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Eric Scerri: The Periodic Table
No full textThis lecture on the periodic table of elements was recorded in January 2024. The lecture was designed for students and faculty in the First-Year Studies program. This program, a multidisciplinary introduction to liberal learning, has been a cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum since 1945.
The lecturer, Allison Fleshman, is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Lawrence. Professor Fleshman joined the Lawrence faculty in 2013. She has a bachelor of science degree in physics and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Oklahoma. She has also served as the director of an off-campus study program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Along with the students working in her research lab, Professor Fleshman investigates the transport properties of molecules in liquids. “The liquids I study are called ionic liquids,” she explains, “and they are showing great promise as materials for carbon sequestration, and could help revolutionize industrial processes that emit greenhouse gases. It is essential that we all act to combat global climate change, and this research lets me fight it both in the lab and in the classroom.
Second Lecture of the 2024 First-Year Studies Lecture Series
No full textFirst-Year Studies, a staple of the academic experience at Lawrence University since 1945, continues to evolve. Beginning in Fall 2024, the course required for all first-year students will undergo a significant realignment, all aimed at making the program more focused while keeping its intent of a collective introduction to the liberal arts.
The changes stem from recommendations made by a faculty task force that began its work in spring of 2022. It was approved in a faculty vote in May 2023. The revamped course, now lasting one term instead of two, will have a theme that stitches together the seven works to be studied. “Water” will be the theme for the next four years, then give way to a new theme. The writing curriculum has been reshaped with a sequence aimed at better preparing students for effective analytical writing.
Works covered in this lecture: Flood narratives (Gilgamesh and Noah), High Water Everywhere by Charley Patton, 1929 (Delta Blues tradition), Blood dazzler: poems by Patricia Smith, 2008
Third Lecture of the 2024 First-Year Studies Lecture Series
No full textFirst-Year Studies, a staple of the academic experience at Lawrence University since 1945, continues to evolve. Beginning in Fall 2024, the course required for all first-year students will undergo a significant realignment, all aimed at making the program more focused while keeping its intent of a collective introduction to the liberal arts.
The changes stem from recommendations made by a faculty task force that began its work in spring of 2022. It was approved in a faculty vote in May 2023. The revamped course, now lasting one term instead of two, will have a theme that stitches together the seven works to be studied. “Water” will be the theme for the next four years, then give way to a new theme. The writing curriculum has been reshaped with a sequence aimed at better preparing students for effective analytical writing.
Works covered in this lecture: When the Levee Breaks by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe (Delta Blues Tradition) and The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano (or Gustavus Vassa
New Recordings of Old Songs
No full textThis project consists of original recordings of four songs from Appalachian and old time traditions, as well as liner notes that provide information about the history of each song and describe the process of arranging and recording them
