The Northwestern University Tree Tour (NUTT) is finally here! The perfect way to explore our campus, NUTT is a GPS-aligned audio tour of the Evanston campus' trees providing spoken commentary on individual trees by professors, facilities personnel, scientists, and campus historians. NUTT tells the stories of specific trees and how they connect to Northwestern’s history and to the area's broader ecological systems.
The tour is also a treat for the ears, with music and sound design accompanying the expert narration that can be explored in multiple sessions.
NUTT was spearheaded by students and faculty in the
#NUSoC’s MA in Sound Arts and Industries and supported by the Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy’s Funding Program for Student Entrepreneurship. It was proposed by Sound Arts faculty Jacob Smith and Stephan Moore, and Sound Arts student Maya Reter recorded and edited the project. The visual design is by
#RTVF grad Cory Lippens, and Kat Caribeaux provided org...