Mammoth Moments in Miniature: Oct. 29 to Nov. 4

STEM-vember

The Biology Department’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team will be hosting STEM-vember, starting next Tuesday, Nov. 4. The month-long programming will feature a variety of events, from career-development workshops like resume building, career panels, interactive experiences like science-art night featuring agar art and plant portraits, and community-building events like lunch with faculty members and s’mores.

Annual Rhonda Cobham-Sander Lecture: Jericho Brown

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jericho Brown will give a public reading on Wednesday, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Johnson Chapel, as the second annual Rhonda Cobham-Sander lecturer. Brown’s poetry blends together forms of the sonnet, ghazal, and blues into a “duplex,” and reflects themes such as intimacy, race, sexuality, and survival. To honor Professor Emerita of English and Black Studies Rhonda Cobham-Sander, this event seeks to introduce students to a history of immigration and confront urgent questions about justice and belonging.

Trick or Treat Trail & Twerk or Treat

On Halloween, two spook-themed events will be hosted. The fifth annual Trick or Treat Trail will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m., featuring trick or treating at 18 stops across campus, including the Office of the President and the Beneski Museum. The annual twerkshop, fittingly named Twerk or Treat, will return from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in O’Connor Commons. No experience is required for the twerkshop, and both events heavily encourage costumes!

Tiger Style!

Tiger Style! by Mike Lew is a fast-paced comedy about two siblings, Albert (Harry Kim ’27) and Jennifer Chan (Lauren Rainey ’28), who, in their struggle to reconcile their Chinese-American identities, travel to China on a journey of self-discovery. Tiger Style! unravels the meaning of success and belonging, and who has the power to define them. Directed by Wesley Guimarães ’19, the show is performed in two acts, with two performances on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, both from 8 to 10 p.m.