<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023/0405-symposium-preview.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Skidmore free speech symposium models listening and understanding</title><author>Sara Miga and James Helicke</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/05/2023 11:23:57 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Skidmore students are applying lessons from coursework to consider challenging topics facing free speech in a campus symposium featuring leading intellectuals, including New York Times columnist David Brooks, April 14-15.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2023/images/0405-free-speech-thumbnail.png" alt="Speech and Expression on College Campuses Symposium logo"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2023/images/0405-free-speech-hero.jpg" alt="Melanie Nolan '23, who will discuss “Unpacking the Solidarity Project; Art, Shock and Free Speech” as a student panelist at the Speech and Expression on College Campuses Symposium, stands in front of the interactive exhibit she curated in the art gallery in Case Center during the fall semester. "/></image><caption>Melanie Nolan '23, who will discuss “Unpacking the Solidarity Project; Art, Shock and Free Speech” as a student panelist at the Speech and Expression on College Campuses Symposium, stands in front of the interactive exhibit she curated in the Case Center Art Gallery during the fall semester.</caption></item>