The panel discussion “Translating Science Into Art” will bring together artists and outreach experts to explore how the environmental humanities can translate science into art with a focus on sea-level rise and the visual strategies that work best for making scientific information more relatable to everyone.
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Karen Florini, Vice President for Programs, Climate Central
Jeff Whetstone, Director and Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University
Dawn DeDeaux, Multimedia Artist, New Orleans
“Translating Science Into Art” is the second of three panels organized as part of High Water Line: New Jersey, a public-facing project organized by Christina Gerhardt, the 2021-22 Barron Visiting Professor in the Environmental Humanities in the High Meadows Environmental Insti
Researchers and communicators shared new data and insights during a scientific session on improving community resilience to extreme heat and a workshop on climate change conversations.
Climate science and environmental policy experts from Princeton University and Climate Central will reflect on the outcomes of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), including the conference’s major successes, its missed opportunities, and where the world goes from here.
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Stephen Pacala, the Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), and member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Michael Oppenheimer, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, and director of the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE)
Denise Mauzerall, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs
Karen Florini, Vice President for Pr
Published: April 6th, 2021
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