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Thesis submission deadlines, master’s .

Master’s thesis submission deadlines are the same as the deadlines for graduate unit submission of Degree Recommendation forms. See the SGS Calen​dar . It is possible that your graduate unit may set deadlines that are earlier than those set out in the Calendar, so we recommend that students check with their home graduate units for deadlines.

Submission of your defended, corrected thesis represents completion of your degree requirements and is therefore the factor that determines how your final tuition fee charges are calculated and when you can graduate. See the Student Accounts fees tables for doctoral students on the Student Accounts website.

You must graduate at the convocation ceremony that follows your completion date. It is not possible to delay your graduation to a later ceremony. See  Sessional Dates .​

Routines for Submission of the thesis. The final examination, and the examiners of the thesis.

The regulations for the Masters program are based on the " Regulations for the 2-year long Masters program at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences” , (in Norwegian)  approved and established by the faculty board-meeting on May 6th 2004 in accordance to the Rules for studies and examinations at the University of Oslo. The program board also has the ability and opportunity to provide more specific/additional rules within the given framework in this regulation or in their own mandate.

Completion of the Masters program.

1) It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all course requirements for the Bachelors program are met prior to the final semester at the latest. This also entails all the course requirements that are part of the basis for the Masters degree, including prerequisites. Final exam will not be scheduled until all the requirements are met.

2) All theoretical exams must be passed prior to the final exam. The long thesis should be printed and handed in by the end of the 4th semester unless the student has received an extension or made proper arrangements for part-time studies. The advisor, examiner and the candidate will set up a date for the exam, which normally is about four weeks after submission of the thesis.

3) Printing of the thesis can be  printed by the university facility (Reprotjenesten).

Log in with your username and password at Reprosentralen . IBV covers the cost for 15 copies and 15 colored pages.  If you need more than 15 colores prints, it must be approved by your supervisor. Payment information is:  152900 - Prosjekt: 000000 - Tiltak: 629030. Please contact the reception to have help with ordering the prints.

4) All students must upload their master's thesis in Student Web latest on the date set there. Please contact your students advisor with information about date for your final exam in good time before the exam.

 Two copies of the printed thesis are given to your  advisor that will ensure that the thesis committee will get a copy each.

Once the thesis is submitted, the course of study is completed with an oral exam, scheduled about 4 weeks after submission. The advisor will contact the external and internal examiner when the thesis is submitted. He/she will also inform the Student Council about the name of the examiners and the time for the exam. The Student Council will in turn prepare the necessary paperwork, and reserve a room for the exam. For external thesis, this is done by the internal advisor who finds the examiners for the exam.

The exams are normally arranged twice per year, at the end of each semester - the last week(s) of June with submission deadline around June 1st, and one week in the middle/end of December with submission deadline around the end of November. At the beginning of February and end of August there be will be an arranged graduation ceremony where transcripts and diplomas are handed out.

 After the exam, borrowed books and keys must be returned. Everyone must fill out and sign a Clearing Form    in order to get your diploma. This form must be returned before the diploma is received and after the examiners has approved the thesis and the presentation (about 4 weeks after the exam). Remember to report any changes of address in Student Web.

Losing your rights as a Masters student and inactivation of student status

A Masters student is considered active from the time the person accepts the offer for admission to the Masters program even though the Application for Approval of the study-plan for the Masters program is not submitted. Students who do not submit such an application within the set deadline will become inactive. Additionally, students, who according to the study-plan should have completed their degree, become inactive if they do not complete their degree. An inactive student will lose their privileges as a Masters student, and will lose their spot in the Masters program within 2 months if he/she does not contact the administration to get approval for a revised study-plan.

Part-time Study, Extensions and Permissions

The Masters program is normally a full-time study, but the program board has the possibility to approve applications for part-time study plans.

Part-time Study : Part-time study is only granted in cases where the thesis project is extra long. If a shorter thesis project is selected, part-time study can only be granted for the theoretical part of the study. One can apply for up to 50% reduction. The study progress plan is defined in the contract for the Masters program.

Extensions for submission of thesis: The application must include a plan for completion. In the case of documented illnesses, extension can be granted for both the theoretical part and the thesis part of the Masters program. It can be granted extensions up to 6 weeks for projects with 30 Study Points (SP), and up to 3 months for projects with 60 SP. For projects with 30 SP, extension is only granted once. In the cases where the duration of the absence is longer, or there are other valid circumstances will the program board in cooperation with the advisor and the student evaluate if it is possible to change the project. If you have worked as an assistent teacher, you may have max 2 months extension, please contact the student administration for information. Students with maternaty leave during their master study, may also apply for extenion. Granted extended deadline shall not influence the evaluation of the thesis.

Permissions: If you consider taking a break in your studies, you will have to apply in writing to the program board to get permission in advance. The board will, in cooperation with the advisor, evaluate if the nature of the permission will make it more natural to give the student a new project. The application for permission must be signed by the advisor. Permissions are not granted during work with short duration (30 SP). The Master program contract will then be revised in accordance with this decision.

Evaluation of the thesis defense/exam

One should take the following guidelines in evaluation of the Masters exam in Molecular Biosciences:

• The ability to get involved and understand the project.
• The ability to work independently
• The ability to communicate and present the project, and use references.
• Originality. By this we are referring to having good and smart ideas, and unexpected elegant, but not necessarily publishable, results.
• Discussion: The ability to present the work as a whole.
• Extent: The extent of the project has to be in accordance with the time available/consumed.
• Technical accomplishment.

The thesis can be written either in English or Norwegian, as an article or as an ordinary Masters thesis.

In 2012 it was agreed on a new way of setting marks on master's theses   in mathematics, science and technology. This applies to all universities in Norway . The new grading will be used in the evaluation of all theses provided by an department at the MN Faculty from 1 April 2014. U pdated information about this matter.

The Defense/Exam

The exam consists of a 30 minute presentation, which is open to the public, where the student gives an overview of the project. The topics to be covered in the exam are: the approach to the problem, the project topic, methods, background and theory, results/conclusions, and discussion in regards to earlier research.

The advisor and the examiners (the thesis committee) shall be present during the exam. After the exam, the floor will be open for questions from the public or the thesis committee. The committee will then present their views of the thesis and discuss the thesis with the candidate. The entire process will normally take about an hour. Fellow students can also be present during the presentation of the thesis. After thesis, everyone expect for the examiners and the advisor will leave the room, allowing them to discuss the thesis, the presentation of the thesis, and the following oral examination of the thesis.

The presentation can together with the followed oral examination/discussion be the basis to readjust the given grade to the thesis.

The candidate is then called back in for a discussion/conversation with the thesis committee. The advisor is normally not present during this. The committee will the present their overall view, and the candidate will be given his/her grade.

The grade shall not be announced before the presentation is completed.

Failure to pass the thesis

If the submitted thesis is not passed, it can be resubmitted after proper changes and revisions have been done. This needs to be accompanied with the final exam.

This assumes that the committee will, in writing, give an evaluation and establish that can be accomplished with normal workload within 6 weeks for 30 SP projects and within 3 months for projects with 60 SP. In that case a deadline shall be set for resubmission.

Thesis with grades A-E can not be resubmitted.

If the resubmitted thesis is failed again (or not submitted within the set deadline) the student will lose his/her right to be enrolled in the Masters program, and will have to reapply for admission to get a new project. Det må samtidig søkes om innpassing for det teoretiske pensum.

Exams for the theoretical section must be passed prior to completion of the Masters final exam. A new attempt to choose a topic/direction will have to be in accordance with the regulations set for topics from the department. Improvement of grade for one or several of the topics achieved after the terminal Masters thesis defense will have no influence on your diploma for the Masters degree, but will be documented as it is normally in your transcript.

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​MBS Thesis Guidelines-2073 from Tribhuvan University

Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, Dean office, Kirtipur today publishes "MBS Thesis Guidelines-2073" for both annual and semester system.

Master of Business Studies (MBS) is one of the most popular masters level management program offered by Tribhuvan University. Currently 83 Colleges offers MBS program in Nepal.

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“MBS Outstanding Thesis” – The Best Final Papers of 2021

February 25, 2022

Last year, four further theses produced by our MBS graduates were selected for inclusion in ‘ MBS Outstanding Thesis’, a series of working papers. This blog article introduces the outstanding final papers in 2021.

Whether at bachelor’s or master’s level, a thesis is more than just the final step towards completing a degree: it can also make a significant intellectual contribution to academic and societal discourse. Students at Munich Business School are no exception, conducting high-level research as part of their theses. However, given that it is not usually possible to have these papers published in academic journals, Munich Business School’s Prof. Dr. Bartholomae launched a series of working papers entitled ‘MBS Outstanding Thesis’. In the fall of 2020, the first installment in the series recognized and published the master’s thesis of MBA graduate Jiaojiao Zhao .

At the start of the 2021/22 academic year, MBS asked its professors to put forward exceptional theses for inclusion in the series. Submissions not only required excellent grades but also had to exhibit innovative approaches and methods and provide novel insights. One bachelor’s and three master’s theses stood out in particular and have been awarded the designation “MBS Outstanding Thesis”. The authors hail from Europe, Asia and South America – the topics they covered are similarly diverse and as broad-based as the university’s curriculum.

Here’s an introduction to the four outstanding theses:

The Implementation of Socially Sustainable Supply Chains in the German Natural Stone Industry Using the Example of Trade with India

In her bachelor’s thesis, Eva Maria Fröhlich investigated the social sustainability of supply chains in one of the few industries for which the recently passed Supply Chain Act does not apply. Focusing on the trade with India and using qualitative research methods, the author examined which concrete criteria and implementation strategies of social sustainability are relevant and currently beeing applied in the natural stone industry. She established the importance of strengthening the implementation of cooperative strategies and which criteria should be taken into account beyond the avoidance of child labor. Furthermore, she identified which communication strategies can be used to raise awareness among end customers and which legislative measures could provide essential support for socially sustainable supply chains. Click here to read the full paper.

Case Study Concept for Microsoft to Support the Digital Transformation in German SMEs

Mauritius Freuding, who graduated from the master’s program in International Business , researched the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of cloud computing. During his analysis of cloud computing, he also found ways to make this complex topic comprehensible to people who are not domain experts. In addition, Freuding developed a method of outlining the benefits of cloud computing for small and medium-sized enterprises. Microsoft has since adopted Freuding’s method as its standard procedure for adapting cloud computing solutions to the needs of SMEs – a ringing endorsement of his innovative approach. Click here to read the full paper.

Esports Sponsorship Effectiveness on Brand Association and Purchase Intent

Yi-Chun Chen focused on this barely researched but highly topical field for her thesis as part of the MBA International Management program (the former name of the MBA program at MBS, renamed MBA General Management in 2019). She surveyed almost 400 Taiwanese gamers and analyzed the data she collected using structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings? Attitudes towards the sponsor, the suitability of the event-sponsor fit, and the sponsor’s involvement in activities had a significant influence on gamers’ association with the brand and their intention to purchase a product from the sponsor. Brand association also plays an important role in forecasting purchase intention. Based on these insights, Chen also developed a number of highly instructive recommendations for both marketing professionals and further research. Click here to read the full paper.

The Emergence of Green Bonds as Innovative Financial Instruments

For his final paper in the MBA General Management program , Nicolas Penuela carried out a bibliometric analysis of the rise of green bonds as innovative financial instruments. He examined a dataset of 98 academic articles on green bonds published between 2008 and 2020. Using a qualitative filtration process, the MBA graduate initially analyzed controversial topics cited most frequently in the articles. Then, using a piece of software called Biblioshiny , he identified trends and gaps in green bonds research and divided his findings into three chronological phases, which allowed him to demonstrate how published articles developed over time. Finally, Penuela put forward a dynamic template for analyzing journal articles to help (future) academics to familiarize themselves with this new yet rarely used research discipline. This highly innovative topic is currently gaining considerable momentum in the field of sustainability. Click here to read the full paper.

Munich Business School would like to congratulate its graduates on these outstanding pieces of work! An overview of all final papers in the ‘MBS Outstanding Thesis’ working paper series can be found here .

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Master Thesis Date 2079| Master's Level Date Extended

Master Thesis Date 2079 Extended:- TU has extended the thesis submission date for 2079. If you want to know about the thesis submission date then read this article full. We have provided you full notice. All the Master's Level yearly and semester students could submit their thesis in the following date. Read carefully about the date and faculty who could submit their thesis. 

As per the decision of the meeting of Standing Committe of the Tribhuvan University Council held on 15th Baisakh 2079. The TU thesis submission date has been extended. Tribhuvan University affiliated colleges and government Campuses students are unable to submit their Thesis in the given time period. This could be due to COVID-19. The study schedule has been badly affected that has made difficulties in submitting thesis in given time period.

Thesis Submission Notice

The notice regarding the thesis submission date has been published on 23rd Baisakh, 2079 BS. to inform Master's level student to submit thesis within 32nd Asadh 2079.

Thesis Submission Last Date

Those students who are unable to submit their thesis are informed to submit their thesis within 32nd Asadh 2079.

Who can submit Thesis?

Students those who have passed in all the theoretical subject of Master's Level Examination are eligible to submit their Thesis.

Batch 2048 Master's Level Thesis Date

Also, Student Admitted in 2048 year or 2048 Batch Students and after that admitted students of Master's Level (Yearly/Semester) still not submitted their Thesis could be able to submit their thesis.

Faculties for Thesis Submission

Management, Education, Humanities, Science and student Under Science and Technology Study Institute student should submit their thesis, receiving viva exam obtained mark to TU, Balkhu, Examination Controller Office within 32nd Asadh, 2079 BS.

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MBS Student Research

Students in the Masters in Biomedical Sciences must complete a thesis as part of the their degree requirements. The thesis involves conducting original research while enrolled in the program.

Research Options

Laboratory-based thesis.

Students selecting this option can find information about potential mentors and their research interests in the MBS Thesis Guide.  Additional information about the research can also be found online. Students may also select a mentor that is not listed in the guide.

Students selecting this option will need to extend their experience into the second year as a minimum of six months of full time effort is required to complete a laboratory-based thesis.

Literature-Based Thesis

Students selecting this option choose a mentor and a topic that is agreed upon by both the student and the mentor. A list of faculty interested in mentoring a student for a literature-based thesis can be found in the MBS Thesis Guide along with information about possible topics. Generally, students choosing this option complete their work by the end of the summer after the first year in the program.

School of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions Feature Work by 61 Artists

Emily Taylor Rice (CFA’21,’24) and Delaney Burns (CFA’24), both grad students in the College of Fine Arts Print Media & Photography program, working on their respective thesis projects ahead of the School of Visual Arts graduate thesis exhibitions.

Five shows by graduating students in painting, graphic design, sculpture, print media and photography, and visual narrative on view on and off campus through April

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As the academic year draws to a close and commencement season approaches, there’s no shortage of reasons to celebrate at the College of Fine Arts. Not only does 2024 mark the school’s 70th birthday— CFA was founded as the School of Fine and Applied Arts in 1954 —but it’s also a year of exciting firsts for the School of Visual Arts and its five Master of Fine Arts programs: painting, sculpture, print media and photography, visual narrative, and graphic design. 

This year marks the first that the print media and photography and the visual narrative MFA programs, both launched in 2022, will graduate a class. The 2024 exhibitions also mark the largest cohort to date—61 graduating MFA students—in the school’s history. And for the first time, this year’s shows include an off-campus venue: the sculpture exhibition is being shown at 1270 Commonwealth Ave., where what was once a CVS pharmacy has been transformed into a pop-up art gallery. 

All of the exhibitions, on view through April 20, are free and open to the public. Collectively, they offer a sense of the breadth and depth of work being done by MFA students across a range of mediums. For those who cannot make it to all five of this year’s shows, we’ve pulled together some works from each program for your viewing pleasure. But remember: there’s plenty more to see in person.

The visual arts are often compared to a written language, notes Josephine Halvorson , a CFA professor of art, painting, and chair of graduate studies in painting, in the 2024 painting thesis exhibition catalog. “Reading, literacy, and lexicons are terms we frequently cite in critique,” she writes. “Students [have turned] to language, either materially or analogically, to help them navigate meaning in their work.”

James Gold, Mosaic Excavation with Carpets . Egg tempera, India ink, acrylic gouache, and pigmented gesso on panel.

Abbi Kenny, Atlantic Cranberry Sauce (courtesy of Weight Watchers) . Acrylic, molding paste, acrylic gouache, black pepper, glitter, glass beads, muscovite mica, glass flakes, and yupo collage on canvas.

Some works in this year’s exhibition speak plainly, relying on a strong instinct toward realism and representation. James Gold (CFA’24) imbues his canvases with a photographer’s sense of discovery: his subjects—ancient tapestries, mosaics, and scrolls—are rendered so as to capture every detail and texture.

Paintings by Abigail Kenny (CFA’24) share Gold’s photorealistic sensibility, but her concerns are more outlandish, less rarefied. Vivid-hued reproductions of illustrated recipe cards, from Kenny’s own family collection, comment on Andy Warhol’s iconic soup cans from the early 1960s.

Ellen Weitkamp, Remembering 75 East Cove Lane . Oil on panel.

Cody Bluett, Where Are the Sleeping Fish . Oil and spray paint on canvas, wood carving on frame.

Yingxue Daisy Li, Tunnel. Oil and charcoal on canvas.

Ellen Weitkamp (CFA’24) and Cody Bluett (CFA’24) suffuse their paintings with a more surreal and symbolic language, more poetry than prose. Weitkamp’s works suggest the haziness of recalled memories, depicting domestic scenes through the glass of a storefront or the gauze of a curtain. Bluett is also concerned with memory; drawing from his background in working-class Pennsylvania, his scenes are nostalgic for the bucolic landscapes enjoyed by what he describes as “the proletariat during moments of respite, repetition, and reminiscence.”

Visual language dissolves into whispers and murmurs in paintings by Yinxue Daisy Li (CFA’24). Her abstract landscape works hover on the outer edges of representation, the result of a process of erasing and redrawing that transforms an idyllic outdoor scene into gesture, space, light, and shadow.

The MFA Painting Thesis Exhibition is at the Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, 855 Commonwealth Ave., through Saturday, April 20. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm.

Graphic Design

The theme for this year’s graphic design thesis show, Side B , refers to the flip side of a record, and “a willingness to defy expectations, explore uncommon tools, and present a multifaceted expression of craft,” write thesis advisors Christopher Sleboda , a CFA associate professor of graphic design, and Kristen Coogan , an associate professor of graphic design and chair of the MFA graphic design program, in the catalog for the show. 

For her thesis project, Between Waves , Bella Tuo (CFA’24) literally crowdsourced a new font. Over the course of a day, she encouraged strangers to contribute a hand-drawn line, curve, or serif until each letter of the alphabet was complete .

Bella Tuo, Between Waves project feat. Rainbow Hui. Digital media.

Arjun Lakshmanan, The Grand Tour-50 Iterations. Digital media.

Arjun Lakshmanan (CFA’24) was inspired by a NASA mock travel poster that imagined interplanetary tourism. With the same retro futuristic style, he produced a series of 50 similar postcards that emphasized three-dimensionality and warped perception. 

Lindsay Towle (CFA’24), whose design sensibility is informed by the graphic imprint of basketball and other facets of urban street culture, devised new aesthetic associations that make room for visual subcultures within the dominant narrative. A poster of her thesis concept, Backcourt , mixes graffiti lettering, a hallmark of elements of street culture, with classic typography and handwritten elements.

Lindsay Towle, The Backcourt . Digital media.

Carolina Izsak, Masking Tape Proportionality . Belgian linen.

Dhwani Garg, Firki typeface. Digital media.

“The relationships between structure and emotion, constraints and freedom, and a set of parts and pieces to create a whole have always been part of my practice as a designer,” Carolina Izsak (CFA’24) writes. Bursting with color and built to foster interaction and joy, Izsak’s thesis project—which includes prints she has laid onto fabric and wooden blocks—emphasizes playfulness and versatility.

Firki , a typeface created by Dhwani Garg (CFA’24), considers the scalability of typography in a new way. The font uses negative space to construct each figure, an inversion of the simple and expected formula used since the dawn of typesetting. 

The MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition is at the 808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Ave., through Saturday, April 20. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm.

Visual Narrative

The first graduating class of the MFA visual narrative program has created a collection of work that runs the storytelling gamut, crafting work that’s “humorous, poignant, and thought-provoking,” writes Joel Christian Gill , a CFA associate professor of art and chair of the visual narrative program. 

Sadie Saunders (CFA’24) and Ella Scheuerell (CFA’24) both opted to create graphic memoirs, and although their methodologies differ (Saunders uses digital drawing while Scheuerell relies on collage and mixed media), their stories are grounded in their experiences as young artists coming of age in the pandemic era. Scheuerell introduces readers to her uncle, whose art she discovered among his effects after his death by suicide. As she comes to terms with his loss, the drawings and his invisible presence keep her company. Saunders’ work reads more like a memoir-slash-sitcom, a self-deprecating tour of her barista job and the cast of characters who challenge her to find her voice. 

Sadie Saunders, pages from Spilled Milk and Other Reasons to Cry at Work . Digital drawing.

Ella Scheurell, Heavy Shoes , Colored pencil, watercolor sharpie on paper.

Avanji Vaze, page from Vrindavan House . Digital drawing.

Works by Avanji Vaze (CFA’24), Sandeep Badal (CFA’24), and Ariel Cheng Kohane (COM’22, CFA’24) have created stories that revel in invented universes and complex plotlines. Vaze’s graphic novel combines a Utopian fairytale (where Earth is run by a species of benevolent mushrooms) and MTV’s The Real World , centering a lovable-but-dysfunctional crew of artist roommates as her main cast. Badal’s thesis work is a comic within a comic; his protagonist, a graphic novelist, shares the stage with his own invented character, a trans-femme superhero who begins to feel like the world is treating her like a villain. And Cheng Kohane’s world is a reimagination of classic Western flicks, but populated by a cast of Asian and Jewish characters to match her own blended heritage.

Ariel Kohane, page from Hai Noon . Digital drawing.

Sandeep Badal, two-page spread from Phantom in a Jar . Digital drawing.

Lafleche Giasson, two-page spread from New Leaves on the Tree: How Intergenerational Trauma Affects Inheritable Gene Expression . Digital drawing.

For her thesis, Lafleche Giasson (CFA’24) chose an unconventional narrative, opting to blend her research on complex post-traumatic stress disorder with digital illustrations to create a comprehensive visual guide to the diagnosis.

The MFA Visual Narrative Thesis Exhibition is at the Commonwealth Gallery, 855 Commonwealth Ave., through Saturday, April 20. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm. Students will present their thesis work on Wednesday, April 10, and Friday, April 12, from 3 to 5 pm at the Howard Thurman Center, 808 Commonwealth Ave.

Print Media & Photography

This year’s graduates of the pPrint media and photography MFA program have created work that “disrupt[s] the viewer’s sense of the familiar and, in turn, prompt[s] more questions than answers,” write thesis advisors Lynne Allen , a CFA professor of art, printmaking, Toni Pepe , a CFA assistant professor of art and chair of photography, and Deborah Cornell , a CFA professor of art and chair of printmaking, in the show’s catalog. The four graduates whose work is in the thesis show have subverted the expected with their thesis work, in the process highlighting a core principle of printmaking: that it’s a medium of endless possibilities.

The photographs of Sofia Barroso (CFA’24) have been processed to the point of distortion, incorporating fabric, paper, thread, paint, and processes like cyanotype and silkscreen printing.

Sofia Barroso, Exploration of Possibilities . Cyanotype on fabric.

Julianne Dao, Walking Shadows . Collagraph, Chiné-colle archival inkjet print.

Julianne Dao (CFA’24) creates prints that play with negative space; each of her prints began with an object from nature, which she then processed through woodcut, embossing, and other techniques to create a bold design full of light and shadow.

Emily Taylor Rice (CFA’21,’24) and Delaney Burns (CFA’24) injected messages of social activism into their works: Rice creates prints that reflect the emotional turmoil of substance use disorders, using found textiles and colored pigments to reflect the chaos of alcohol dependence and utilizing embossing techniques to replicate emotional scars and ripped-and-torn sections to represent a process of deconstruction and rebirth. 

Emily Taylor Rice, Standing Smack in the Middle of the Truth About Myself . Silkscreen on found fabric.

Delaney Burns, One In Four. Screenprint on tea bags with peacock flower seeds and birth control pamphlets.

Burns incorporates items from all aspects of her life—plants from her mother’s garden; diary entries, notes, and cards written by women in her family; birth control pamphlets; and used teabags—to draw attention to what she says are the unseen, misunderstood, and taken-for-granted experiences of women. Techniques such as bookbinding and wood carving mirror domestic tasks, imbuing her process with a metaphysical interaction with traditional gender roles.

The MFA Print Media & Photography Thesis Exhibition is at the 808 Gallery, 808 Comm Ave., through Saturday, April 20. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm.

The pieces in the MFA sculpture exhibition may have little in common visually, writes David Snyder , a CFA assistant professor of sculpture and chair of graduate studies in sculpture, “but what they have built together is…a conversation, a culture, a language, a heart.”

The works by the five students included in this year’s show respond to one another, playing on unconventional uses of space.

Yolanda He Yang, section of Sand Floor and Two Holes to the Basement and Happenings on the Wall. Piano strings, sand, LED spotlight and motor, glass, projector, wood, plastic sheet, mylar, telephone wires, marble.

Helena Abdelnasser, I think it’s dying. Wood, hinges, screws, white paint, soil, grass seeds, plastic bag, water, unfired clay, baby monitor.

In one area, a section of a piece by Yolanda He Yang (MET’21, CFA’24) shares room with a pillar constructed by Helena Abdelnasser (CFA’24). Yang’s sprawling narrative installations include materials that evoke personal significance, and the artist has painstakingly cataloged the origins of each object. The result: an annotated roadmap of a memory. Looming nearby is one of Abdelnasser’s sculptures: an obelisk made of whitewashed picket fences planted in a patch of earth—an untouchable idealization. In one corner of the work, blurred by decay and dirt, is a reproduction of a dead bird—a gruesome reality.

Alyssa Grey (CFA’24) is fascinated by the relationship between art and its modes of display—walk past one of her entries and a motion-sensing camera will project you onto a small television mounted on a plywood pedestal. Mae-Chu Lin O’Connell (CFA’24) injects a self-deprecating, almost paranoiac sensibility in each of her works, making liberal use of claustrophobia, clutter, sensory discomfort, and haphazardness in her installations and videos. Boxmaker , a scattered assemblage of objects in the shadow of an assembled piece of box furniture, brims with frustration, while her videos create an eerie sound collage out of the banal act of eating.

Alyssa Grey, HomeVideos . Wood, roof sealant, plywood, TV, electrical cords, camouflage duct tape, DC motor, camera.

Mae-Chu Lin O’Connell , Boxmaker (How to build a 36-drawer Wunderkabinett in a week) . Plywood, brass knobs, casters, wood screws, wood glue, epoxy, screws, nails, wood putty, and various objects.

Liam Coughlin, r/decks . OSB, dimensional lumber, towels, salvaged floor boards, adhesives and fasteners, plastic bags, garbage bags, Gatorade bottle full of spit, PEZ dispenser, sawhorses, sawdust.

Meanwhile, Liam Coughlin’s work addresses the sociopolitical landscape of the suburbs. Coughlin (CFA’24) encases trash—plastic bags and bottles, Halloween pumpkins, fast food cups—in plywood prisons to replicate “growing up in a homogenized, hermetically sealed, village-like culture of a small New England town.” 

The MFA Sculpture Thesis Exhibition is at 1270 Commonwealth Ave., through Saturday, April 20. Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 11 am to 5 pm, and Mondays and Thursdays by appointment.

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