Fireside
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Part of Speech
Noun
Pronunciation
[‘fiər sid]
Description
A common event planned by Academic Chairs at 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 college system, as well as any guests who have been speakers/presenters.
Example Sentence
We're having a really cool digital humanities fireside tonight!
