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Communication and Collective Goods - Jeremy Waldron: The Harm in Hate Speech
No full textThis lecture on the harm in hate speech was recorded in February 2023. 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, Mark Phelan, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lawrence. Professor Phelan joined the Lawrence faculty in 2011. In his lecture Professor Phelan discusses Jeremy Waldron’s book The Harm in Hate Speech. This is a book that provides a philosophical and legal framework for understanding the contemporary question of hate speech. One of the goals of a liberal arts education is to gain facility entering into close written argumentation about contemporary issues, and this work is a model of argument building. It also marks a turn in our approach to thinking about community. In this book, we examine a direct threat to any ideal community, and consider how words sometimes act more like bricks than as reasoned statements
Geophysical Survey of the Christ Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery, Germantown, WI BWT-0056
Get PDFOn October 18, 2022 Lawrence University conducted a geophysical survey on the southwestern side of the Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church cemetery (BTW-0056) in Germantown, Wisconsin. High-resolution magnetic data were conducted over a 20 meter by 40 meter grid to determine if unmarked interments were present in the cemetery. The survey identified a number of magnetic anomalies that appear to be consistent with the presence of unmarked interments. It is recommended that any ground disturbance in the cemetery proceed under the expectation that interments might be disturbed
Something Like Skipping Stones, Detail
No full textMaterials: Ceramics, Ink and Cyanotype on Muslin, and Found Objects like Glass Marbles, Pony Beads, and Healing Dirt from El Santuario de Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico
Dimensions: Variable
Project Advisors: Benjamin Rinehart, Brittany Sievers, John A. Shimon
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1010/thumbnail.jp
Piece 3
No full textMedium: Oil Paint on Canvas
Dimension: 28 x 20 x 1 inches
Project Advisor; Tony G. Conrad
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1007/thumbnail.jp
Natural Wonder
No full textMaterials: Wood and photographs
Dimensions: Variable
Project Advisor: Rob Neilson
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1034/thumbnail.jp
Entry Hall
No full textMaterials: oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: 12 X 15 inches
Project Advisor: Tony Conrad and John Shimon
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1002/thumbnail.jp
Personal Performance Piece
No full textMaterials: Durational performance with artists body, MDF, needles, paint, expanding foam, blood, shrink wrap, hair, graphite, estradiol valerate, paper, saliva, chalk, and steel.
Demensions: Variable
Project advisor: Rob Neilson
Year of graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1051/thumbnail.jp
Methods for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation of Biomphalaria glabrata NF-κB
Get PDFBiomphalaria glabrata is a species of freshwater snail that is an intermediate host to the parasite Schistosoma mansoni, a causative agent of human schistosomiasis. Substantial research has focused on the B. glabrata immune system, but progress is restricted by the limited molecular tools available for molluscan organisms. While many studies have described the anti-parasitic defenses of B. glabrata, the initiation and regulation of these defenses remain unclear. One important immune regulator, well known in both human and Drosophila immunology, is nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB). Research has shown that B. glabrata NF-κB transcripts are upregulated in response to S. mansoni infection, but few functional assays have been performed to describe the activity of B. glabrata NF-κBs. The present study addresses this knowledge gap by developing a Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay to determine the binding sequences, gene targets, and relative activity of B. glabrata NF-κBs. The results of this assay will further our understanding of B. glabrata immunity, which may then be exploited to disrupt the S. mansoni life cycle and may provide insight into the evolution of NF-κB binding sequences. Additionally, this ChIP procedure may be easily adapted to suit other B. glabrata transcription factors, providing a valuable tool for future B. glabrata studies