In this final spotlight, Dr. Greg Straughn will help connect key threads from Cornerstone to the CORE 120  interdisciplinary course, the Human Person and Identity.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4aM9O4d7fc

PhotoSynth examples

If you wanted to explore the images of Jacob’s Dream we looked at in Dr. Straughn’s talk further, here are the links to them on PhotoSynth. Thanks to the students who shared images for this project.

In each embedded synth, click on the full screen button on the right, and then look at the synth in the 3D View, in the Overhead View, and the Point Cloud View. You can see the contrast between the crowd-sourced and more methodical “research” we conducted.

Cornerstone Students – 172 photos (mostly phone photos)

Single Photographer – 252 photos (Canon 5D, 24-70mm, 70-200mm)

 

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Spotlight Resources

What Does It Mean to be Human

Self-Portrait as Christ

Chimera: When DNA Evidence Fails

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Greg Straughn is an associate professor of music and Assistant Provost for General Education. His research interests include the operas of Massenet and Wagner and he performs regularly with the Denton and Dallas Bach Societies and the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra as a cellist.