You won’t want to miss Holly Frey and Tracy Wilson from the popular Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast host an electrifying evening of talks at the Woodruff Arts Center. (En)Lighting Talks Atlanta features five local experts in the arts and sciences – ranging from poet Natasha Trethewey to mathematician Ken Ono – who get just five minutes each to spark your imagination. Thursday, April 6, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Event is free, registration required: www.pbk.org/atlanta.
NATASHA TRETHEWEYNatasha Trethewey is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University. A former U.S. Poet Laureate, Trethewey is the author of four collections of poety, including Native Guard, for which she was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize.
KEN ONO
Ken Ono is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics at Emory University. An expert in number theory, Ono has contributed to numerous publications and is an Associate Producer of the Hollywood film “The Man Who Knew Infinity” about the life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
ELEANOR MORRIS
Eleanor Morris is the Associate Professor of Political Science and Program Director of International Relations at Agnes Scott College. Her interests include theoretical approaches to international relations, the politics of the European Union, and world politics.
WILL RATCLIFF
Will Ratcliff is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Technology at Georgia Tech. One of Popular Science magazine’s 2016 “Brilliant 10”, he explores how single cells came together to form multi-cellular organisms and connects audiences to the evolution of biological complexity through his Snowflake Yeast Lab.
COSMO WHYTE
Cosmo White is a trans-disciplinary contemporary artist and lecturer of visual arts at Morehouse College. Featured in the 2016 Atlanta Biennial, his award-winning work employs drawing, performance, and sculpture to explore how notions of identity are disrupted by migration.
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