First lecture in ’10 Questions’ series explores the role, purpose of universities
Giving community members a special opportunity to experience the conversations that drive innovation at the university, in the fall quarter of 2019, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture presents 10 Questions: Centennial Edition, an interdisciplinary course/public event series hybrid, featuring conversations with leading faculty, distinguished alumni, and experts from across the university and beyond. Every Tuesday evening for ten weeks, experts disciplines as diverse as dance, psychology, astrophysics, Chicanx studies, law, philosophy, biology, and more will join choreographer and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Victoria Marks to explore one question each week.
"UCLA faculty answered the question, “What is a university?” Tuesday at the first lecture of a 10-week series.
Before each week's lecture session, enrolled students will participate in a workshop with one of the faculty speakers Emily Carter, UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, said she thinks a university has the responsibility to transform people, create new knowledge and pass it on through generations.
Carter, who is also a sustainable energy expert, will be one of 28 different UCLA faculty, scholars and artists addressing a question from their disciplines in the “10 Questions” lecture series which doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public.
Carter answered the question alongside Peter Sellars, a professor in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, and discussion leader Victoria Marks, the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of choreography at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
Marks, who will be leading all of the lectures, said in an email statement that the inspiration for “10 Questions” was to have interdisciplinary discussions while keeping in mind student engagement, building faculty connections and connecting UCLA’s academics to the public.
Coming from two different backgrounds of expertise, Carter and Sellars discussed how the studies of arts, humanities and sciences at universities can contribute to a positive future."— Marilyn Chavez-Martinez, Oct. 3, 2019
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