A flurry of noticings about art and scientific communication from the past week. ← And don’t miss the Carl Sagan auto-tuning to the left Last week’s American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Foundation announced winners of their annual Visualization of Science and Engineering contest. Some great stuff–including a collaboration between... »

Mike Wakeford is ARTStem’s Project Director and a member of the Undergraduate Academic Program faculty at UNCSA. . . . Came across a flyer about a new book by Steven Strogatz, The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math Strogatz is a major math... »

Ashley Witherspoon sends us some links to student SCRATCH projects. First, what’s SCRATCH, again? Back in November, ARTStem collaborated with the Center for Design Innovation— for a hands-on SCRATCH workshop that was part of the CDI’s roster of events during the Winston-Salem Arts Council’s recent “6 Days in November.” SCRATCH is a free, downloadable... »

Really interesting article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education about the increasing collaboration between academic science and Hollywood. ARTICLE. Particularly important--this isn’t just about filmmakers mining scientific knowledge and know-how, but about science recognizing it’s own existence within mediated fields of knowledge and its dependence on film (and other media) as a key shaper... »

Chancellor Mauceri’s January 9th speech is worth a read. “Parallel universes,” our old ARTStem friend, even gets a mention: ” . . . Einstein not only found solace in music. He found the universe in it, perfectly mirrored, simple, elegant and always changing, obeying laws that replicate the perceivable cosmos and opening our minds and... »

Camie Bell teaches Algebra II and Pre-Calculus at RJ Reynolds High School. She is an ARTStem participant. “. . . Right now we are studying right triangle and oblique triangle trigonometry. When a paper crane or any other design is folded then unfolded, the result is wonderfully symmetric design of the triangles we are studying.... »

**Those familiar with the UNCSA campus might know that the campus is split down the middle by a kudzu-filled creek bed, “Kudzu Canyon.” One one side, the home of the Undergraduate Academic Program offices and classrooms, on the other the various arts schools and the high school academic program. This is just a little... »

On December 18th, 2009, ARTStem participants Ashley Witherspoon (Science, RJ Reynolds High School) and Jason Romney (UNCSA, Design & Production) spearheaded a teaching collaboration that ended up reaching approximately 140 Reynolds students in six different classes (physics, physical science, tech theater). Here are their reflections on the collaboration, along w/ some pictures and video! Ashley... »

A very interesting essay from today’s online Chronicle of Higher Education about mathematical proofs, poetry, math & the liberal arts, etc. Note, the Mark Turner essay on Mathematics and Narrative cited in the article was something ARTStem participants had in our reading packets this summer. SORRY–if you couldn’t get into the article from the... »

Bob King, a faculty member in UNCSA’s Undergraduate Academic Program, writes . . . . . .  I’ve already directly applied some of what I gained from the ARTStem conversations and materials in the required “Digital Media for the Artist” class this year (**”Digital Media for the Artist” is a course required of all... »

Diego Carrasco Schoch is a dance faculty member at UNCSA. He writes . . . So far, my participation in ARTStem has been a wonderful opportunity to grow as an instructor and will have lasting effects on the way I view my material and the manner in which I teach that material.  Getting together with... »

On November 20th and 21st, ARTStemmers joined together for our autumn weekend of learning and fellowship, for our first whole-group gathering since the summer workshop in August. First up, on Friday afternoon, was ARTStem’s collaboration with the Center for Design Innovation—a hands-on SCRATCH workshop that was part of the CDI’s roster of events during the... »

On November 20th, ARTStem participants gathered in downtown Winston-Salem to take part in a Scratch workshop hosted by the Center for Design Innovation. On November 21st, we came back together for a day of collaboration at RJ Reynolds High School. Here are a few pix from the weekend. »

ARTStem Participants–Please note a new “Group Discussion” forum. Click “Group Discussion” in bar above to access. »

This post is by Angell Caudill, ARTStem participant and Director of the Arts for Academics magnet school at R.J. Reynolds High School ARTStemming at R.J. Reynolds High School—Wordles Gone Wild and Much, Much More! As a magnet school, R.J. Reynolds “Arts for Academics” offers a student greater opportunities for creativity, originality and critical thinking by integrating... »