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My next Breeders, Propagators, & Creators talk: Columbia University on March...
I am excited to be speaking on March 7th, 2016 at Columbia University about the topic of my book-in-progress: Breeders, Propagators, & Creators. The talk, a part of the Columbia Population Biology...
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I am honored to be visiting the Green Meadow Waldorf School as part of their...
On Monday, March 21st I am scheduled to appear as the keynote speaker for the Green Meadow Waldorf School’s week-long sustainability workshop. Throughout the week high school students will be taking...
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Art in the Lab hosts Brain Awareness Week event on March 16th, 2016
Art in the Lab, a really cool event-based science/art project, is celebrating Brain Awareness Week. On March 16th, 2016 at St. Francis College, neuroscientist and artist Greg Dunn will give a talk that...
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Great conversation at my Columbia University Population Biology Seminar talk
It was a great honor to speak on this past Monday, March 7th, 2016 as part of Columbia University’s Population Biology seminar series. I gave a talk entitled “Breeders, Propagators, & Creators:...
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Science & Sustainability at the Green Meadow Waldorf School
On Monday, March 21st I had the pleasure of visiting the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, New York to discuss the role that science plays in helping people to achieve the goal of a...
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson liberated after month-long kidnapping ordeal
Early this morning in a remote rural area just outside of Powder Springs, Georgia, astrophysicist and international science celebrity Neil deGrasse Tyson was safely liberated from captivity by agents...
View ArticleArming the Donkeys on kids, parenting, and Burning Man
Whenever I have a really mind-numbing task that I need to do, I turn to podcasts to save me from the tedium. One of my favorite respites is Dan Ariely‘s Arming the Donkeys podcast. Today I checked out...
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Sustainability Summit at Pratt Institute featuring Josh Fox
I am excited to be one of the Pratt faculty members who will be on hand at the first annual Sustainability Summit sponsored by the Student Government Association and Envirolutions club. The Summit...
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An inspiring summit, but big challenges at home and afar…
A still of Josh Fox in Beijing from his newest documentary, How to Let Go of the World. All in all it was an ambitious evening. I am not sure of how it came that Pratt was able to host a visit from...
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Wars on climate change versus revolutions to address climate change
The New York Times “We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Climate Change, We Need a Revolution” I am excited about this opinion piece by my friend and colleague Eric S. Godoy. He and his co-author Aaron Jaffe are...
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Concerned about NYC’s air quality? Here’s a quick page to check…
The EPA’s AirNow site allows you to see real-time indices of air pollution in your area The section in Josh Fox’s How to Let Go of the World film about Chinese air pollution got me thinking about the...
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Julia Buntaine explores the potential power of art and science collaborations
Last year, Pratt Professor Ágnes Mócsy started a new speaker series at Pratt called Art.Sci Affair. The series is designed to foster conversations about what Mócsy referred to as “scientists who dip...
View Article2016 Sustainability Summit live on Pratt’s Video Site
Here are a couple of videos from the Sustainability Summit Panel that I participated in last October. The first is Josh Fox’s talk following the screening of his movie How to Let Go of the World and...
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Skeptoid podcast on Colony Collapse Disorder
CCD infographic courtesy of Giulia De Rossi, DensityDesign Research Lab via Wikimedia Commons Interesting to consider how the information in this image jives with the information in the podcast below!...
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Like boats & science?… this might be the artist’s residency for you!
Image courtesy of the Schmidt Ocean Institute Artists with an interest in marine biology and oceanography might want to apply for this residency:...
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Dr. Roland Kays to speak about conservation biology and camera trapping as...
I am proud to be collaborating with Photography Labs Manager and Assistant Professor Andy Todd to bring Dr. Roland Kays of North Carolina State University to Pratt Institute. Dr. Kays will make two...
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Support the mighty Bombardier Beetle’s quest to have its genome sequenced!
A good friend and former colleague of mine, Aman Gill, now works on Bombardier Beetles. And the Bombardier Beetle is in the running for a unique award: having its genome sequenced. How will the...
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Pratt News features short piece on Dr. Roland Kays’s campus visit
Pratt’s online news just featured a short piece on Dr. Roland Kays’s visit to campus. This is the first time that an event that I have been involved in has been covered by Pratt’s publicity team.
View Article“Mount H-Index”: I never made it to base camp, and I have still had some...
The Chronicle of Higher Education “Rethinking the Scientific Career” What a fantastic article, one that feels very validating from the vantage-point of my own non-conventional scientific/academic...
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Interdisciplinary artist Ellie Irons to speak at Pratt Institute on November 9th
I am very excited to announce that artist Ellie Irons will speak at Pratt Institute on November 9th, 2017 at 6 pm in ARC Building Room E-02. Her talk is entitled Public Fieldwork & Weedy...
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