Assistant Professor Mika Tosca (Liberal Arts) recently spoke with WTTW's Chicago Tonight about her move from NASA to SAIC and how artists and scientists can work together to communicate to the public about climate change. “There’s not a lot of human engagement as part of the scientific process … I wanted to think about new ways, or perhaps more effective ways, of ultimately getting the general public to buy into the science but also the solutions to climate change,” says Tosca. She remains optimistic about the future, adding, "I’m optimistic because not being optimistic and instead being defeatist guarantees that we won’t meet the challenge. If we are not optimistic I feel there is probably no hope.”
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.
