Tag: Mary Whelan

  • Lewis Thomas Prize Lecture: Method and Marvel in Science

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    In the labs at The Rockefeller University, scientists’ attention is turned to the microscale as they investigate the fundamental mechanisms of life and disease. At the Lewis Thomas Prize Lecture, held at Rockefeller this spring, astronomer Chris Impey asked the audience to turn our attention upward and outward to the vastness of the entire observable…

  • From Barre to Bench: When Art and Science Converge

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    I have spent more of my life in a ballet studio than in a traditional classroom, let alone a laboratory. From a young age, I dreamed of a career as a ballet dancer, and ballet consumed my day-to-day life. I was homeschooled to accommodate my training schedule and moved away from home at sixteen to…