Weekly Digest, 9/16/2024

Welcome to week four, everyone, and also a warm (cool?) welcome to the more moderate temperatures this week! Check out the goings-on at USC Linguistics below.

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Congratulations 👏

Please join us all in congratulating our very own Zoe Lo, Linguistics department Program Specialist, for being named the the 🏆September Monthly Staff Recognition Award Winner🏆 by the University Staff Club and USC Staff Assembly! The award is made to staff members who “exhibit constant and dedicated service and make a genuine contribution to the quality of life at the University.” Click here to learn more about the award.

Many congratulations Zoe, this wonderful recognition is richly deserved! Thank you for all you do for us in Linguistics!! 💯🙌🥳

Pets of USC Linguistics 🐈

This week’s featured animal friend is Ninja! Andrew Simpson, Ninja’s dad, says:

This is Ninja, now 14 years old. Ninja’s special skill is the shredding of important documents left unattended on desks (in particular student exam papers). Ninja loves the heat and will stay out in the garden even when there is air-con in the house.

Upcoming Events

The newly-inaugurated interdisciplinary Center for Computational Language Sciences is having its kick-off event next week on Wednesday, September 18, 1-3pm in Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall! The flyer below contains details on how to register (as well as a shameless plug from the SCLing Wrapped editor 😉).

Department Events

• Monday, September 16 at 1pm @ PhonLunch: Journal club!

• Tuesday, September 17 at 9:30am @ Psycholing Lab: No meeting

• Wednesday, September 18 at 2pm @ S-Side Story: Deniz Rudin, ‘Vibing is pragmatic’

• Wednesday, September 18 at 2pm @ MeaningLab: linguistics x philosophy x psychology reading group

• Friday, September 20 at 3-5pm @ MLLA: Gabe Dupre (UC Davis), ‘Language as a Theoretical Posit’

USiL Events

Please check out https://www.usilusc.org/ for the latest on Undergraduate Students in Linguistics (USiL) events this semester.