVAs are designed to interact with discourages empathy, limits critical thinking, and even subtly reinforces social and gender biases. The extent to which DVAs create harm can be reduced through thoughtful design, early AI literacy, and active adult involvement, and when used responsibly, they can become tools that help children grow more curious, reflective, and socially aware—ready to engage thoughtfully in a world where technology and human connection becomes increasingly intersected
Icons, Theology, and Culture
Full text linkThis article presents an overview of Eastern Orthodox understandings of the theology of icons and how icons are used in liturgical spaces to communicate important theological truths. Specifically, as it relates to eschatology and liturgical practices around icons and the cultural importance of saints who come from different continents and times and how that helps us see a bigger picture of a truly cosmic future reality embodied in the Church in the present