In Conversation event - Building a Truth Machine

As a group, we'll write and illustrate a little article for the Lansdowne Borough e-newsletter, using the information we gathered last time about possums and skunks. Grown-ups reading the newsletter n...

As a group, we'll write and illustrate a little article for the Lansdowne Borough e-newsletter, using the information we gathered last time about possums and skunks. Grown-ups reading the newsletter need to be educated about these animals! We'll think through what are the most important things to say in our article, and in what order. Then we authors will enjoy a snack of alphabet cookies.

Capture nature from a new angle! Take the time to play with mirrors, water, shadows, and light in this photography class. Participants must bring their own digital camera. Sessions: June 15-19, July 20-24.

A 13-day intensive program combining residential and commuter options. Features extended experience with career seminars, medical Simulation Center work, capstone video project, and field trips to multiple campuses including Grafton Veterinary campus. Includes science communication skills development.

At Longwood, beauty is more than an outcome--it's a catalyst for curiosity, creativity, and scientific discovery. Join Longwood Associate Director of Science Communications Jessica Turner-Skoff, Ph.D., and explore how visually compelling landscapes, elegant plant forms, and artful design sharpen observation, inspire research, and enrich the scientific process. Drawing from Longwood's tradition of display-driven discovery, and global examples where aesthetics and science intersect (from botanical art that advances taxonomy to garden design experiments that reveal ecological patterns), consider how beauty helps us see more clearly, think more imaginatively, and pursue solutions that connect people, plants, and place. This talk invites you to consider beauty not as ornament, but as an essential partner in scientific exploration.

At Longwood, beauty is more than an outcome--it's a catalyst for curiosity, creativity, and scientific discovery. Join Longwood Associate Director of Science Communications Jessica Turner-Skoff, Ph.D., and explore how visually compelling landscapes, elegant plant forms, and artful design sharpen observation, inspire research, and enrich the scientific process. Drawing from Longwood's tradition of display-driven discovery, and global examples where aesthetics and science intersect (from botanical art that advances taxonomy to garden design experiments that reveal ecological patterns), consider how beauty helps us see more clearly, think more imaginatively, and pursue solutions that connect people, plants, and place. This talk invites you to consider beauty not as ornament, but as an essential partner in scientific exploration.