The science program aims to dismantle artificial institutional barriers between the arts and sciences, and in the process, to fuse technology, imagination, and experimental rigor.
 The program at Pioneer Works reunites the arts and sciences to help place particular problems into a broader cultural context.
 For example, how can we best understand the implications of modern genetics and rapidly evolving technology upon learning, the environment and social communication?
 A purely scientific model may not provide a complete response.
Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, serves as Director and Chair of Sciences.

The Pioneer Works Science Studios invites scientific minds to explore unsolved quandaries and to engage in public discourse.
One of its signature programs is Scientific Controversies.
The program has hosted geneticist George Church, oncologist Sidhartha Mukarjee, Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss, and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.
The program also provides Ph.D. researchers, programmers, physicists, biologists and chemists with equipment for experimentation.
 Work ranges from algorithmic data mining to nanoscience and artificial intelligence.
Nano-physicist Matthew Putman Ph.D. serves on the Board of Directors.

Those awarded residents are given unfettered access to the Pioneer Works facilities and a community of visual artists, authors, musicians, and scientists.
The science program aims to dismantle artificial institutional barriers between the arts and sciences, and in the process, to fuse technology, imagination, and experimental rigor.  The program at Pioneer Works reunites the arts and sciences to help place particular problems into a broader cultural context.  For example, how can we best understand the implications of modern genetics and rapidly evolving technology upon learning, the environment and social communication?  A purely scientific model may not provide a complete response. Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, serves as Director and Chair of Sciences.
The Pioneer Works Science Studios invites scientific minds to explore unsolved quandaries and to engage in public discourse. One of its signature programs is Scientific Controversies. The program has hosted geneticist George Church, oncologist Sidhartha Mukarjee, Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss, and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. The program also provides Ph.D. researchers, programmers, physicists, biologists and chemists with equipment for experimentation.  Work ranges from algorithmic data mining to nanoscience and artificial intelligence. Nano-physicist Matthew Putman Ph.D. serves on the Board of Directors.
Those awarded residents are given unfettered access to the Pioneer Works facilities and a community of visual artists, authors, musicians, and scientists.
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