Comments for Science & the Arts at CUNY Graduate Center http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Crochet Coral Reef in NYC by new york events http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/?p=10#comment-19 new york events Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:22:18 +0000 http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/2008/03/21/crochet-coral-reef-in-nyc/#comment-19 <strong>new york events</strong> Didn't realise there was this type of information out there new york events

Didn’t realise there was this type of information out there

]]> Comment on Welcome to the Science & the Arts Blog! by art education http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/?p=7#comment-18 art education Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:08:02 +0000 http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/2008/01/18/welcome-to-the-science-and-the-arts-blog/#comment-18 <strong>art education</strong> Interestingly, this was on CNN last week. art education

Interestingly, this was on CNN last week.

]]> Comment on Crochet Coral Reef in NYC by Darrel http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/?p=10#comment-17 Darrel Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:29:26 +0000 http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/2008/03/21/crochet-coral-reef-in-nyc/#comment-17 <strong>Darrel</strong> He visto que muchos sitios antes y la mayor Darrel

He visto que muchos sitios antes y la mayor

]]> Comment on Science and Classical Music by Lydia http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/?p=8#comment-16 Lydia Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:27:35 +0000 http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/2008/02/13/science-and-classical-music/#comment-16 <strong>Lydia</strong> After surfing the web for hours, its really nice to someone with a brain about things i'm intested in. Thanks for the intellectual inter....your get the idea. Lydia

After surfing the web for hours, its really nice to someone with a brain about things i’m intested in. Thanks for the intellectual inter….your get the idea.

]]> Comment on Science and Classical Music by cschmidt http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/?p=8#comment-9 cschmidt Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:11:15 +0000 http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/2008/02/13/science-and-classical-music/#comment-9 Blog looks great. How exciting! Blog looks great. How exciting!

]]> Comment on Welcome to the Science & the Arts Blog! by armadillo http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/?p=7#comment-8 armadillo Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:12:16 +0000 http://sciart.gc.cuny.edu/2008/01/18/welcome-to-the-science-and-the-arts-blog/#comment-8 Thinking about intersections of science & the arts, I think of a passage by the scholar William Cronon: “More than anything else, being an educated person means being able to see connections that allow one to make sense of the world and act within it in creative ways. … A liberal education [in the intellectual, not the political sense] is about gaining the power and the wisdom, the generosity and the freedom to connect.” (http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Cronon_Only_Connect.pdf) In this day and age of increasing academic specialization and decreasing ability for cross-disciplinary understanding, islands of discourse are sorely needed. True innovation has in the past and will in the future spring most successfully at intellectual cross-roads. Thinking about intersections of science & the arts, I think of a passage by the scholar William Cronon: “More than anything else, being an educated person means being able to see connections that allow one to make sense of the world and act within it in creative ways. … A liberal education [in the intellectual, not the political sense] is about gaining the power and the wisdom, the generosity and the freedom to connect.” (http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Cronon_Only_Connect.pdf)
In this day and age of increasing academic specialization and decreasing ability for cross-disciplinary understanding, islands of discourse are sorely needed. True innovation has in the past and will in the future spring most successfully at intellectual cross-roads.

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