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02.17 Mon

From Roxanne to Nicki: Uncovering Feminism, Empowerment, and Identity in Female Rap Music

02/17/2025 6:00 PM 02/17/2025 7:00 PM America/New_York Andover From Roxanne to Nicki: Uncovering Feminism, Empowerment, and Identity in Female Rap Music

Brace Student Fellow Presentation

Madison Redmond ’25

Coined by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, “intersectionality” describes the overlap of marginalized identities that creates complex systemic inequalities. In America, Black women have been barred from equal rights and respect and ignored in civil rights and feminist groups because of their gender and race. There have been few public spaces to share the experiences of being both Black and a woman—until Black women entered hip-hop.

In her presentation, Maddie Redmond ’25 explores feminism, anti-racism, and women empowerment in female rap music from the 1970s to the present. Through the analysis of works by feminist authors and sociologists, including bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and Patricia Hill Collins, Redmond investigates the music and careers of various women rappers. She identifies how feminist theories and practices, especially through the lens of Black womanhood, translate into female rap music.

Faculty Advisor: Casey Smith, Instructor in Art

School Room, 3rd floor of Abbot Hall (on the Abbot campus)

Open to the PA community; dinner will be served.

School Room, Abbot Hall

6:00 - 7:00 PM

School Room, Abbot Hall
Madison Redmond ’25

02.19 Wed

Dr. Subra Suresh: Deep Learning from Nature and Machines

02/19/2025 6:30 PM 02/19/2025 8:00 PM America/New_York Andover Dr. Subra Suresh: Deep Learning from Nature and Machines

On Wednesday, February 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the John Barry Performance Hall in Falls Music Center, Dr. Subra Suresh will explore how combining nature’s intelligence with machine learning can expand human potential and lead to breakthroughs in areas like engineering, materials design, and disease monitoring. With optimism and clarity, Suresh will show how this powerful combination can help solve complex problems and drive innovation for a more sustainable future. Don’t miss this exciting look at how science and technology are reshaping the world.

Suresh is a distinguished materials scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur with an impressive global career. He is a professor at large at Brown University, the Vannevar Bush Professor Emeritus at MIT, and a member of the boards of both the Villars Institute and the Global Learning Council. His leadership roles have included president of Carnegie Mellon University, president of Nanyang Technological University Singapore, and dean of engineering at MIT. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Padma Shri—one of India’s highest civilian honors—Suresh also served as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, a position to which he was nominated by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Please RSVP at https://bit.ly/DeepLearningPA. Direct any questions to the Tang Institute team at [email protected].

Falls Music Center

6:30 - 8:00 PM

Falls Music Center
Dr. Subra Suresh

02.23 Sun

Magician & Mentalist Danny Dubin

02/23/2025 3:00 PM 02/23/2025 4:00 PM America/New_York Andover Magician & Mentalist Danny Dubin

Special Matinee Performance

Award-winning magician Danny Dubin has enthralled audiences around the country with his crisp slight-of-hand and inexplicable mentalism. Volunteers’ thoughts are predicted and objects end up in different places, all while putting the audience at the center of the show.

Dubin has wowed audiences at Google, Microsoft, the Australian Embassy, Allstate Insurance, the World Bank, and Ronald McDonald House Charities—and the former queen of Iran. Don’t miss this mind-boggling and funny one-of-a-kind show!

Light refreshments 

Free and open to the public

Sponsored by the Jewish Student Union

Kemper Auditorium

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Kemper Auditorium
Danny Dubin