Next Nerd Nite, September 8th @ Eastworks!
Hello my nerds,
We are back at Eastworks on 9/8 for our tenth Nerd Nite! We are excited to get in the swing of the academic year and welcome back all the students (and students of life). 7PM, 21+, $5. We have two awesome talks lined up (talks are not necessarily listed in order of presentation):
The Boeing 787: Innovation in the Sky
The carbon-fiber 787 is changing air travel with its improved fuel efficiency and customer experience. Learn what makes this plane, and today’s aerospace industry, so exciting.
Molly Sackett Pasquale has worked design and aftermarket programs for 12 years at United Technologies Aerospace Systems, the 787’s biggest supplier.
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‘They’ Lives: A Linguist’s Defense of the Singular ‘They’
Using ‘they’ to refer to an individual rather than a group challenges grammatical convention, but sneaks into the speech of many. We’ll draw on the history of English and the mechanics of language change to examine the particular niche this use of ‘they’ fills and why it might just be the best word for the job.
Grace Mrowicki has a degree in linguistics from Haverford College, and wrote her undergrad thesis on the ways in which colonialism can affect pronoun systems.
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Spread the word, and mark your calendars for 9/20 as well: we will be doing a special event as part of the Amherst Poetry Festival!
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