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Sustainability Perspectives: Highlights of the Biggest Climate Law in US History: What’s in it and what it means for you and the climate

Virtual Event

Carla Wise, founder and executive director of Power Up for Climate Solutions, will explain that the Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August 2022, is the biggest climate action the US has ever taken. It has been described as historic, transformational, and a game-changer. Carla will talk about what’s in the new law, how it is ... Read more

Free

Sustainability Film: Thirst for Justice

de Witt Lecture Hall (106), Zabriskie Hall

Thirst for Justice follows Janene Yazzie as she searches for the source of contamination in her son's school's water in Sanders, Arizona. She suspects drinking uranium-contaminated water from the 1979 Church Rock dam spill caused her ovarian cancer. Armed with a Geiger counter she begins investigating radioactive waste on the Navajo Nation and finds areas ... Read more

Free

Spring Weekend

Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

One of the largest and most anticipated events of the Spring Semester is Spring Weekend, April 22nd & 23rd. Our weekend long event is comprised of a carnival with activities, inflatables, and lots of other entertainment. Unwind before finals week begins. Our theme of Pirates of the Finger Lakes; with our annual Earth Day Fair, Pool Party, and many ... Read more

Sustainability Perspectives: How You Can Help Achieve a Waste-Free Future

Virtual Event

Jesse Kerns, program manager in the Center for Sustainable Community Solutions, will explain that you are probably familiar with some of the negative impacts of mismanaged waste, such as water pollution caused by single-use plastics, but in the face of such large and complex issues you may feel powerless to affect meaningful change. Through this ... Read more

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What’s So Funny? A Heathers Pre-Performance Talk

Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

What's So Funny?: How Developmental Context Influences Perceptions of the Shared Experience of Adolescence Please join Dr. Nicole Depowski, Assistant Professor of Psychology, for a discussion about the different generational responses to the gun violence and other challenging content in Heathers: The Musical. This talk is free and open to the public. Friday April 28th--Macmillan ... Read more

Event Series HEATHERS: The Musical

HEATHERS: The Musical

Phipps Auditorium, Macmillan Hall

The Wells College Theatre Department presents: HEATHERS: The Musical How will Veronica Sawyer survive her senior year of high school? Does she surrender to the almighty trio of Heathers or rebel with the loner new kid J.D.? This pitch black musical comedy based on the 1988 film is the senior thesis performance of Kayleigh Smith ... Read more

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A Conversation with Heathers Director Kaleigh Smith ’23

Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

Please join director Kaleigh Smith '23 and Claire Mannle, Assistant Professor of Theatre, for a conversation about the behind the scenes process of her thesis performance, Heathers: The Musical. This talk is free and open to the public. Saturday April 29th, 6:30-7:00pm Macmillan AER

Event Series HEATHERS: The Musical

HEATHERS: The Musical

Phipps Auditorium, Macmillan Hall

The Wells College Theatre Department presents: HEATHERS: The Musical How will Veronica Sawyer survive her senior year of high school? Does she surrender to the almighty trio of Heathers or rebel with the loner new kid J.D.? This pitch black musical comedy based on the 1988 film is the senior thesis performance of Kayleigh Smith ... Read more

Free

May Day

Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY, United States

As the days get warmer and the flowers begin to bloom the time for celebration gets closer and closer. After this long semester, help us celebrate the spring with this year's May Day tradition. May Day is held in front of Main Hall. The college held its first official May Day in 1923, making this ... Read more

Sustainability Special: BUG OUT! Cooking with Insects

Sommer Center, Smith Hall

We are depleting natural resources to feed our current population and will have to find solutions for sustainably feeding an increasing global population. Chef Joseph Yoon, founder of Brooklyn Bugs, asks us to consider that there are over 2,000 types of edible insects that over 80% of the world’s nations already consume with different flavor ... Read more

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