Jennifer Morgan: Cosmic Education Books & Programs

My Mom, Maureen Morgan -- a musician of extraordinary creativity and an environmental advocate involved in a number of causes -- has always been at the forefront of new ideas and ways of living. Rather than simply talk about our concerns re the food system, she's actually doing something I've talked about for a (more…)

People often tell me that the books have helpful for adults and high school students to learn the story. Here's a comment I received today from Sr. Linda Neil, CSJ, a teacher at Catholic Central High School, Troy, New York:

"I wanted to express my thanks for your books, especially Born with a Bang. (more…)

Spent two weeks with The Community of the Holy Spirit in Brewster, New York, a community of Episcopalian sisters and their resident companions including Episcopal priest Suzanne Guthrie, and her husband Bill Consiglio. (more…)

There's a great new movie out produced and directed by Lynne Cherry, author of The Great Kapok Tree -- Kids on Climate Change -- which will inspire your students and children. This is an excellent movie to show in an environmental film festival.

"So . . . how'd you get interested in cosmology?" I'm often asked that question. My grandmother, Barbara Morgan, a renowned photographer of dance (Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Eric Hawkins, Pearl Primus, Jose Limon) had huge impact on me as a child. To wander into her studio was to come face to face with nearly life size images of (more…)

Once again, the World Science Festival in New York brought together artists and scientists and crossed boundaries in all kinds of amazing ways.

"Listening to the Universe with gravitational waves" and "Bio Art" using pigmented e. coli to create artwork were among the programs. Stephen Hawking was honored at the Gala. Go to www.WorldScienceFestival.com for a full (more…)

After giving a program to Education Department at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab last month, the discussion took a surprising turn. They were fascinated with the combination of art, photographs, story, and science writing in my books. It turned out that Jerry Ross, a member of the science education staff had recently won the "Art of Science" competition held at Princeton, a competition that selects images of beauty created in the course of scientific research. Dr. Andrew Zwicker, program head of the science education program speculated about how we now see the beauty and artistic value of scientific inquiry . . . is there a way to flip that, he pondered, and use art to help further scientific discovery? "Is there a way," he said, "to use art to see things differently?" What a fascinating conversation, one that I never expected inside a research facility such as the PPPL!