On December 5, 2018, we visited The Lewis Latimer House in Flushing, Queens. It’s a pity we didn’t get to the Latimer House during the course of the grant, because Latimer was the epitome of Humanities for STEM– a draftsman,…
More STEM Archives and TPS
Our research collaborative has come to an end, but other initiatives, gatherings, and articles about STEM archives and teaching with primary sources (TPS) are out there! We’ll try to check back in from time to time and add posts about…
Humanities for STEM Symposium
The Humanities for STEM Symposium was held on April 6 and 7, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The Symposium featured 34 presenters from 23 institutions. These presenters hailed from twelve states across the U.S.,…
Symposium registration is open!
Registration is now open for the Humanities for STEM Symposium. Please click this link to register: Humanities for STEM Symposium registration You will be prompted to select a date first, then will be taken to the Register button. From there, you…
New Semester, Updated Member List
With the start of a new semester, we were able to add a three new members to the group. Welcome, Deena Engel, Anton Borst, and Zakiya Collier! Our membership for Spring 2017 is: Lindsay Anderberg Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Librarian and Poly…
Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Archives and STEM
To explore the theme of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in archives and STEM, we first broke it down into the parts we knew best. I (Lindsay) gave a brief overview (link to slides) of these issues as they relate…
NYU Medical Archives visit
On October 14, 2016, the Research Collaborative visited the NYU Medical Archives. Sushan Chin, Head Archivist and member of the collaborative, hosted the group. Our visit covered the collecting areas of the Medical Archives, a hands-on activity with items from…
Year 1 Kick-Off
We had a great turn out for the year one kick-off. Thanks to all who presented, attended, and engaged in Q&A. Chris Leslie started us off with an overview of the research collaborative. Chris’s full presentation: humanities-kickoff Deena Engel, Clinical Professor…