In other words, why should those of us in an arts institution reach toward STEM, build bridges between the arts and math, or the arts and biology, or even try to advance the cause of STEM education in K-12 at a time when arts education is struggling to survive in many school systems? Some...
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Stephon H.S. Alexander is a theoretical physicist and an Associate Professor of Physics at Haverford College.
In this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education, he’s one of twenty scholars and illustrators asked to prophesy the “next big idea” of the decade ahead. Here’s something from his response:
” . . . After completing a Ph.D. in theoretical...
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Folks at UNCSA might remember that Liz Lerman visited our campus as part of the Kenan Writers Encounters in 2009. One of the things she talked about while she was here was the ongoing research and development of a new piece, which included travel to the supercollider at CERN in Switzerland. The work debuts...
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James Madison University’s recent freshman orientation involved a pretty amazing looking collaborative dance that drew together genetic science and dance composition. Watch this. It’s not the spectacle that’s important. It’s the testimony about the learning experience that was leveraged by the unique integration of disciplines. Plus, it’s not a one-shot deal–see this website for...
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Lauren Gunderson has emerged as a leading writer of science-themed plays in recent years, and penned this piece for Huffington Post recently in which she responds to another article that recently criticized the quality of science plays. Interesting stuff.
Gunderson writes:
“. . . The flaw with any play no matter its source material is that...
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Wakeford
Mike Wakeford (UNCSA, History), Jason Romney (UNCSA, Film), and Angell Caudill (Director, Arts Magnet, Reynolds HS) will discuss ARTStem’s work at a national conference hosted this year at North Carolina State University in early October. The panel is titled, “ARTStem: Arts Conservatory Builds Interdisciplinary Bridges with Public School Partners” and described in the conference...
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I’m dubious about these kind of alarmist stories about the fate of creativity. Nonetheless, this story got some good buzz, and at the very least can be read as an indicator of contemporary anxiety about whether education is properly cultivating a culture of innovation. The arts must be part of this conversation, but there’s...
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ARTICLE: Let’s get physical.
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STORY: CultureLab: Alzheimer’s goes to the opera.
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