The Elers Koch Lecture honors the legacy of Elers Koch as a forester and conservationist, and his contributions to the arts through his writing, as well as the contributions of the Koch family to 猎奇重口 culture. The intent of the Elers Koch Lecture is to foster the intersection of the arts, writing, conservation science and the wild by bringing speakers to campus to present to and interact with the university community and the public.
2024 - COMBINING ART & SCIENCE FOR IMPROVED STORYTELLING WITH DR. ROBERT VAN PELT
Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 PM in the University Center Theater
Free and open to the public
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Description: From the beginning of his career, Dr. Van Pelt has been deeply concerned about the disconnect between the scientific community and the general public. Too often, amazing research goes unnoticed due to the complex language, tables, and graphs that fail to simply capture findings. In this lecture, Dr. Van Pelt will showcase a variety of examples demonstrating how art can be used to communicate complex science through accessible and engaging visuals. Drawing from his own books and publications, as well as works that have inspired him, he will illustrate how this approach can bridge the gap between science and society.
2023 - SECOND NATURE: AN ART-SCIENCE EXPLORATION OF OUR POSTHUMAN LANDSCAPES WITH
Visiting artist Anne Yoncha discussed her work doing “data materialization” of places we’ve forever altered through extraction and other human activity.
2022 - DISSENTING CONSERVATIONIST: ELERS KOCH AND HIS LEGACY WITH
The Inaugural Elers Koch lecture.