Erica Stevens Abbitt

Physics student wins praise and prize for defense of humanities

Disciplines in the humanities provide a frame for her to understand the implications of her work in sciences, says Layale Bazzi. The second-year physics student took top honours in the “Why Humanities” competition for her impassioned defense of their importance.

“Day in and day out, I am differentiating, integrating, rearranging and solving equations that describe the physical world around us,” she wrote. “What I can’t tell you are the ethical implications. All I can provide are facts about nature, and not human nature.”

Lunch lecture to greet University Players matinee

A pair of University of Windsor professors will lead discussion of Jane Austen’s Emma during a combined lunch and lecture preceding the University Players performance on Sunday, February 5.

Let’s Talk Theatre is a luncheon-lecture series produced jointly by University Players and Uni-Com. Attendees will enjoy a three-course meal featuring either beef stroganoff or a vegetarian platter, as well as presentations by English professor Suzanne Matheson and drama professor Erica Stevens Abbitt.