Sujan Shrestha, an associate professor at the University of Baltimore who is known for his research on teaching through games and interactive digital technology, will deliver the University Honors Program Charles D. Tenney Distinguished Lecture next month at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Shrestha’s lecture, “Touchy-Feely: The Power of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Math, Art and Science,” is at 6 p.m. Feb. 6 in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. Admission is free, and the public is invited. A reception will follow. Registration to watch the program is also available via Zoom.
The program will include an arts and artifacts show in the library’s Hall of Presidents and Rotunda, featuring the work of designer, scientist and architect R. Buckminster Fuller. The show features Fuller’s models in the library’s Special Collections Research Center, artifacts related to Fuller and interdisciplinary work by the School of Architecture. There will also be geometric art (geoflakes) created by artist and curator Benjamin Lowder, along with models and art from students.