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Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess - at least in terms of organizing his works.

Martin Puryear's monumental sculpture "Lookout" has turned heads with its novel brick design. Here's how MIT helped him build it.

A new virtual guide to the extensive public art collection at Johns Hopkins More than 200 works of public art at Hopkins locations in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

"Making Art for Scientists" summer course at MIT invited scientists and engineers to explore new ways to visualize and represent their research.

An archaeological dig at Govan Old Churchyard led by the University of Glasgow's Professor Stephen Driscoll and Clyde Archaeology revealed a remarkable new find: an early medieval carved stone of a warrior figure.

Beyond the formulas and theories that can make chemistry daunting to many of us, SFU professor Vance Williams is attracting students and the general public by showcasing another side of chemistry-its beauty.

Joshua Powell, a recent University of Michigan dual master's graduate in architecture and urban planning who took part in the first ArcPrep course seven years ago, plans to start a firm with his twin brother someday.

Each summer, a handful of students are selected to present at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. The AAAF has the New Art, New Artists (NANA) program through which college students receive one-on-one mentoring from staff of the art fair.

Communicating science to a general audience can be challenging. Successfully conveying research on polarizing topics such as climate change can be even more difficult. But a new study from University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Nan Li shows that intentionally integrating art with data visualizations can help non-expert audiences more meaningfully engage with climate change while also bridging political divides in ways that data alone cannot.

STUDENT PROJECTS - Fourteen mechanical engineering students spent a semester getting inside the head of Leonardo da Vinci. Using his drawings from the 15th and 16th centuries, the teams built ingenious machines - altering the design in some cases - in order to better understand how they worked. The "Da Vinci Project," a concurrent engineering project devised by Prof. Pedro Reis, created a buzz of excitement among the three participating teams of final-year Bachelor's students.

MIT postdoc Ziv Epstein SM '19, PhD '23 discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.

"What Keizers does, is the ultimate example of Challenge Based Learning. It's good to see that TU/e isn't afraid to experiment in this field." TU/e has a new artist in residence: Donny Ronny, generally known as Stefano Keizers.