The Guardian recently interviewed SAIC's Scientist-in-Residence Dr. Eugenia Cheng (Liberal Arts) about her fascination with infinity and the power of food as an analogy for teaching mathematics. Cheng told the Guardian, “I realised that whenever an anecdote involved food, my students perked up. One day, one of my students called out 'Explain some maths using Oreo cookies', and I realised they represented something we were going to do in the lecture that day.” Cheng, the author of How to Bake Pi, has also recently released Beyond Infinity: An Expedition into the Outer Limits of Mathematics and an article titled "The Logic of Our Fear of Flying" in the Wall Street Journal. Read the whole interview with Cheng at the Guardian.
October 9, 2020
Lecturer Rachel Swearingen Debuts Short Story Collection
Lecturer Rachel Swearingen was interviewed for Newcity about her debut short story collection published this month. How to Walk on Water features nine stories that explore "not only what it means to survive in a world marked by violence and uncertainty, but also how to celebrate what is most alive." In the interview, Swearingen discusses the development of these stories, the experience of writing in and about
August 26, 2020
Faculty and Alums Awarded MAP Fund Grants
The MAP Fund announced its 2020 grant recipients, distributing $1.3 million to 171 performing artists and arts organizations.
August 13, 2020
The New York Times Interviews Faculty Member Eugenia Cheng
The New York Times recently interviewed SAIC's Scientist-in-Residence Eugenia Cheng for their "By the Book" column, which features "writers on literature and the literary life." Cheng—who has penned three books, How to Bake Pi (2015), Beyond Infinity (2018), and The Art of Logic (2019)—has a fourth book that will be released August 25, titled X+Y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender.
