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Recent Examples of colloquium
But this did not go down well with some of the colloquium guests.
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Tania Roettger, The Dial, 5 Dec. 2024
In 2021 and 2022, Cannon took weeklong trips to the luxurious Sage Lodge in Pray, Montana, for legal colloquiums sponsored by George Mason, which named its law school for Scalia thanks to $30 million in gifts that conservative judicial kingmaker Leonard Leo helped organize.
—Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2024
In 2017 Perlin organized a colloquium on Eunice Foote (an American scientist who, in 1856, was the first to argue that putting greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere could cause climate change).
—Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
In the math department, there were people running this colloquium series called Math and Social Responsibility — very Berkeley-like.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
Following the colloquium, the AHA will offer a limited-capacity listening tour of the Wallace House in Shelby County.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
Lord began by outlining plans for an online colloquium series, which would be open to the public, and which would try to involve people in their research on topics ranging from racial scapegoating in previous pandemics to voting during national crises.
—Andrew Dickson, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020
In this colloquium, Teddy Tzanetos, JPL’s assembly, test, operations lead and ground support designer will present the project’s inception, its operational goals and capabilities, and what its success may mean for space exploration.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
The first lecture was an overview at a colloquium level; i.e. meant for physicists, but not necessarily with any knowledge of cosmology.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2011
Tania Roettger, The Dial, 5 Dec. 2024
In 2021 and 2022, Cannon took weeklong trips to the luxurious Sage Lodge in Pray, Montana, for legal colloquiums sponsored by George Mason, which named its law school for Scalia thanks to $30 million in gifts that conservative judicial kingmaker Leonard Leo helped organize.
—Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2024
In 2017 Perlin organized a colloquium on Eunice Foote (an American scientist who, in 1856, was the first to argue that putting greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere could cause climate change).
—Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
In the math department, there were people running this colloquium series called Math and Social Responsibility — very Berkeley-like.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
Following the colloquium, the AHA will offer a limited-capacity listening tour of the Wallace House in Shelby County.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
Lord began by outlining plans for an online colloquium series, which would be open to the public, and which would try to involve people in their research on topics ranging from racial scapegoating in previous pandemics to voting during national crises.
—Andrew Dickson, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020
In this colloquium, Teddy Tzanetos, JPL’s assembly, test, operations lead and ground support designer will present the project’s inception, its operational goals and capabilities, and what its success may mean for space exploration.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
The first lecture was an overview at a colloquium level; i.e. meant for physicists, but not necessarily with any knowledge of cosmology.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colloquium
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Xi met them at a symposium for private sector enterprises on Monday held at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, reported the official Xinhua News Agency, and delivered a speech after listening to the entrepreneurs.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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Liang Wenfeng is set to join President Xi Jinping, the Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and others for a symposium as soon as next week, according to Bloomberg.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Rodriguez-McDowell, who chairs the commission’s economic development committee, and Johnson attended an investment seminar, met with Bavarian government officials and toured a manufacturing plant while abroad, a county spokesperson previously told the Observer.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2025
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All year long, the center puts on a range of museum exhibitions, concerts, and seminars as a way to promote how a range of American music variations and genres have impacted culture.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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Maryland improved to 20-6 overall and 10-5 in the Big Ten and reached 10 wins in the conference for only the second time in the last five years (11-9 in 2022-23, coach Kevin Willard’s first season).—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Musketeers fell to 6-20, 1-14 in the conference.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Hartford Courant,
16 Feb. 2025
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It’s got an immersive screen that makes games look unreal, and the OLED panel blows everything else out of the water with its colors and contrast.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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Also set for panels, keynotes and conversations are After Midnight host Taylor Tomlinson, Kevin Bacon and Joe Manganiello, along with showrunners Eric Ledgin (St. Denis Medical) and Nahnatchka Khan (Laid).—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Colloquium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colloquium. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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