In July, faculty Andrea Sims, Björn Köhnlein, Kathryn Campbell-Kibler and Micha Elsner met with highschool students from our SLIYS summer camp to talk about what linguistics professors do, and how they got interested in linguistics.
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In September, faculty, grad students and undergrads gathered at Whetstone park for a picnic to celebrate the start of the new academic year.
![Cory Shain and Peter Culicover Cory Shain and Peter Culicover](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/Retirement.jpg?itok=DkfXT--3)
In October, the department celebrated Peter Culicover's career following his formal retirement last spring with a party at Vice-Provost (and Professor of Linguistics) Beth Hume's home.
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In November, the department participated in the Breakfast of Science Champions, where local-area sixth-graders visit science programs to learn more about what they do.
In February, the department held its annual graduate recruitment party at faculty member Mike White's home.
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In April, the department invited alumni and faculty for a career event for linguistics undergraduates.