Claire recently gave her first seminar at another university. She learned to think more broadly about who her audience is, and also realized that the main purpose of seminars might actually be the budding collaborations that form from interactions throughout the day, rather than the seminar itself. Ruth finds that presenting to an audience that she doesn’t know can be liberating. Ruth is working on being less stressed about giving seminars to the public - she fears that questions from a general audience are more likely to be outside her expertise. 

Claire’s “folkestral rock” band, The Oyster Baes, released their debut album, Pearls. Listen anywhere, including on bandcamp.

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