This laboratory course is an introduction to both canine mammary cancer and mammalian cell culture techniques in the context of conducting basic research with primary canine tumors and an established canine mammary cell line. Topics include etiology of canine mammary cancers, molecular characterization of canine mammary tumors, development of patient-derived xenografts, and canine mammary cancer as a model for human breast cancer.

This laboratory course is an introduction to both canine mammary cancer and mammalian cell culture techniques in the context of conducting basic research with primary canine tumors and an established canine mammary cell line. Topics include etiology of canine mammary cancers, molecular characterization of canine mammary tumors, development of patient-derived xenografts, and canine mammary cancer as a model for human breast cancer.

In this seminar, we will examine how urban environments operate as places of refuge and/or peril for persons that primarily define themselves by their race, gender, or sexual expression. To understand this spatial dichotomy, we will survey materials (e.g., film, memoirs, news accounts, scholarly writing) that emphasize their voice, their point of view, and potential conflicts with mainstream society.
As a secondary theme, we will also note how capitalism, neighborhood succession, and/or gentrification may amplify their experiences.

There are no facts, only interpretations. Nietzsche's critique of positivism resonates in the turn to represent the real in contemporary cultural production. Documentary film and theater, verbatim theater, performance, photojournalism, and autofiction are just some examples of the illusion of a direct access to the real that became more present recently in Spain. In this seminar we aim at examining examples that questioned truth claims as they approach and reframe the real. We will study cultural practices that have explored the transit from life to the page, screen or stage.

This seminar examines the prevalent themes in the implementation of housing policy in the United States. In three modules, we examine 1) federal and state policies, 2) the mechanisms of public housing, tax credit, housing vouchers, and then 3) take a deep dive into local Massachusetts housing plans.

Human civilizations have repeatedly weathered the onslaught of vicious and mystifying disease. This course will focus on a number of examples from the ancient and medieval western worlds, including the plagues that assailed fifth-century-BCE Athens, Late Antique Rome, and fourteenth-century Europe. We will consider how, in the absence of modern medical knowledge, individuals and societies struggled to understand the calamities, how they responded, and how they survived. We will look at how people coped with fear, loss, grief, and social upheaval.

This course examines the history of capitalism in the geographic expanse known as the United States of America from the origins of European colonization to the present day. How did the thing which we call `capitalism? emerge as a system of governance in the American polity, and how did its contours change over the course of three centuries? And what is `capitalism,? anyway?

Introduction to automated vehicle systems with emphasis on transportation safety. Topics include historical background, advanced technologies in sensors and control, human factors design and application, research methodologies and state of the science, and policy and regulation.

This seminar will be held in conjunction with the week-long events related to the Douglass Chair in Basque Cultural Studies. Each year a prominent writer, scholar or performer in Basque studies is invited to campus to share their work. Students receive credit for attending a preparatory seminar, a public lecture/performance, and seminar with the visiting scholar.