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With their ability to fly, they evoke feelings of whimsy and wonder. Modern day birding has its roots in the work of citizen scientists dating back centuries and backyard bird counts continue to expand our knowledge.
The study of birds has both aided science and been assisted by technology. In aviation, birds have informed the design of commercial and military aircraft. The availability of apps that aid in identifying bird calls and songs has advanced the way we listen to and understand the birds in our own backyards.
The Libraries Special Collections opened an exhibit on the first floor of Linderman Library showing works featuring birds that have been the subject of worship, observation, scientific study, and narratives throughout time. The Feathers and Folios exhibit brings together examples of works by John Gould, John James Audubon, Hans Christian Andersen, and others featuring imagery and stories of birds. Over time, bird artists supplemented the historical scientific record with their artistry and writings, acquiring knowledge gained from the surveys and observations of everyday citizen scientists is proof that anyone can make a contribution to the field of ornithology.
Reshaping Bird Conservation with AI: A Talk with Dr. Miyoko Chu
Save the date! Please join the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries on November 6th for “Hope is the Thing with Feathers: How Bird Watchers and AI are Reshaping How We See and Conserve Birds,” a talk by Dr. Miyoko Chu, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Dr. Chu will look at the future of bird conservation and share how digital information platforms, AI technology, and bird enthusiasts are generating unprecedented data and insight into bird species around the world—with the hope of saving them while there is still time.
MADE IN AMERICA, installed on the 6th floor of the Fairchild-Martindale Library, is a photographic celebration of how things are made, honoring the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturing.
For the past ten years, photographer Christopher Payne has embarked on a photographic journey to learn more about American manufacturing and the industries that built this country. He has gained access to a world that continues to thrive but is often hidden from view.
In MADE IN AMERICA, Payne shows us an astonishing range of how things are made, from yarn in a traditional New England textile mill to a rocket made with a giant 3-D printer—and every sort of manufacturing in between. From the tip of a pencil to the sleek lines of a wind turbine, diverse forms of manufacturing—some very small and others incredibly large—are revealed as examples of human ingenuity and often, unexpectedly, as instances of great beauty.
MADE IN AMERICA celebrates the factory not only as a site of innovation, but as a place where, in an increasingly divided society, a diverse group of people—young and old, skilled and unskilled, recent immigrants and veteran employees—still come together to work toward a common goal. These photographs honor the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturing.
Christopher Payne specializes in architectural and industrial photography. Trained as an architect, he is fascinated by design, assembly, and the built form. He is the author of New York’s Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway; Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals; North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City; and Making Steinway: An American Workplace. His work has been featured in publications around the world, with frequent special presentations by the New York Times Magazine.
Sponsored by The Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries.
Special Collections invites everyone to the annual "The Rivalry 2024 Open House and Le-Laf Trivia" before Lehigh beats Lafayette!
Lehigh athletics memorabilia, posters, photographs, pennants, mascots, vintage publications and other documents on display, and lots of sweets to enjoy!
All invited and all welcome!
Go Lehigh!
The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning invites all Lehigh faculty to our XR Community of Practice fall meet-up on Friday, November 22 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the CITL Commons located in EWFM Library. Light lunch will be provided.
Our guest speaker will be Dr. Larry Tartaglia, Teaching Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Biology and CITL Faculty Fellow. Professor Tartaglia has been at the forefront of integrating VR and AR resources into his teaching toolkit at Lehigh, and will share his experience having students build their own interactive virtual worlds (utilizing the Spatial.io platform) in his Virology course, and how it affected their learning outcomes. He will also touch on his goal of introducing VR into high school Biology classes in the local communities.
In addition to a look at Spatial, we’ll also provide an overview of other virtual world building and immersive classroom tools like FrameVR and VictoryXR. Plus, we’ll share about projects and classes CITL has been supporting this semester. We also hope to hear from others about their current use, experiences, or work with XR! If you've never been to one of our meet-ups before, it's a great way to make connections with other Lehigh folks with similar interests in XR and immersive learning.
Pizza lunch will be provided, so please RSVP by Wednesday, November 20. We hope to see you there! ALL are welcome - students, faculty, and staff!
What is the XR Community of Practice?
Lehigh's XR Community of Practice comprises faculty, students, and staff with an interest in the field of XR and how it can spark innovation in teaching, learning, and research within the Lehigh community and beyond. Through our discussion of all areas of XR including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and other immersive learning technologies, we are supporting today’s future makers. We meet once a semester with the purpose of sharing news and information, calls for collaboration across programs, and just general networking with others with similar interests and a desire to explore the fields of XR.