Panhia Lee

President Paxson asserts value of freedom of expression in Washington Post op-ed

Titled ‘Brown University president: A safe space for freedom of expression,’ guest column comes at a time of fierce debate about the capacity of universities to prepare students for confronting difficult, complex issues.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The Washington Post published in its newspaper today, Sept. 6, a guest column titled “Brown University president: A safe space for freedom of expression” by Brown President Christina Paxson.

The column is framed as an opening address for the new academic year for students entering college across the country at a time of fierce debate about the capacity of colleges and universities to truly prepare students for confronting difficult, complex issues that face society today. The column previews themes Paxson will share with the campus in greater depth during Brown’s 253rd Opening Convocation, which will be held at 4:00 p.m. on the College Green.

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Making an Impression

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New Associate Professor of Printmaking Megan Foster is inspired by “weird science” and the everyday.

When she was interviewing for a full-time faculty position in Printmaking – her major department when she was a student at RISD – newly hired Associate Professor Megan Foster 00 PR was asked to envision her “dream course,” a class for advanced students that would incorporate new technology with traditional printmaking techniques. She proposed a studio in which students would create stop-motion animations using multiple handmade prints and a scanner, a technique that’s become quite popular in the printmaking world.

“I’ve always crossed disciplines in my teaching and my own work,” Foster says, “and I’m excited to work with RISD students. I’ll be teaching at a level I couldn’t reach anywhere else.”

Since Foster earned her BFA in the department, she has returned regularly as a visiting critic while teaching full-time at the City College of New York and working as a master printer at Columbia University. A staunch believer in RISD’s hands-on approach, she says that “people outside the fine arts world still rely on those who can make things with their hands. Printmaking has always been a medium that pushes technology and mass production,” she adds, “but it’s coming back around to limited editions and specialized techniques like etching. And there’s a lot more respect for the medium in the larger art world today as well.”

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NEIT will attend Boston Festival of Indie Games

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A view of the NEIT Booth. Configured for game demonstrations.

Boston Festival of Indie Games is an annual event featuring a variety of electronic entertainment produced by small, New England-based developers. It takes place at MIT and is attended by 3500+ video game enthusiast. This will be New England Tech’s fourth year participating as a sponsor. As sponsors, we exhibit the most recent Video Game Development and Design senior project games.

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College launches 100th with a flair of tradition, spirit

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Providence College began the year-long celebration of its centennial on Wednesday, Aug. 31, with programs that reflected its tradition of academic excellence, its commitment to its Catholic and Dominican tradition, and its sense of fun.

Classes were cancelled for the day to allow students and faculty to participate in all events, which began at 8:30 a.m. with academic panels in the Ruane Center for the Humanities. Professors explored the impact of foreign language studies on a liberal arts education, the growth of psychology as an academic discipline, health care in 1917 Providence, and the impact of World War I on the British empire and race in America.

The Centennial Opening Mass in the Peterson Recreation Center followed at 11 a.m. with the Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D.,bishop of Providence, as the principal celebrant. In his homily, College President Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ’80, acknowledged that God’s work in founding the College is not complete, but remains the mission of all who work and study there.

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