March 16, 2021 MACOMB, IL The Western Illinois University Department of English will host the Fred Ewing Case and Lola Case Writers-in-Residence, in a virtual format, Thursday, April 8.
This year s writers include Jennifer Militello, Crisosto Apache and Marianne Boruch. A question and answer session will be held over Zoom from 3-4 p.m. To obtain the link, email English Professor Erika Wurth at ET-Wurth@wiu.edu.
A reading by the authors will be streamed through the WIU English department s Facebook page from 5-6 p.m.
• Militello is the author of the poetry collection The Pack, and the memoir Knock Wood, winner of the Dzanc Nonfiction Prize, as well as four previous collections of poetry, including A Camouflage of Specimens and Garments, called positively bewitching by Publishers Weekly, and Body Thesaurus, named one of the best books of 2013 by Best American Poetry. Her writing has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Best
March 11, 2021 MACOMB, IL – The Western Illinois University Department of Physics will host the virtual colloquium Quantum Chess and the Future of Quantum Games, at 3 p.m. Friday, March 12.
The session will be led by Christopher Cantwell, CEO of Quantum Realm Games, and will feature a new game that allows the movement of chess pieces according to the rules of Quantum Mechanics, as opposed to the standard, classical game of chess. The session will also include information about Cantwell s personal journey as a quantum physicist and entrepreneur.
Cantwell earned his bachelor s degrees in physics and electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and began his Ph.D. in physics. During his studies, he started a side project that eventually evolved into Quantum Chess. In 2019, Cantwell began a collaboration with Google and running his company full time.
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MACOMB The Western Illinois University Department of Broadcasting and Journalism will offer A Day in the Media Life, an opportunity for a virtual program visit 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 18.
Those who take part in the event will be awarded a $1,000 Leatherneck Visitor Scholarship to attend WIU.
The schedule includes:
3:30 to 3:50 p.m.Sports broadcasting tour
4 to 4:10 p.m.-NEWS3 student-run newscast
4:10 to 4:30 p.m.-Campus tour with students
4:40 to 5 p.m.-Admissions Q&A with faculty panel
To register for the visit, email broadcasting@wiu.edu. For more information, email JM-Martin2@wiu.edu.
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February 24, 2021 MACOMB, IL – The Western Illinois University Department of Broadcasting and Journalism will offer A Day in the Media Life, an opportunity for a virtual program visit, from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, March 18.
Those who take part in the event will be awarded a $1,000 Leatherneck Visitor Scholarship to attend WIU.
The schedule includes:
• 3:30-3:50 p.m. – Sports broadcasting tour
• 4-4:10 p.m. – NEWS3 student-run newscast
• 4:10-4:30 p.m. – Campus tour with students
• 4:40-5 p.m. – Admissions Q&A with faculty panel
To register for the visit, email broadcasting@wiu.edu. For more information, email JM-Martin2@wiu.edu.
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February 3, 2021 MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University Department of Physics will host the fifth edition of its Virtual Science Saturday, Cloud Chambers: Exploring the Invisible World of Subatomic Charged Particles, from 11 a.m.-noon Feb. 6.
This session will explore the challenges and rewards of exposing a hidden world all around us that is bustling with energy and activity. This episode is presented by WIU College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Dean James Rabchuk.
Virtual Science Saturday is open to anyone and can be joined at wiu.zoom.us/j/92440424021.
Past sessions of Virtual Science Saturday can be found at bit.ly/33aG70V.