by Lianne Florez

Lianne Florez reflects on the childhood fascinations that shaped her path toward astronomy, engineering, and art. From watching a lunar eclipse as a young girl to learning constellations, sharing astrophotography, leading an astronomy club, and joining a robotics team, Florez describes how curiosity helped her push through academic doubts and homesickness. Her story shows how science and creativity can grow together, turning a love of the night sky into a vision for the future.

Cover Image: Orion Nebula by Lianne Florez.

by Christine Eng

Since the early art in caverns done by pre-historic humans to the paintings and drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, art and science naturally overlap. Both require ideas, hypotheses, methods, inspiration, passion, and tools, such our own hands to either hold a pipette or a brush. In this series of drawings, Christine Eng takes us on a scientific journey from octopuses to trees and fungi while exploring the physical conundrum of the variation in our own weight at the equator versus at the poles. With beautiful illustrations and short scientific explanations, Christine’s drawings will allow you to always remember these scientific facts.

Cover Image: Selifie | Christine Eng

Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Art History Jessica Boehman talks about art as a means of dealing with loss and grief and shares some of the art produced by her former students.

Cover Image (from left to right): “Self Portrait as St. Sebastian” by Jessica Toomey; “Overthinking, A Dangerous Thing” by Anthony Andujar; “On the MTA to Macedonia” by Tamara Dimov.