MAS Impacting Education – Teaching with Science On A Sphere®

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS   Science On a Sphere® was first conceptualized and prototyped by Dr. Alexander MacDonald in 1995. Then the Director of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Forecast Systems Laboratory, MacDonald developed SOS as an extension of other visualization projects that he...

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MAS Impacting Education—Adapting to COVID-19

  By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS   On Wednesday, March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later, on Friday, March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency. That same Friday, the Museum of Arts and Sciences shuttered its doors indefinitely. Susan...

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Get To Know Us: MAS Director of Programs, Susan Mays

By Christopher Collier, guest writer of the MAS Welcome back to Get to Know Us, a Q/A series giving readers a personal look into the lives and careers of MAS staff members. Today’s guest is Susan Mays, MAS Director of Programs.   Mays was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but...

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