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The Center for Student Involvement invites students to shine at the annual dance and costume party. This year’s theme is celestial bodies.

The Glass department welcomes Corral, whose research-based practice boldly explores memory, loss, human rights abuses, unacknowledged histories, and natural disasters.

The Sculpture department welcomes the award-winning theater and film director, whose immersive, narrative-driven projects blend puppetry, film, and sculpture.
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A mix of Furniture Design and Architecture students, the class is designing and building furniture pieces that reference Kahn’s love of geometric forms and natural light.

Open to students in every major, Interdisciplinary Hot Casting explores a range of traditional and non-traditional techniques and mold materials.

An international group of thinkers, makers, and educators interested in spatial phenomena, complex systems, and nature-inspired design gathered on campus in late September.

With intergenerational support, Rubelcy Herrera explores a holistic architecture.