<div dir="ltr">Dear LInganth and LSJ task group members,<div><br><div>Apologies for the cross-listings, but I thought you all might be interested in the research2practice project that I and colleagues at Rutgers are launching this fall.  Read the launch letter below for details, but in a nutshell, it's a linguistic landscape scavenger hunt designed to introduce new students to their new community -- how and why various languages are used by whom in New Brunswick....  </div><div><br></div><div>We'd be happy to tell you more about how we put this together and/or report back on how it unfolds this semester.  Just let us know! </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Kate </div><div><br></div><div><span id="m_4515198210074503627gmail-docs-internal-guid-b17af0bf-7fff-96aa-7c65-ea3e4ef8062b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:69px"><img src="cid:ii_mfbdgxqv2" alt="image.png" width="452" height="50" class="gmail-CToWUd"></span></span></p></span></div><div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black">We’re pleased to  announce our launch of <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Discover Multilingual New Brunswick</span>, a city-wide scavenger hunt that invites participants to explore languages in public space.  This project is a collaboration among <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">a group of interdisciplinary scholars at Rutgers</span> including faculty and staff from Rutgers Global, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Collaborative Center for Community Engagement, and the Department of Anthropology. Our scholarly and activist work engages language, space, and community and is part of university-wide efforts to raise awareness about linguistic diversity and language justice in our local community. </div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black">Participants use a custom-built web app to navigate an interactive map, visit and learn about culturally and linguistically significant sites in New Brunswick, and complete brief surveys at each location. Each completed survey counts as an entry into a raffle to win a <span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">$50 RU Express Card</span>.</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.38;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black">We hope you'll consider sharing this opportunity with your students, colleagues, and networks. It’s designed to be fun, educational, and inclusive for participants from a range of backgrounds. The contest runs through<span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> December 1, 2025</span>.</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-var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e for helping us amplify this initiative!</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black">Warmly,</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Kendra Dickinson</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><a id="m_4515198210074503627gmail-LPlnkOWAa9a2760a-db6b-ab7a-da9d-45380df7014a" href="mailto:kendra.dickinson@rutgers.edu" title="mailto:kendra.dickinson@rutgers.edu" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">kendra.dickinson@rutgers.edu</a></u></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><br></u></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Nicole Houser</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><a id="m_4515198210074503627gmail-OWA8003b058-aa02-ea11-9953-e80351ff044b" href="mailto:nicole.Houser@webster.ac.at" title="mailto:nicole.Houser@webster.ac.at" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">nicole.houser@webster.ac.at</a></u></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:bl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