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MIT professor encourages students to consider careers in the sciences

  Catherine Drennan stands in front of 30 students at Highland Elementary School. She wears a white lab coat and moves her arms expressively as she speaks. “Have any of you ever heard of MIT?” she asks the students. The 9- and 10-year-olds are quiet. Then she asks, “Have any of you every heard of IronContinue reading “MIT professor encourages students to consider careers in the sciences”

Science, art intersect in new installation at Willamette

Science and art meet in “Where-Wolf (Willamette University),” a new exhibition showing in the Rogers Gallery through May 15. “Where-Wolf,” by artist Andrew Myers, is a mixed-media installation that explores the concepts of place and home. The large-scale piece features a half-human, half-wolf figure made from a patchwork of collaged drawings. It tells the story of OR-7, a male, grayContinue reading “Science, art intersect in new installation at Willamette”