Fireside

Part of Speech

Noun

Pronunciation

[‘fiər sid]

Description

A common event planned by Academic Chairs at the residential colleges in which faculty, staff, students, student groups, and companies give casual presentations. Topics often include research conducted by professors. Speculated origins of the name include FDR's fireside chats.

Usage

Used by members of the residential colleges, as well as any guests who have given them.

Example Sentence

1. We're having a really cool digital humanities fireside tonight!