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Curb Scholar Summer Blog: Disa’s Eco-Informatics Research in the Cascades
Sep. 9, 2014—This post was written by Disa Yu. I spent this summer in the forests and mountains of the Cascades mountain range in eastern Oregon. We lived in the cabins of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest and conducted research in the field of Eco-Informatics. I thought that Eco-Informatics was a good example of the interdisciplinary creativity...
Curb Scholars “Think Wrong” at Opening Retreat
Aug. 28, 2014—Before the classes had begun, the Vanderbilt Curb Scholars were hard at work getting their year off to a creative start. They spent a week attending the Curb Center’s Opening Retreat, a series of workshops, exercises, and a field trip to The Farm, an intentional community located in Summertown, Tennessee. From their experiences at the...
Curb Scholar Madeline Pt. 2
Aug. 7, 2014—I always try to find the ways of becoming a better artist and a better human from any experience I have – try to stretch beyond shuffling it into a category of good or bad, exciting or boring, etc. in order to really consciously grow with each experience. I’ve recently gotten to spend some time on...
Curb Scholar: Madeline
Aug. 7, 2014—This summer I have the privilege of working at The Civilians, an experimental theatre company located on South Oxford Street in Brooklyn. Basically, they devise original theatrical pieces exploring social issues or controversial subjects through research and interviews. Their unique process yields some of the most socially conscious plays and musicals produced in contemporary American...
Elizabeth Meadows: Summer at the Curb Center–The Work of Public Engagement
Jul. 2, 2014—Ed note: Dr. Elizabeth S. Meadows leads the Creative Campus and the Curb Scholars Program for the Curb Center at Vanderbilt. I started at the Curb Center last summer, and it was a hectic time—planning the opening retreat and fall semester’s Scholar sessions, selecting Innovation Grant recipients for the first time, and planning the 3rd...
Curb Internship Blog: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless
Jul. 1, 2014—By Anjelica Saulsberry This blog is part of the Curb Scholars Internship Program. My beginning days with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless have served as some of my most humble. I began this internship expecting to be in the office making phone calls and assisting the Finance Department; however, I feel as though I will...
Curb Internship Blog Post: Compassionate Travel
Jun. 26, 2014—By Ben Shane This blog post is part of the Curb Scholars program. I have faith in humanity when I travel. It comes from hitchhiking in Spain, where strangers interrupted their lives because they saw me for a total of a second-and-a-half on the side of the road and invited me into their cars and...
A Summer Internship in Hualcayán
Jun. 23, 2014—by Karissa Deiter Hello! My name is Karissa and I am an intern with PIARA this summer. My journey with PIARA started two weeks ago, when I arrived at the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa in Memphis, TN to work with director Dr. Robert Connolly and begin preparing educational and outreach materials for the summer...
Apply now: Curb Fellow in Media, Art, and Public Policy, 2014-15
Mar. 10, 2014—Applications accepted through Friday, March 28. The Curb Center is pleased to announce a continuing fellowship opportunity for advanced graduate students in the humanities or humanistic social sciences at Vanderbilt University. For the academic year 2014-15, the Curb Center offers a year-long fellowship to support a student who has completed his or her comprehensive examination...