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Nov
20
Chaotic Economies of Confinement: Profit, Dependency, and Extraction in U.S. Immigration Detention
Disrupting the financial logics of U.S. detention growth
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Light reception to follow
Date & Time
November 20, 2025, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Description
Speaker: Nancy Hiemstra Stony Brook University Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Abstract: Drawing on two decades of research, this presentation examines how the U.S. detention system...
Nov
22
Art–Sci Fire Conversation: “There’s No Fire Season; It’s Fire Year”
A public art and climate science conversation on wildfires.
Location
Off Campus : The Peale
Date & Time
November 22, 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Description
Join climate scientist Dr Charles Ichoku and interdisciplinary artist Timothy Nohe for an art and science conversation on our new era of "fire year." As wildfires grow more frequent, more...
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