- Website: Link
    Browse through our CCC website to take advantage of our compiled Resources & Opportunities (scholarships, conferences, etc.), read more about our iconic E-Board members, and find other general oSTEM links. The website is regularly updated, if you spot any issues or know of an R&O we haven’t included, our Feedback Form is always open!

- Office of Undergraduate Research: Networking, Expos, and Advisors
    During his visit last week, Dr. Sina Ghaemmaghami pointed to the University’s Office of Undergraduate Research as another great resource for further help in finding University or outside research opportunities! He is the director of the Office so maybe he’s biased, however, his years of knowledge and experience with undergraduate researchers may support his Office plug. /j
    The Office will be hosting its annual Undergraduate Research Exposition next Friday, April 14, at the Hawking Carlson Room and the Goergen Athletic Center Field House. It will be a busy day starting with a 4-part Speaker Symposium, followed by the Poster Presentation Fair, and concluding with an Awards Ceremony. The Expo involves students at all levels and areas of study, reflecting the University’s trademarked passion for learning. 
    Their website is also packed with research opportunities/information to help you find summer opportunities, conferences, funding, department-specific positions, and more!
- LGBTQ+ Resource Fair: Next Monday from 3-5 pm
    The University’s LGBTQ+ Resource Fair is right around the corner, highlighting on- and off-campus resources with Trillium Health, Title IX, and Planned Parenthood, among other useful organizations attending. Join us in understanding what resources we have available, how to navigate accessibility, and spreading awareness to queer peers. The Resource Fair will take place in the Feldman Ballroom of Douglass Hall, next Monday, April 10, from 3-6 pm. 
- Karp Library Fellowships: Due April 7, 2023 
    iZone has just opened the application window for their Karp Library Fellowships for students looking to drive change and (positively) disrupt the University’s status quo through projects you are passionate about. They have two Changemaking Specialists and one Changemaking Specialists positions listed, specifying a preference for rising juniors/seniors and estimated pay of a little over 3k/sem for ~15 hrs/wk. Find other UR River Campus Libraries positions here.

• O4U Business Conference Devoured: Link 
    Out for Undergrad’s Business Conference took place over the weekend and the posts are pouring in. O4U’s conferences are notoriously life-changing & inspiring (speaking from experience), and this year’s O4UB was no exception. 
    There is still time to apply to be in their Engineering and/or Tech conferences that will take place later this year! If you are eligible to attend either of their conferences, consider applying and seeing what all the fuss is about. If you need help applying or have other questions/concerns, our President Ellie is an official O4U campus ambassador and is here to ensure you have access to this incredible opportunity! 
• National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week: Link
    This week is National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week, helping emphasize awareness of the aspects of marginalization that Deaf queer people still face. As with many awareness dates for a specific population, the minimum default observance practice is to educate ourselves (and those around us) on areas where we are un/misinformed. 
    For many, respect distinguishes willful ignorance from genuine unfamiliarity and thanks to the internet, that’s at least an issue we can solve for ourselves. An important term to clarify when referring to deaf people (ie. using deaf vs Deaf) is identification with Deaf culture. Deaf culture typically demarcates those with complete hearing loss and uses Sign Language as their only means of communication, often viewing it as the uniting feature of the culture. 
    Links used in writing these two sections (no particular order, w/ some extras for your research reference): NAD on LGBTQ+, NAD on Community & Culture, Ohio U Ethics Paper, Train Go Sorry Signs and Voices, Not Deaf Enough at Gallaudet, Eyes of Desire 2 Review, Luczak’s Website, DEI Agency, The Power of Deaf Queer Community

- Tom Kane in Luczak’s Eyes Of Desire
 

Note: I am not deaf or HOH, as such I’ve referenced Deaf organizations and scholars to avoid misinformation or bias in this Highlight. I’ve included online sources in the prior section and (to my knowledge) am using the most up-to-date terminology, but populations are not monolithic and my research is fallible so feel free to do your own research/inquiries!

    Author, Raymond Luczak’s Eyes Of Desire: A Deaf Gay & Lesbian Reader weaves together the stories of Deaf queer individuals & their navigation in a hearing, cishet world, offering insight into lived experiences not frequently platformed. Notably, the people Luczak platforms are purposefully scattered in terms of shared positionality, emphasizing individual dimensions when people often (sub)consciously define others (or themselves) in monolithic populations. Luczak’s work does highlight a thematic desire for self-expression and how intersectional culture serves as its medium.
    Cochlear implants are surgically implanted devices that directly stimulate auditory nerve fibers. However, it is important to note that CIs are not hearing aids, the produced auditory stimulation differs from hearing people’s and requires follow-up care to connect the CI’s novel noise input into meaningful language. 
    Beyond these issues, CIs are controversial for the unconsenting nature of implantation and treating deafness as something “curable”. This view of a population as “curable” is resonant with historic queer pathology and the once-dominant view that queerness was “curable”, with this “fix” often taking place without consent. With this reframing of identity dynamics, adding queer positionality’s parallels can further emphasize the need for cross-movement solidarity.
    From similar histories of protests to feeling isolated from others like us, Deaf and queer journeys, independently, share an incredible amount of parallels. The parallels in experience go beyond shared adversity, both communities share an internal pattern of alienation that stagnates their respective movement’s reach of civil rights. Some parts of Deaf communities are in part fractured by stances on vocalization, signing, "degree of deafness", etc. Meanwhile, US LGBTQ+ movements throughout the 20th century have consistently staggered inclusion, fracturing the community because of misogyny, bi-erasure, trans exclusion, white assimilation, etc. This analogous 'disunion as progress erosion' pattern extends beyond these two movements, but the intersectional use of culture between the two emphasizes identities as mutually constitutive, rather than alternating.