11/12/2012Lucy Spelman, a biologist and veterinarian with a taste for adventure, teaches The Art of Communicating Science this fall.
Tags: faculty, global, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, STEAM, sustainability
02/28/2012Students are showing a huge interest in RISD’s growing science curriculum, which allows them to explore the many ways art, design and science inform and enhance each other.
Tags: academic collaborations, interdisciplinary, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, STEAM, sustainability
10/10/2012In his second book about music and fandom, Associate Professor Daniel Cavicchi looks at how people listened to and performed music in the 19th century.
Tags: faculty, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, research
07/12/2011Assistant Professor Nicole Merola spearheads a new program inviting all incoming RISD students to read and respond to a classic horror novel set in Providence.
Tags: English, faculty, interdisciplinary, local/global, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, students, Literary Arts + Studies
04/14/2011Student work created as part of RISD’s interdisciplinary Witness Tree course helps the NPS celebrate National Park Week.
Tags: Furniture Design, interdisciplinary, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, local/global, partnerships + collaborations, public engagement, research, students, sustainability
10/25/2010For Monica Ogrodowski 09 TX, pursuing an HPSS concentration allowed her to feed her ongoing passion for political thought and analysis while laying the groundwork for further exploration post-graduation.
Tags: alumni, global, interdisciplinary, History, Philosophy + the Social Sciences, research, Textiles