People need not worry that an increase in foul language on primetime television signals a decline in morals, says an expert on language use, including slang. "I don't think we're losing any sense of morality," says Professor of Linguistics Donna Jo Napoli.
Two Ball State University historians suggest correspondence between British and American political leaders in the late 1950s helped salvage the relationship between the nations.
The Warren Court remains one of the most influential courts of the 20th century, but its legacy is threatened, says a Swarthmore College Supreme Court scholar.
1) Liberty Bell debate typifies misperceptions of U.S. History; 2)Do endorsements translate into advantage? 3) The debate over legalized gambling.
Larry Kramer, internationally renowned author, playwright and AIDS activist, will deliver the Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities. His talk, sponsored by the U-M Center for the History of Medicine, takes place Tuesday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. in the U-M Rackham Auditorium.
Moravian will celebrate 20 years of the Cohen Arts and Lectures Series with a timely lecture by Thomas L. Friedman, "The global economy and U.S. foreign policy," on Thursday, October 2, at 8 p.m.
From 24 October 2003 until 1 February 2004 the Kunsthaus Zürich will be showing the first exhibition of the work of Georgia O'Keeffe initiated by a European art museum.
The first Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism are announced at the National Press Club today. MSNBC.com takes top honors for its "Big Picture" series. The award comes with a $10,000 grand prize.
A new art exhibit called "Super Depth Mapping" inaugurates the grand reopening of the Union Gallery at the University of Maryland's Stamp Student Union. The exhibit is a look at the use of mapping from several viewpoints and in multiple dimensions.
In a unique and unprecedented collaboration, UCSD Libraries and three other San Diego libraries will hold an exhibition Sept. 20 through Nov. 8 of current and retrospective works by San Diego artist Joyce Cutler-Shaw. An opening reception for the artist will be held Sept. 20 at UCSD.
Two University of California, San Diego faculty and four artists represented in the university's Stuart Collection are featured in the Emmy Award-nominated PBS series Art: 21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century.
Laura Bush last week inaugurated a historic addition to American culture, the National First Ladies' Library Education and Research Center. The only resource of its kind, the Center offers rare insight, research opportunities and artifacts from former First Ladies.
Two television programs funded by the National Science Foundation and a foundation grantee were awarded Emmys by the National Television Academy at the 24th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Sept. 3.
New collection of Paul Bowles' music criticism edited by scholar and inheritor of famed author's musical estate..
Classical music is "just what the doctor ordered" when students perform for patients and care-givers at the Arizona Cancer Center. It's the only program of its kind in the United States.
The University of Arkansas has received $175,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study prehistoric and protohistoric rock art in Arkansas. The project will be the first comprehensive attempt to place this rock art within a regional frame work.
A building that seems to move as gracefully as a dancer on the stage will be dedicated formally on Sept. 19 at the University of Arizona.
TV's For Movie People: A 3D Design Exhibition; September 8 "“ October 8, 2003; Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall, 42 Street at Park Avenue, New York City; Open Daily
1)Little League World Series no longer child's play.; 2)Next time it floods, blame man, not Mother Nature.; 3)Job one for most freshmen should be preparing for a job.
A new performing arts center being built at Ursinus College is a means to emphasize the arts in the liberal arts.
1)How parents can keep active when kids fly the nest.; 2)End of summer means return to chauffeur duty for many parents.; 3)More Temple back-to-school experts available.
What makes a banned book controversial"”and sometimes truly great? Students at Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vt., will seek answers this fall as part of the college's newest English course: "Banned Books."
The Art for America (AFA) Benefit, September Space and School of Visual Arts Art Therapy Department, have come together over the last year with participants deeply affected by the tragedy of September 11, 2001 to reap the healing benefits of art therapy and create a tribute to loved ones in the form of a mural.
E. Lynn Harris will return to his alma mater this fall to teach two courses in creative writing. Harris' success as a novelist and his connections in the literary world offer students an opportunity to learn from an author well-versed both in the craft and the business of writing.
Temple University Experts Available To Discuss Back-To-School Concerns.
A spike in the popularity of slasher films during the late 1990s has prompted a Florida State University researcher to test popular beliefs that the genre portrays erotic violence and exploits women.
Individuals from the international art community will participate in a two week-long virtual discussion, "Museums of Tomorrow: An Internet Conference", October 6-19, 2003.
1)Is this the summer of gay acceptance?; 2)When back-to-school anxiety goes beyond butterflies; 3)For young scholars, intense summer of learning heads into fall.
The University of Mississippi's William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation hosts its inaugural International Conference on Race Oct. 1-4 on the Oxford campus to explore racial reconciliation in international contexts.
Four 900-pound steel sculptures, 14 feet tall will travel from the Mexican side of the border cities Nogales, Son. and Nogales, Ariz. to the UA Mall later this summer. Their unveiling at the UA will help inaugurate Hispanic Heritage Month on Sept. 15 and kick off a national tour in the United States.
The Cultural Association of Bengal honored a UC Santa Cruz history professor with a Distinguished Service Award for his work to preserve classic Bengali films.
By providing public access to rare historical materials, Virtual Jamestown sheds new light on the experiences not only of the well-known historical figures, such as John Smith and Bartholomew Gosnold, but also of marginalized populations, such as indigenous peoples, African slaves, indentured servants, and colonial women.
Elizabeth Fine has produced the first book to document the history of stepping -- a complex performance that melds folk traditions with popular culture and involves synchronized percussive movement, singing, speaking, chanting, and drama. Developed by African American fraternities and sororities, it is now practiced worldwide.
Jeff Mann's intense poetry focuses on love, loss, grieving, and accepatance. His full book of poetry, published by the award-winning Gival Press, includes work from his highly acclaimed chapbooks.
North Carolina School of the Arts Chancellor Wade Hobgood has announced the appointment of Joseph P. Tilford of Chicago, Ill., as the new dean of the School of Design & Production.
Valerie Martin, a writing faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College, has been awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel, Property. The Orange Prize is a prestigious British award for the best English-language novel written by a woman.
Purdue University experts can discuss issues related to the next book in the popular Harry Potter series and the return of Oprah's Book Club. In each book of the Harry Potter series, death has played an increasing role in both the plots and in Harry's development and growth.
From 9/2 - 10/4 New Yorkers will be able to immerse themselves in the childhood memories conjured by children's book illustrations at Once Upon a Time: The Picture Book Art of Creative Editions.
The School of Visual Arts is happy to announce its Summer 2003 Art for Kids program. This summer's workshop, open to children from kindergarten through fourth grade, will meet from July 15 through July 25.
The new digital, cartoonish Incredible Hulk in this summer's anticipated blockbuster might be more scary for some children than their parents realize, says Glenn Sparks, a Purdue University media expert.
University of Arkansas student Hardin Young has won Playboy magazine's college fiction contest with a story called "The One Percenter." Young is one of four UA writing students who won prestigious national honors this year.
The University of Chicago's Materials Research Center will present the winning video and audiotapes of the first Sounds and Sights of Science Contest at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 13.
MICA is host to a multitude of exhibitions from the annual Faculty and Juried Undergraduate exhibitions to Grace Hartigan: Painting Art History, The Fables of Jean De La Fontaine, and Babble Lab.
The Alys Stephens Center's ASC Kids Club is a program designed to provide quality arts experiences for children in a small and informal setting. Throughout the year, various arts disciplines from music and dance, to theatre and storytelling, will be explored in this series of hour-long performances.
The pate of the South - pimiento cheese - has its own folklore, and University of Mississippi food academics are seeking classic recipes and recollections from cooks everywhere.
The third annual tour hosted by the Southern Foodways Alliance offers an introduction to the foodways of Appalachia, a region where cultural, ethnic, geographic and agricultural forces converge to create a rich tradition in food and culture.
In an ambitious move to vitalize course offerings and further the university's goal of becoming a regional leader in music instruction, the University of Mississippi has acquired a hand-carved 15-piece drum set from Ghana.
The 30th installment of the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, which attracts scholars from around the world, examines the environments in both the author's real and constructed worlds.
The first and only multi-building arts district on a university campus opens this September at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. The 10-acre West Bank Arts Quarter includes five teacher and performance buildings for art, dance, music and theater.
At the forefront of computing in the arts for the last three decades, an innovative partnership between the UCSD's programs in the arts and humanities and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology will deliver vastly greater resources to creative artists working in the digital arena.
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