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Released: 2-Jul-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Documenting 75 years at Hill Air Force Base
University of Utah

In time for the nation’s 242nd birthday, the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library is celebrating an exciting new addition to Utah Digital Newspapers — the complete run of Hill Air Force Base’s Hilltop Times. More than 61,000 pages of the Hill Air Force Base newspapers, covering the period 1943 to 2006, have been digitized by the library’s Digital Library Services Department and are available to the public.

Released: 29-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Scholars from Puerto Rico at NYU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies This Summer
New York University

New York University’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will host seven scholars from Puerto Rico for a residential research fellowship during the month of July.

Released: 29-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Is Venmo Making You Less Likeable?
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

New research from UVA Darden Professor Tami Kim shows that, among friends, people who pay the exact amount owed are liked less than those who round up or down, even if the rounded amount is less.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Student work featured in Snoop Dogg tour
Wichita State University

When Michaela Marioni started her job at Shocker Studios, she never expected to get an opportunity to work on a video that would be seen by thousands.

Released: 22-Jun-2018 8:35 AM EDT
Notes & Words Rocks the Fox Theater
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Dave Grohl, frontman of rock band Foo Fighters, joined renowned authors for the ninth annual Notes & Words on Saturday, May 12, at the historic Fox Theater. This one-night-only event raised more than $1.8 million for our Oakland campus.

Released: 21-Jun-2018 3:10 PM EDT
New Book Explores How Expressive Arts Have the Power to Effect Social Change
University of Manitoba

Expressive Arts for Social Work and Social Change explores the values and benefits of expressive arts (i.e. visual arts, movement and dance, expressive forms of writing and narrative, music, and performance) and the role they can play in social work practice and inquiry.

Released: 20-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Hendren Awarded Arts Culture Grant
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Sara Hendren, an artist, designer and researcher-in-residence at Olin College has been awarded an Artist Fellowship in non-fiction writing from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

   
Released: 20-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Olin Names Mimi Onuoha First "Creative-in-Reference" as Part of Initiative to Better Integrate Arts and Humanities with STEM Education
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Brooklyn-based artist and researcher Mimi Onuoha has been named the first “Creative-in-Reference” at Olin College, a position established as part of a multi-step $900,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation designed to better integrate the arts and humanities within a STEM education.

   
Released: 18-Jun-2018 3:05 PM EDT
With an Eye on the Sky and Roots in NYC and Upstate, “Oculi” Art Installation Opens June 23 on Governors Island
Cornell University

Oculi”, a temporary public art installation built using disused grain silos, will open to the public on Saturday, June 23 on Governors Island in New York City. This installation will be on view through October 2018.

Released: 18-Jun-2018 10:05 AM EDT
McClure Receives NSF Grant for Data-to-Sound Conversion Project
State University of New York at Geneseo

Faculty member Glenn McClure has received a $50,000 National Science Foundation Innovation Corps-National Innovation Network Teams grant to explore the interpretation and representation of large amounts of data through non-speech audio such as music.

     
Released: 15-Jun-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Smithsonian Snapshot: Remembering James Joyce on Bloomsday
Smithsonian Institution

Echoing Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, James Joyce’s novel Ulysses follows the exploits of Dubliner Leopold Bloom during the course of a single day, June 16, 1904. Not long after the book’s publication in 1922, June 16 was rechristened Bloomsday, and it’s still celebrated in Dublin and around the world with readings of Ulysses, academic conferences, musical and theatrical performances, costume contests, pub crawls and more.

Released: 14-Jun-2018 7:05 PM EDT
Cowboys and Neurons: HBO’s Westworld Asks Tough Questions About Artificial Intelligence
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The concept of non-human beings endowed with intelligence dates back to at least Homer in the late eighth or early seventh century B.C. As society has developed and our ability to tell stories enhanced by technology, the idea of intelligent machines has captured the minds of societies across the globe.

   
Released: 14-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Nine UIC students named Schweitzer Fellows
University of Illinois Chicago

Nine University of Illinois at Chicago students have been awarded Schweitzer fellowships, a service learning program for health professional students committed to helping Chicago’s underserved.Named in honor of humanitarian and Nobel Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the fellowship encourages exceptional students in health and human service fields to serve the most vulnerable members of society, including the uninsured, immigrants, the homeless, returning veterans, minorities and the working poor.

   
Released: 13-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT
American University Museum to Host “Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective”
American University

Celebrating the career of one of Britain’s most important graphic artists of the last 50 years, the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will feature “Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective,” a collection of more than 100 original art works that will take viewers on a journey through the artist’s wide-ranging career, from sketches created in the 1950s, to book illustrations, to present-day work.

Released: 13-Jun-2018 9:30 AM EDT
New study finds effective pain relief for sickle cell patients through engaging music therapy sessions
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

In a randomized controlled trial, patients with sickle cell disease being treated in University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center’s Acute Care Clinic were assigned to one of three 20-minute conditions: a session with a music therapist, an iPod to listen to pre-selected music themselves, or no music at all. While passively listening to music improved mood, music therapy had a significantly stronger impact on aiding in pain management for patients actively engaged with a music therapist.

Released: 11-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT
New professorship honors Mark and Nancy Ratner
Northwestern University

Renowned chemistry professor and spouse were celebrated at a special ceremony

Released: 8-Jun-2018 3:25 PM EDT
April Eisman Receives NEH Fellowship for Research on Renowned East German Contemporary Artist
Iowa State University

Art historian April Eisman, an Iowa State University associate professor of art and visual culture, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to spend the 2018-2019 academic year doing research in Germany on artist Angela Hampel, one of former East Germany's most successful and outspoken artists.

Released: 7-Jun-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Iowa State Student Project Wins at National Hospitality Design Awards Competition
Iowa State University

A team of recent Iowa State University College of Design graduates won the student category of the 14th HD Awards competition, a national competition sponsored by Hospitality Design magazine that recognizes outstanding design projects in 23 categories related to the hospitality industry. The winning project was “Arrowhead Resort” by Taylor Bryan and Holland Shodeen, both 2017 ISU graduates in interior design.

Released: 6-Jun-2018 12:35 PM EDT
Celebrate Summer With Smithsonian “Solstice Saturday”
Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian will celebrate the first Saturday of summer— “Solstice Saturday”—with free parties, programs and performances June 23. In addition to programs for adults and children, most Smithsonian museums will be open until midnight. Visitors who stay late can hear live music, drink champagne and explore museum exhibitions.

Released: 6-Jun-2018 11:45 AM EDT
UC San Diego Department of Music telematics concert brings musicians together over two continents — live
University of California San Diego

Fourteen musicians. Three time zones. One live concert. The UC San Diego Department of Music is set to stage a monumental feat, melding the artistry of a live concert with the technical hurdle of crossing oceans and connecting continents at lightning-fast speeds.

Released: 6-Jun-2018 10:10 AM EDT
Forging Art, Science at Iowa Lakeside Lab Artist Residency Program
Iowa State University

This summer, seven artists are working at the Iowa Lakeside Lab Artist-in-Residence program. Artists from across the country and from all fields immerse themselves in the Okoboji region’s natural beauty and inspire artwork in their individual disciplines. The residency program is led by Alex Braidwood, assistant professor of graphic design at Iowa State University.

Released: 4-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Important Questions Asked by Upcoming Horror Movie ‘Hereditary’
University of Georgia

Mental illness runs in families. That’s the underlying theme of the new horror movie “Hereditary,” which premiered at Sundance and hits theaters June 8. While some aspects of the movie are imaginary or unbelievable, University of Georgia psychology professor Keith Campbell agrees with the story’s underlying premise. “In general, there are significant hereditary factors for mental conditions of all kinds,” he says.

   
Released: 4-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Professor's invention makes playing the trumpet easier, more accessible for musicians
Wichita State University

Wichita State University Assistant Professor of Trumpet David Hunsicker has partnered with WSU's National Institute for Aviation Research and WSU Ventures to create the Gapper, a flexible plastic device that helps musicians control the third valve slide on the trumpet.

Released: 31-May-2018 5:05 PM EDT
From Students to the Stage: Introducing UC San Diego's Graduating Class of Actors
University of California San Diego

The graduating actors performed on both coasts for this year’s Graduate Actor Student Showcase, where casting agents, artistic directors, and television and film executives attended as an introduction to the students and their work. With two shows in each city, nerves ran high.

Released: 31-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
This is not your father's vocational program
University at Buffalo

Society for the Advancement of Construction-Related Arts will infuse the region’s workforce with skilled craftspeople who can contribute to a range of construction jobs, including the growing number of historic preservation projects happening throughout Buffalo

Released: 31-May-2018 4:05 AM EDT
Billy Becerra and the Unbearable Lightness of Grieving
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

In his son's memory, Billy Becerra and his family will participate in the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Walk & Play L.A. event on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

Released: 30-May-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Binghamton University professor publishes his first mystery novel
Binghamton University, State University of New York

S.G Grant, an award-winning professor of history education at Binghamton University, State University at New York, has published his first novel, Stealing Homer, under the pseudonym Geoffrey Scott.

Released: 29-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Curating history: UC San Diego undergraduates trained in library archives, present historical exhibits on Tijuana and the South Pacific
University of California San Diego

Students participated in the very first, two-quarter undergraduate curating course: independent study opportunities made available by the Institute of Arts and Humanities and the Library’s Special Collections & Archives.

Released: 25-May-2018 3:20 PM EDT
‘Stunning’ Short Film Exploring Landscape, Memory Selected as 8th Kamil Media Awards Grand Prize
University of California San Diego

The winning submission in this year’s UC San Diego Adam Douglas Kamil Media Awards is an experimental narrative that focuses on urban landscapes, the environment and memory — a short film the Department of Visual Arts jury calls “striking and stunning.”

Released: 23-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Composer Florence Price Honored by Organization Who Denied Her Entry Due to Race
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A famous Arkansas composer, teacher, and pianist has been honored by the Arkansas State Music Teachers Association for her lifetime of musical accomplishments after being denied entry to the organization nearly a century ago because of her race. Florence Price is a Little Rock native who became the first African-American woman composer to have a symphonic composition performed by a major American orchestra, and one of the first African-American classical composers to gain international attention.

Released: 23-May-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Art Historian Brian Goldstein Shines Light on Overlooked Architect
Swarthmore College

A new grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago will help Assistant Professor of Art History Brian Goldstein continue his research on architecture through the lens of social and racial justice, and more specifically into the life and work of African-American architect and civil rights activist J. Max Bond, Jr.

Released: 22-May-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Renowned Iranian-Kurdish Filmmaker Screens Three of His Films at Northwestern
Northwestern University

Renowned Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi will visit Northwestern University for a series of screenings and conversations May 23-25.

15-May-2018 4:55 PM EDT
Michael Jackson’s Antigravity Tilt—Talent, Magic, or a Bit of Both?
Journal of Neurosurgery

Three neurosurgeons from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, set out to examine Michael Jackson's antigravity tilt, introduced in the music video “Smooth Criminal,” from a neurosurgeon’s point of view.

Released: 21-May-2018 7:05 PM EDT
Smithsonian Snapshot: “Get This Man a Shield!”
Smithsonian Institution

Marvel Comics’ Captain America rarely leaps into action without his virtually indestructible red, white and blue shield, whether in the pages of comic books or on the big screen. This shield was made in 2013 and used by actor Chris Evans from 2013 to 2015 in the Captain America films. It is now in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. It is not currently on display.

Released: 17-May-2018 9:20 AM EDT
Excitement Over Royal Wedding Is Normal (Even if You’re Not Invited)
West Virginia University

A lot of people are excited to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married, even though they’ve never met them. Some people might think that parasocial attachments to celebrities and royalty is bizarre, but research suggests it’s actually quite normal and can even be healthy.

Released: 16-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
UC San Diego Extension Hits a High Note With Summer Jazz Camp
University of California San Diego

Fourteen-year-old UC San Diego Jazz Camp participant recognized with an outstanding soloist award at the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival. In its 16th year, the five-day UC San Diego Jazz Camp summer program is designed for intermediate to advanced level musicians taught by nationally- and internationally-known musicians and jazz educators.

Released: 15-May-2018 7:05 PM EDT
C’Mon Get Happy: Upbeat Songs by Female Singers Dominate the Charts, UCI Study Finds
University of California, Irvine

Roll over, Beethoven. Elvis Presley too. Female singers with upbeat dance songs are far more likely to make the bestseller music charts, according to new findings by University of California, Irvine researchers. Yet the number of happy songs has declined in recent years, while more negative tunes are increasing.

Released: 15-May-2018 5:05 PM EDT
S&T Historian’s New Book Chronicles Record Producers Who Created American Roots Music
Missouri University of Science and Technology

A new book released today (May 15, 2018), A&R Pioneers: Architects of American Roots Music on Record, provides the first full-length account of the men and women who shaped the creation of what is now known as American roots music.

Released: 11-May-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Craft and Camp: Students Design Innovative Structures for Annual Competition
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

From concept to construction, Cal Poly’s Design Village provides students with experiential learning in the great outdoors.

Released: 10-May-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Co-Writer of the Black Panther Comics to Speak at Kellogg
Northwestern University

Award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor, co-writer of the Black Panther comics, will discuss Afrofuturism and African-based science fiction Thursday (May 10) at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.The talk, which begins at 5:15 p.m., is free and open to the public. Registration is required.The widely acclaimed Black Panther movie has revived conversations about Afrofuturism and brought the issue to the global stage.

9-May-2018 12:00 PM EDT
Commencement 2018 Profiles
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

In the days leading up to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Commencement Ceremony on May 19, we are sharing profiles of some of our outstanding students.



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