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How to Navigate CLAS: Guide for Attendees

I want to go to CLAS; where should I start?

Go to the Diamond Atrium and stop by the information table. You can pick up a printed program–along with a Schedule-at-a-Glance. These will help you make a plan.

What is happening where? 

  • Oral presentation sessions (9-12, 1-4): Diamond, Davis, Bixler
  • Poster sessions (9-10:25, 10:30-11:55, 1:00-2:25, 2:30-3:55): Parker-Reed
  • Student speech contest (12-1): Page Commons (boxed lunches available)
  • PowerPoint Karaoke (4-5): Page Commons

What kinds of oral presentations are there?

All kinds. Many departments are having their honors students present their honors projects. Other classes are doing class presentations.

What if I just want to sample things–what should I see?

Here is one way to approach the day–it is only one options–there are dozens of possibilities:

  • 8:30  Go to Diamond Atrium; pick up your program; pick up some coffee and a donut.
  • 9:00  Go to Bixler 154 to hear performances of students’ musical compositions from MU182
  • 10:00  Stop by Parker-Reed after Bixler to look at the posters–and get more coffee. If you get too entranced, you’ll be there for the switch from Poster Session I (9-10:25) to Poster Session II (10:30-11:55)
  • 10:30 Go to Diamond 223 to learn about Food and Your Gut Microbes–or stop in at Diamond 222 to see some GIS story maps from HI438.
  • 11:00  Stop in at Diamond 122 to hear from some Learning Assistants with the Center for Teaching and Learning about what they’ve discovered about teaching and learning by being embedded in classes.
  • 12:00  Go to Page Commons for the Phi Beta Kappa Student Speech Contest; enjoy a boxed lunch, and vote for the winner.
  • 1:00  Back to Diamond. Pick up some dessert, and go to Ostrove to see student films on choreography and football
  • 2:00  If you enjoyed the posters in the morning, go back for more in Parker-Reed. You might catch the pivot between Poster Session III (1:00-2:25) and Poster Session IV (2:30-3:55)
  • 2:30  In Diamond 242, you can listen to Poetry in Many Languages
  • 4:00  End your day at Page Commons with PowerPoint Karaoke. Listen and laugh as four faculty members present PowerPoint slideshows that they have never seen. Enjoy some pizza and cookies as you watch.

What if I’m intrigued by Artificial Intelligence?

Good news! There are several sessions that might be interesting to you:

  • 9:00  Advanced Neurobiology: Real Behavior from Artificial Brains–students controlling robots (Diamond 344)
  • 10:30  Poster session: Protein Folding with A.I. (Parker-Reed)
  • 1:00  Artificial Intelligence Projects (Olin: Davis A.I. Institute)
  • 2:30  Poster session: Explorations with Neural Networks (Parker-Reed)
  • 3:00  Existential Conversations with A.I. Avatar (Davis 117)

What is the etiquette/protocol for attending multiple sessions?

It is perfectly OK to move from session to session throughout the day. We only ask that you depart/enter between student presentations–and that you are quiet in the hallways outside the rooms.

HAVE A TERRIFIC DAY AT CLAS!!!!