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April 2021
WN@tL: “What’s a Portrait Doing on this Map? Reinterpreting Captain John Smith and His Map of New England”
Speaker: Matthew Edney; Geography Description: After his exploits in Virginia (think: Pocahontas), Captain John Smith sailed briefly to “northern Virginia” in 1614. His voyage led him to think about a new colonial endeavor to what…
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Speaker: Jont Allen; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Description: Professor Allen takes an applications-based approach to teaching mathematics to engineering and applied-sciences students. The book lays emphasis on associating mathematical concepts with their physical counterparts,…
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