30 OregonStater.org ARAN SHETTERLY E V E N T S PROVOST’S LECTURE SERIES: MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY October 28 at 7 p.m. Until Margot Lee Shetterly told their story, the Black women whose mathematical mastery helped put Americans in space were largely unknown. Her book Hidden Figures topped the New York Times bestseller list and was turned into a hit 2016 film. In this keynote, Shetterly talks about surprising ways women and people of color have contributed to American innovation. See details at beav.es/Shetterly. Andy Akiho Ensemble Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. Detrick Hall, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis Meet the 2025-26 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence in a program featuring his ensemble. Akiho is a virtuosic steel pannist, Pulitzer Prize finalist and seven-time Grammy-nominated composer. Learn more: beav.es/Akiho. Augmented Voices Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. Detrick Hall, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis Harry Yeff, also known as Reeps100, is a visual artist, champion beatboxer and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI. This talk/performance coincides with the installation of his landmark project, Voice Gems, in the Edward J. Ray Theater. Learn more: beav.es/Yeff. Harlem Quartet Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. Detrick Hall, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis The Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet has earned acclaim for dynamic performances and been hailed by the Cincinnati Enquirer for “bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and intelligent.” Learn more: beav.es/ Harlem-Quartet. Find more events at ForOregonState.org/events and prax.oregonstate.edu. SAVE THE DATE University of California, Los Angeles, to name just a few. “For the first time, we are seeing wide and deep and sincere interest in having more viewpoint diversity, in training students to engage in dialogue,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt told The New York Times last year. That notion of getting a chance to practice talking about difficult topics is key. In the real world, you don’t always get three minutes to say your piece. You probably won’t have a handful of marbles to spend. You might not have clear community guidelines. And yet the structures these programs provide are like training wheels for later disagreements, participants say, and reflect the role of the university as a site of learning and experimentation. “Obviously, in real life, you’re not going to say, ‘Here are the guidelines,’” said Paula Coto, ’23, M.S. ’25, who participated in the winter session of the university’s Dialogue Facilitation Lab, a series of afternoon workshops. “I like having difficult conversations,” Coto said. “Being a woman and a woman of color in engineering, it’s a double whammy. It puts me in many positions where I have to explain my point ofview.”The seminar encouraged her to approach these conversations fearlessly, she said: “Our facilitator used to say, ‘Just lean into the uncomfortable’ — because that’s where the juiciest conversations and the best connections come from.” continued “IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT POLITICAL VIEWPOINT YOU HAVE — A FEAR OF HARD QUESTIONS IS SORT OF UNIVERSAL.” C U LT UR E
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