On Gathering channel, started by Mindy Seu for her class at Yale
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### Where is Are.na used?
Are.na is used by educators at institutions like Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Brown, RISD, NYU, SAIC, SVA and Parsons / The New School.
Are.na can be used for sharing references, readings, assignments, collecting class inspriation, submitting assignments and everything in between.
### Examples
* [Orthographies at MIT](https://www.are.na/lucy-siyao-liu/orthographies) \
Lucy Siyao Liu asked her architecture and design students to use Are.na to record notes and prototypes as they created automated drawing tools.
* [Princeton VIS 208. "Gifting" Spring 2025](https://www.are.na/princeton-vis-208-gifting-spring-2025)\
Laurel Schwulst used Are.na for her "Gifting" class at Princeton University.
* [Yale, On Gathering](https://www.are.na/yale-spring-2021-on-gathering)\
Mindy Seu shares weekly references for her On Gathering class at Yale.
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