Reminder: there is a colloquium on Friday

also, here is a picture that is not about the colloquium:

here is a news item that is more (but not much more) relevant to the colloquium:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/bill-kochs-son-inadvertently-emerges-as-the-face-of-trumps-tax-plan

important news

according to my meta-meta-meta-analysis, coffee is good for you

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/after-poring-over-all-the-evidence-experts-declare-coffee-is-mostly-good-for-you/2018/02/02/b45f9f8e-02d1-11e8-8acf-ad2991367d9d_story.html?utm_term=.e79ce41dc64b

also: don't forget about Jenn's IASH talk and the colloquium this week. Nicole has a talk next week, too.

Colloquium on Friday: Stefan Gosepath

SPEL Colloquium

Stefan Gosepath

Professor of Practical Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin
Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Studies, “Justitia Amplificata”

“Is inheritance justified? A preliminary sketch”

Friday, February 9
3:00 – 5:00 pm
UUW-324

Jenn at IASH this Wednesday

Wednesday, February 7^th 2018, 12:00 pm, IASH Conference Room (LN 1106)

IASH Fellows' Speaker Jenn Dum (Philosophy) presents: “Educational Justice and Relational Goods.”

“This presentation will argue that relational educational goods are a function of the social aims of education, the internal educational process itself, and the structural position of education. Furthermore, such relational educational goods—for example, the ability to empathize—are goods realized within relations, and thus are not something that can or should be distributed on comparative terms. Educational justice, accordingly, needs to account not only for the comparative goods of distributive justice, but also for relational goods.”

anybody graduating?

next week is a busy week for presentation, but for now, here is your GAFD news:

Spring 2018 Graduate Application for Degree Opens Next Week

The Graduate Application for Degree (GAFD) for Spring 2018 is scheduled to open on theGraduation page of the Graduate School website on Monday, February 5. Timely completion of this form ensures timely completion of degree paperwork. Students must submit the GAFD by Friday, March 23, to be included in the printed Commencement program. Students are also encouraged to take note of all degree requirements in the Graduate School Manual.

human rights events

FEB 1st
What is the role of empathy in teaching human rights? We'll discuss critiques of empathy from leading scholars and how we cultivate critical engagement with human rights issues without reinforcing the hierarchies that underlie many violations.

Join us from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, for readings and discussion with Joseph Slaughter, associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University.

This pedagogy workshop will include short readings, presentation of teaching materials, questions and methodologies, and time for discussion.

Seats are limited. Register with Alexandra Moore.
https://www.binghamton.edu/institutes/hri/


FEB 5th
How do we teach international human rights law from interdisciplinary and humanities-based perspectives? Join us for a discussion with Elizabeth S. Anker, associate member of the law faculty and associate professor of English at Cornell University, from noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5. The workshop will include a short preliminary reading, presentation of materials, methodologies and key questions, and time for discussion.

Seats are limited. To register, contact amoore@binghamton.edu.

Chenango Room to close

Whoah -- big news:

Beginning in fall 2018, Panera Bread will join the many options offered by Binghamton University Dining Services (BUDS) to diners on campus. 

Replacing and expanding the hours of the Chenango Room, Panera will offer its regular breakfast, lunch and dinner menu in the same manner as its restaurants around the country. Patrons will also be able to use mobile ordering and pickup. 

The timeline for closure of the Chenango Room has not been finalized. 

Auxiliary Services and BUDS conducted a survey in the fall semester that led to the decision to add Panera to its offerings. “There was an overwhelming response that people were partial to Panera and that it’s their most frequent off-campus destination,” said James Ruoff, resident district manager for Sodexo. 

“This will give us more options on campus and that’s our goal,” Ruoff said. “It will also offer BUDS’ employees the opportunity to work in a new operation and provide more opportunities for all BUDS employees due to the expanded hours.”

of course, the Chenango Room is terrible, but it's also terrible not to have table service on campus.