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25 November 2013See also previous news and alum news and exchanges. Please use this form for all inquiries, notice of events, contact updates, career updates, web/wiki glitches, suggestions, resources for us to put in news/calendar, request to be emailed when there's a new monthly news compilation, or request to be removed from such mailings.
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor
Student Matters
CCT courses offered Spring 2014:See http://caps-courses.umb.edu/courses/spring/cr/gr/crcrth/Face-to-face:
CRCRTH 651L Advanced Cognitive Psychology (#6997)
Online:
CRCRTH 602 Creative Thinking (#6990)
CRCRTH 616 Dialogue Processes (#6991)
CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change (#6992)
CRCRTH 693 Action Research for Educational, Professional & Personal change (#6995)
Hybrid:
CRCRTH 649L Scientific & Political Change (distance students register for class #6994, on-campus students register for #6999)
CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice (distance students register for class #6996, on-campus students register for #6998)
CCT Community
Upcoming Collaborative Exploration (CE):
The next in the fall 2013 series of free, online Collaboration Explorations (CE) begins the first week of December and will explore the theme Manifestos for Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving (full description here). Online meetings will take place on Mondays, December 2, 9, 16, and 23 (time to be determined). You may wish to read these additional essays about the approach of Collaborative Explorations and an example of a manifesto for critical thinking.
Please register (http://bit.ly/CEApply) to confirm your interest and get access to the Google+ community. All who can commit to attending at least 3 of the 4 online meetings are welcome to register.
CCT Events
CCT Community Open House: Presentations by Students
Tuesday, December 3rd, 4:00-7:00pm EST, UMass Boston Campus Center room 2545. Online participation possible via Google+ Hangout broadcast for those who respond to cct@umb.edu to request access. Please note new date (originally scheduled for Monday, December 2nd).
Presentations from students completing projects, with possible themes around reflective practice, synthesis work. and creativity.
http://www.cct.umb.edu/CCTNetwork3Dec13
Alum and CCT associates Notes
Ben Schwendener (http://www.benschwendener.com/), CCT faculty and composer/pianist/educator, recently performed at "URBAN SHAMAN: Helicopters", An Evening of Live Music with Dance at the Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
Events
Common Threads: Engaging Our Communities
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 from 3:00-4:30pm in the Alumni Lounge, Campus Center
3rd Annual Public Lectures given by the recipients of the 2013 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished Service, and Distinguished Scholarship Awards.
Speakers: Arindam Bandopadhyaya (Accounting and Finance), Lizabeth Roemer (Psychology), Paul Watanabe (Political Science)
Open to all, reception to follow speaker presentations.
USA Science and Engineering Festival
http://www.usasciencefestival.org/
April 26 and 27, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
Festival featuring many kinds of events, speakers, and gatherings of interest to those in science, engineering, education, and other fields. ""Our mission is to re-invigorate the interest of our nation’s youth in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by producing and presenting the most compelling, exciting, educational and entertaining science festival in the United States."
Opportunities
Teaching Opportunity for UMass Boston Graduate Students:
Become an OLLI Scholar and Teach a Non-Credit Course with Stipend
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is a lifelong learning program for adults 50 and older at UMass Boston. It is part of the Gerontology Institute at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies. OLLI has over 1,000 retired and semi-retired members who are enthusiastic and motivated learners. OLLI UMass Boston seeks graduate students to teach a 5-6 week non-credit course in their area of study or a related area (1.5 hours per week). This program provides an opportunity for graduate students to develop professionally by gaining teaching experience with a friendly audience.
OLLI offers courses in several areas in the arts, sciences, humanities, wellness, politics, technology, and many others.
To apply, see application Requirements and forms on the OLLI UMass website at http://www.olli.umb.edu – first select “Courses” from the left sidebar and then select “Teach for OLLI”) Applications will be reviewed by the OLLI curriculum committee. If a student’s proposal is approved, he/she will be invited for an interview. No more than 10 students will be selected per academic year. Classes start in early March through mid-June. The application deadline for the Spring 2014 semester is November 26, 2013.
If you have questions, contact Cathy Phillips at Catherine.Phillips@umb.edu.
Call for Proposals: "Undoing Health: States of Body and Mind"
We are issuing a Call for Proposals for scholarly and creative submissions for an international, interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, entitled “Undoing Health: States of Body and Mind” to be held at Indiana University – Bloomington, March 27-29, 2014. Join us for our 12th annual conference, hosted by the graduate students of the IU Department of English. We are pleased to host Dr. Rachel Adams (Columbia University) as our keynote speaker this year.
For more information and requirements around the full Call for Proposals, see: http://iugradconference.wordpress.com/cfp/
Resources
Report from the Creative Economy Coalition: "America's Creative Economy: A Study of Recent Conceptions, Definitions, and Approaches to Measurement Across the USA"
Food for Thought
Which fossil fuel companies are most responsible for climate change? – interactive
This Doctor Treats Poverty Like a Disease
Pop Up Repair Impresaria
Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States
Where Have All the Geniuses Gone?
Connectivity is Key to Understanding the Brain
The Decline of Wikipedia
The Cerebellum, Creativity, and Neandertals: What does the cerebellum have to do with creativity?
Building Culture in Digital Media
SCAMPER: The Path to Uncharted Territory
Reframing Failure as Iteration Allows Students to Thrive
Innovating Compassion
Artful Stupidity, Curiosity's Wiser Cousin
24 Unintended Scientific Discoveries
Remember That? No You Don’t. Study Shows False Memories Afflict Us All
Evolution’s Clock Ticked Faster at the Dawn of Modern Animals
Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer
Why Teachers leave the Profession, and what they do next
Five-Minute Film Festival in Education
Look Like A Normal 2 Year Old’s Drawing? Well, It’s Not. It’s The Start Of Something Incredible
These Are Some of the Most Amazing Views of Earth You’ll Ever See
The Simpsons Has Been Tricking You Into Learning Math for Decades
Humor
The "Dance Your Ph.D." Contest