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The Mind the Gap: Art + Science Honors Seminar course, which took place at Alfred University, Alfred, New York. The course aimed to foster critical thinking and promote making connections across disciplines through an exploration of the perceived separation of art and science and their assumed modes of operation. The seminar explored recent responses by artists to new technologies and scientific advances, and the historical roots of this response. The course also questioned how science and the public may benefit from this line of inquiry and how society may benefit from the impact of science and art collaborations. The semester culminated in an exhibition of artwork with science as its subject or medium where students responded to the ideas raised during the course of the seminar. This book presents each student’s response as it was presented in the exhibition and their accompanying artist statement.