Caroline Juang: Blending Art, Science, and Outreach
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Photo caption: Caroline Juang is a PhD student at Columbia University who uses satellite data and other techniques to study climate hazards. She is also an artist and a STEM promoter. Article by August 24, 2022.
In a 2002 TED talk, former astronaut Mae Jemison urged the public to make it our mission to integrate science with art in our thinking, education, and outreach. She proposed that in framing art and science as a dichotomy, and asking people to choose whether to be “logical” or “creative” (but not both), we lose talent on both sides. Fortunately for the fields of science and art, Caroline Juang’s parents and mentors did not ask her to make this choice, […]
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