GSA Social - Stitch Bar & Lounge (Manhattan)

GSA HAPPY HOUR SOCIAL

Friday, November 30, 6-8 pm

Open Bar and Food for two hours

Stitch Bar & Lounge: 247 West 37^th Street

www.stitchnyc.com

(between 7th and 8th Avenue, just a stones throw away from Herald Square, Madison Square Garden, Times Square, Penn Station and Port Authority)

Head upstairs to the DJ booth Section when you arrive. Don’t forget your Fordham ID!

Ethics Working Group Meeting - Dec. 3

The first meeting of the Ethics Working Group will be on Monday, December 3 from 2:00 - 3:00pm in Dealy 107. Refreshments will be provided.

All graduate students are invited to attend.

Description of the Group:

The Ethics Working Group promotes the collaborative study of theoretical and applied ethical issues in an interdisciplinary setting. Topics are determined by the interests of the group; potential areas include bio-ethics, environmental ethics, issues of social justice, science and technology, and professional ethics. All departments are encouraged to join.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium "Narrative Geographies" will take place this Friday (Nov. 16th) at 4pm in the Economics Seminar Room (Dealy E530).

Presentations by Josh Jones ("Pope and Garden Poetry"), Megan Burke ("Lady Mary Montagu's Travel Writings"), and Jason Ashlock ("Philip Roth's American Pastoral ").

Wine and cheese to follow. All are invited.

Philosophy Grad Discussion Group

Wednesday 14th November, 6:15-7:15

Collins Hall, Philosophy Seminar room

Richard Atkins of the Philosophy Dept. will be presenting some of his research at the next meeting of the Philosophy Grad Discussion group. The title of his talk is "Broadening Perceptual Normativity."

His blurb on the talk:

The discussion of perceptual normativity has focused on two interrelated issues. The first is perceptual veridicality, the claim that a perception is "good" if and only if it is of the way the object in fact is. The second is perceptual entitlement, which holds that a perception is "good" only if it entitles the perceiver to make true judgments. I argue that these claims constitute an aenemic theory of perceptual normativity because they fail to take into account the variety of aims we have in perceiving. Once we do so, we find that the first claim is false. Moreover, for the second claim to be non-trivial it must be supported by a broader theory of perceptual success.

Medieval Working Group

The 1st meeting of the Medieval Thought and Society Working Group will take place on Wed., Nov. 14 at 3:00pm in Dealy 202.

See the post below from Oct. 31 for more information on the group. All interested students are invited to attend.

Questions, please contact the GSA at gsa@fordham.edu

GSA Council Meeting

The next GSA Council Meeting will take place on Monday, Nov. 12 from 9:30 - 11:00 am in FMH 308. All GSAS graduate students are invited to attend.

GSA Day of Service

The GSA will be co-sponsoring a day of Native Tree Planting in the Bronx River Forest with the Bronx Neighborhood Initiatives and Development Corporation (NIDC) on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10am - 1pm.

Come learn about recent changes in our local natural areas and plant young trees to restore the balance of nature. All graduate students are encouraged to participate. Transportation will be provided.

Please RSVP to Gary Gabor at gsa@fordham.edu by Wednesday, Nov. 14.

GSAS Insurance Discount:

Students who have not received their insurance discount and are on scholarships with the exception of tuition scholarship only students, should be aware that the Office of Academic Programs & Support (i.e. Lydia and Jenn Latham's Office) will be requesting the next batch of $400 insurance discount by November 7. If anyone is interested you will need to submit a copy of their bill or a copy of their insurance card to this office (Keating 216/217) by November 7, 2007. Those who have already submitted their copy, they don't need to do anything.

Please note: the insurance discount is a one time stipend for the academic year.

Any questions, contact:

Lydia Ocasio
Office of Academic Programs & Support
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Fordham. University
LOCASIO@FORDHAM.EDU

External Fellowships: Regina Plunkett-Dowling

Dr. Regina Plunkett-Dowling will be visiting the following departments, serving pizza and soda, and informing grad students about opportunities for external fellowships - including the Mellon, Fulbright, DAAD, and others - and services available through her office, the Campion Institute, Fordham's Office for Prestigious Fellowships.

Other departments are also encouraged to invite her to visit. To set up an appointment, call her at ext. 2772, or e-mail plunkettdowl@fordham.edu

Economics Department
Tuesday, Nov. 6th
4:00pm-5:00pm

Biology Department
Thursday, Nov. 8th
1:00pm-2:00pm

English Department
Thursday, Nov. 29th
Noon - 1:00pm

Also, as a note: Dr. Plunkett-Dowling is going on leave spring semester - she is travelling to Ireland on a Fulbright Fellowship to teach and conduct research in her specialty, the New Testament.

Graduate students who are contemplating applying for fellowships in the fall of 2008 should stop by Thebaud 107 and introduce themselves before she leaves. She will return her Fordham office June 1st. In her absence, Dr. John Kezel, the Director of the Campion Institute, will work with graduate students.