Sackler Lecture Report //// Do We Need the Arts?

With Xinyi Zhu

Dr. David Skorton, Secretary of the Smithsonian, delivered a thought-provoking lecture titled “Branches from the Same Tree” on the importance of the combination of the arts and sciences in education. He…


Sackler Lecture Report //// On “Branches from the Same Tree”

David Skorton, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, made an eloquent case in his keynote address for rethinking pedagogy in U.S.-based educational institutes. Considering the changing nature of work brought about by…