Splash Biography
WREN NEWMAN, Senior Studying: Art, Brain & Cog Sci, and Psych
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Major: PSY/BCS/SA (triple major) College/Employer: University of Rochester Year of Graduation: 2019 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Connor is a senior triple majoring in Studio Art, Brain & Cognitive Science, and Psychology. He has a deep love for the study of animal behavior with a specialty in animal cognition. He has worked with rhesus macaques at the Rochester Medical Center and bull ants at Macquarie University in Australia. On top of that Connor is also a big movie buff with a preference for the bittersweet. Although Connor also has a penchant for Nicolas Cage (having seen more films starring him than any other actor). Connor on top of juggling three majors also worked as head of communications for Pride Network for a year and a half. As you may be able to tell he has a lot of interests, more including music to spreadsheets, and wishes to share the information he's accumulated to inspire the interests of others. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)S40: Do Animals Think About Themselves? in Splash Spring 2019 (Mar. 30, 2019)
Animals, What do they know? Do they know things? Let's find out. This course will cover the study of animal cognition. In particular we will be discussing whether animals have conscious perception and how we can test it!
R43: Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Splash Spring 2019 (Mar. 30, 2019)
In this course we will be discussing the diversity in the expression of gender and attraction. We will be looking at the split attraction model, as well as discussing the complexity of modern issues.
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