Monthly Archives: April 2022

Apply to the UTNY Program!

If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. Right? Maybe! Only if you apply by the Spring 2023 UTNY deadline of May 1!

What is UTNY
UTNY is an internship-first experiential learning program that provides registered UT Austin
students the opportunity to live, work and learn in one of the most dynamic metropolitan cities
in the world.

Eligibility
Students must be currently enrolled, degree-seeking Liberal Arts undergraduate students
accepted into the UTNY program for Spring 2023. Students intending to enroll in LA 620wb
must be interning for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Learn more about hours and weeks
requirements.

Financial Aid
Students utilizing financial aid can apply their aid toward participation in UTNY. Similar to study
abroad programs, a student’s financial aid package may be adjusted to cover the additional
costs associated with attending UTNY.

UTNY classes are in-residence, so students should be prepared to pay normal UT tuition for
their academic credits and coursework and a fixed UTNY program fee. Lastly, students pay for
their own housing. They should also budget for necessary living expenses such as food,
transportation, and entertainment. Find program estimates on UTNY.

APPLY BY SUNDAY, MAY 1
A resume and essay question are required as part of the application.

Crafternoon with Humanitas

Join us for a fun, stress-relieving “crafternoon” on Monday, May 9 in the Glickman Conference Center, room RLP 1.302B. We’ll have light refreshments and several art therapy activities to ignite your creativity and take your mind off of finals. The event begins at 11 a.m. but feel free to come and go as you like until 1 p.m. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

RSVP here for this free event presented by Humanitas and the College of Liberal Arts.

Digital Humanities Certificate Intro classes

Applications are now being accepted for the undergraduate Digital Humanities Certificate:  https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/ds/undergraduate/index.php

Two introductory classes will be offered in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 that count towards the first requirement of the credential.

 

Fall 2022:

GSD 351D – Identities / Patterns / Code: Digital Approaches to Culture

“What if I could read patterns out of hundreds of texts, and gain new perspectives, create new knowledge about them using digital tools?” This course explores how to read identities as statistical patterns in literary texts, linguistic, cultural and historical corpora with digital methods, and how we can come to a deeper understanding of individual texts and textual phenomena. This course introduces digital research methods, tools and use cases. Students will work hands-on with literary, linguistic, cultural and historical sources – without requiring any previous programming knowledge.

We will start the course with an overview to concepts of “identity”, “patterns” and “models” in literature, culture, and humanities research. Our discussion will show how digital methods and tools transform the way literary, linguistic and culture studies research conceptualize identity, culture, as well as textual phenomena since the 20th century as data patterns and models. This course will consider digital research methods from the perspective of concepts of “identity” and “identities” as intersectional compounds of gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, culture, religion, social and historical background, variation of physical and mental abilities, etc. – Quantitative-reasoning based digital methods and digital models offer the opportunity to analyse these components as more general patterns at scale, while preserving the complexity of their interconnection. At the same time, digital technology and digital research methods deserve our critical attention as well: do these methods contribute to equality, equity, or may their application introduce biases?
FLAGS: Global Cultures, Quantitative Reasoning

 

Spring 2023:

RHE 314: Computer Programming in the Humanities

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of computer programming and provides practice in humanities-based exploratory programming. Working through readings, discussions, exercises, and course projects, students will gain familiarity with programming concepts, practice in computational processes, and consider the wider cultural effects of programming. Designed for Liberal Arts majors with no programming experience, the course aims to introduce computational processes through exercises in programming (Python) by providing an online/asynchronous learning opportunity. In addition to the hands-on exercises, students will read selected texts and participate in discussions that will help orient the Liberal Arts major towards understanding computation as a humanistic, rhetorical, creative, and cultural practice.

 

Please send questions to tclement@utexas.edu.

Conference on Resisting Normative Embodiments!

The Feminist Action Project and The Queer & Trans Student Alliance will be hosting a conference on “Resisting Normative Embodiments”, from

! This year’s keynote speaker will be Hope Giselle, an organizer, artist, author, and trans activist who will be speaking on her modern social take on Black and Trans bodies in public spaces. Among Hope, we will also have speakers discussing topics such as Intersex justice, public schools in k-12 education: trans-exclusionary policies, navigating queer and feminine health care, the invisible sexualities, and designing an inclusive sex education. In addition to many speakers, we will also be providing lunch and tote bags!

Anyone interested in attending can register for our conference at tinyurl.com/resistconference !

Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts 2022

Deadline: May 5, 2022 

https://provost.utexas.edu/roy-crane-award/  

 

The Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts is given each year to a student of The University of Texas at Austin for unique, creative effort in the performing, literary and visual arts.  

In 2022, the award(s) will be given in the area of visual arts. Any currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student from any major or area of study may compete for the award. Students graduating in May 2022 are ineligible to apply. 

The selection committee will give no weight to any entrant’s grade point average or other academic achievements. Awards range between $1,000 and $4,500. 

 

To compete for the award, a student must submit the following:  

·         Online application form through Interfolio 

·         Digital portfolio requirement – include all work and information in one PDF document.  

Use a separate page for each image and join all pages into a single document. Each image/page must include the following information: 

o    Artist Name 

o    Title 

o    Date 

o    Materials 

o    Size (H x W x D) 

Other information: If image is a video still, you may include a link to an excerpt of the video. All video works should be no more than 3 minutes total.  

·         You may submit no more than 15 images of up to 10 artworks 

 

Work submitted must represent creative achievement while enrolled at UT Austin. Research or analysis does not qualify. 

Contact undergraduateawards@utexas.edu if you have any questions. 

Fall 2022 – Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program

The College of Liberal Arts would like to invite you to apply for The College’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) for the Fall 2022 semester. The program provides a structured opportunity for students to be exposed to and learn about research and exploration in the many different disciplines within Liberal Arts.  It involves both training and active involvement in research projects under the mentorship of faculty and is intended to prepare students for their own independent research activities prior to graduation.

For each fall semester, six COLA units (departments, centers, or initiatives) will offer an organized research experience for a cluster of students accepted to URAP. Developed and tailored to each unit’s respective disciplinary/interdisciplinary tradition, activities will be built around a key theme, research project, or set of projects and will involve cluster of apprentices regardless their level of research experience or training. Each unit’s semester-long Cohort URAP will be headed by a faculty advisor and a graduate student mentor.

 

The deadline to apply for Fall 2022 is 5 p.m. May 6, 2022.  

More information about the program can be found on our website.

You can access the application here.

If you have any questions, please contact Liz Clayton.

Seeking Participants for Dissertation Study

My name is Hollie Yang, and I am a doctoral candidate in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. I am currently working on my dissertation focused on exploring the potential contribution of college major choice decisions of second-generation East Asian American students on their college experience and sense of belonging and am looking for undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in the study to share their experience.

For this study (IRB # STUDY00002693), participants will be asked to complete an initial five-minute demographic survey, two rounds of interviews (no more than 90 minutes each), and two brief two paragraph written reflections post-interview. Participation in this study is completely voluntary, and all collected data will remain confidential. Participants will have the option to interview either in person or via Zoom and will be compensated with a $30 Tango eGift Card upon completing all participant responsibilities listed above.

To participate in the study, you must:

1)    Identify as East Asian American (Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Taiwanese)

2)    Identify as second-generation American (born in the United States with at least one immigrant parent)

3)    Be a current junior during the 2021-2022 academic year

If you meet the above requirements and are interested in participating in the study, please use the link below to complete the demographic survey. After completing the demographic survey, I’ll follow up with you via email to schedule an interview. If you have any questions or wish to follow up with this study, please email me at hollieyy53@utexas.edu.

https://tinyurl.com/EAAStudy

Russia’s War on Ukraine and Its Global Impact

On Thursday, May 5th, the Clements Center for National Security will host Lech Wałęsa, Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, for an event on “Russia’s War on Ukraine and Its Global Impact.” Join us at 5:30 pm at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Amphitheater 204. Doors open at 5:00 pm.

 

Lech Wałęsa is a Nobel Peace Prize winner (1983) and the first president of Poland, serving from 1990-1995. Wałęsa was the co-founder and leader of the Solidarity movement that led to the first democratic elections in Poland in 1989, the fall of communism in Poland, and helped lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. At its height, Solidarity had over 10 million members. Wałęsa was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 1981 and was included in Time Magazine’s 100 most important people of the 20th century. Wałęsa holds over 40 honorary degrees, including from Harvard, Columbia, and the Sorbonne. He is the recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Knight Grand Cross of the British Order of the Bath, and the French Grand Cross of Legion of Honour. In 1989, Wałęsa became the first foreign non-head of state to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Wałęsa was the first democratically elected leader of Poland since 1926 and the first ever Polish leader elected by popular vote. He presided over Poland’s transition from communism to free-market capitalism and liberal democracy.

For more information about this event, contact Elizabeth Doughtie at elizabeth.doughtie@utexas.edu.

RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/russias-war-on-ukraine-and-its-global-impact-tickets-310190336647

Texas Diversity Fair

LAHDAC is co-hosting a Diversity Fair with the Diversity and Inclusion Agency this Friday, April 22nd from 4-5:30 PM at the PCL plaza. Come for free food, music, performances by Texas Zobha and the Korean Dance Crew, a raffle, and tabling by diversity-related organizations. Anyone who stops by will be entered to win a basket of goodies, you don’t want to miss it!