The K.W. Dumke Fine Arts and Architecture Library is currently
running a lecture series entitled ARTiculation: Creative Interdisciplinary
Conversations. This is the last event so please join us!
Nalini Nadkarni: Branching out: Bringing Together Science
and Art Feb 27th 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Dr. Nalini Nadkarni is the director for the Center for Science and
Math Education at the University of Utah. She is known for using nontraditional
pathways to bring attention to nature’s importance. Dr. Nadkarni has partnered
with visual artists, modern dancers, poets, and rap singers in the Pacific
Northwest and Costa Rica to share perceptions of and communications about the
diversity, complexity, and fragility of rainforests around the world. Her
efforts have resulted in raising awareness of the importance of stewardship of
forests in a wide range of public audiences. Come discover the importance of
exploring new disciplines and approaching issues in unconventional ways.