The Department of English is pleased to announce its 2025 PhD Colloquium! The event will take place on Thursday 4 December in Arts West-120 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. PhD 3 students in English will be sharing their current research with the 海角社区 community; come and join us for what we expect to be a diverse and intellectually energizing program! See the schedule of presentations below:
Thursday, December 4, 2025 09:30to15:30
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025 19:00to20:00
The Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Intervention is designed as professional development for in-service teachers and candidates with a background in early childhood education, educational psychology, or related fields.
Monday, January 12, 2026
The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages 海角社区 students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems. This year's pitch competition is taking place on January 29th, 2026 during the听John D.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.
Date: Jan. 14, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 12:00to13:00
The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.
Date: Jan. 21st, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This event is part of a series of workshops, see the complete Winter 2026 schedule here!
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026 12:00to13:00
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Date: Jan. 28th, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Thursday, January 29, 2026 18:00to19:30
The Department of English is thrilled to welcome Harvard Professor Robin Bernstein for the 2026 Spector Lecture "Fugitive Sentimentalism: The Forgotten Genius of H. E. Lewis, Negro Mesmerist".
The annual Spector Lecture is the most prestigious scholarly lecture hosted by the Department of English.
29 January 2026, 6 p.m.
Redpath Museum Auditorim
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026 12:00to13:00
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.听
Date: Feb. 4th, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 海角社区 to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.
Date: Feb. 11th, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.
Date: Feb. 18th, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)