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Newswise:  twist on theatre sports could counteract a stutter
Released: 14-Mar-2024 5:00 PM EDT
twist on theatre sports could counteract a stutter
University of South Australia

Mock ‘Ninja knife throwing’, ‘Gibberish’, or the fast and furious ‘Zap’ – they’re all favourite theatre games designed to break ice and boost confidence. But add speech therapy to theatre sports and you get a brand-new experience that’s hoping to deliver positive changes for people with a stutter.

Newswise: Institute of Art, Design and Technology launches a Figshare institutional repository to share, showcase and manage creative and scholarly outputs
Released: 7-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EST
Institute of Art, Design and Technology launches a Figshare institutional repository to share, showcase and manage creative and scholarly outputs
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Figshare, a leading provider of institutional repository infrastructure that supports open research, is pleased to announce that Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) is launching a new Figshare-powered institutional repository to share its creative research outputs.

 
Released: 27-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
‘Our Father, who art in Yosemite …’
University of California, Irvine

SummaryThe “Spiritual Geographies” exhibition at UCI’s Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art explores how Sierra Club co-founder John Muir, Protestant ministers, theosophists and various painters used landscape art to transmit theological ideas. Plenty of people see God in nature. But what about in paintings of nature? That’s the subject of a new exhibition – “Spiritual Geographies: Religion and Landscape Art in California, 1890-1930” – at UCI’s Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art.

Newswise:Video Embedded podcast-experts-in-health-the-unexpected-ways-that-drama-improves-our-health
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Released: 16-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST
Podcast: Experts in Health: The unexpected ways that drama improves our health
Loughborough University

Dr Catherine Rees, Reader in Drama at Loughborough University, discusses the various ways that applied theatre and the arts are making an unexpected but significant impact in improving the public’s health and wellbeing.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU explores how intersection of arts and sports shapes history, creates community
Michigan State University

Michigan State University is exploring the intersection of arts and sports — and how they both serve as a social commentary.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU to participate in nationwide effort to transcribe Frederick Douglass’ writings
Michigan State University

On Feb. 14, Michigan State University will celebrate the legacy of the renowned 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass by participating in a nationwide effort to transcribe all 8,731 pages of his writings in one day.

Newswise: 2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Basic Sciences and Advanced Technology
Released: 8-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Laureates in Arts and Philosophy, Basic Sciences and Advanced Technology
University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will co-host the 23rd annual Kyoto Prize Symposium on March 13 and 14.

   
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Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:50 AM EST
Dawes’ deep dive into Marley lyrics spurred by lifelong love, Jamaican connections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Victorious over the many booby traps that guarded his older brother’s bedroom, a 17-year-old Kwame Dawes perched on the edge of his sibling’s neatly made bed and relaxed as the rhythms of a new Bob Marley and the Wailers album flowed from the record player.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Super Bowl LVIII: MSU experts can comment on advertising, marketing and cultural significance of halftime show
Michigan State University

Michigan State University experts are available to discuss what makes a great Super Bowl commercial, how the NFL and brands use the Super Bowl to connect with consumers and the significance of the league’s investment in Black halftime performers signifies.

Newswise: Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay – so-called ostraca – and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

 
Newswise: Super Bowl experts: The big game, Taylor Swift's impact, a new era of ads, healthy eats, and more
Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Super Bowl experts: The big game, Taylor Swift's impact, a new era of ads, healthy eats, and more
Virginia Tech

For most people, the Super Bowl isn’t just about the game. For many, the food, commercials, and entertainment take center stage. Ahead of the big game, Virginia Tech experts can speak on a variety of topics, including Taylor Swift's impact on the NFL and gender bias, a new era of marketing, gambling, healthy snacks, and more.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
VUMC Community Art Initiative call for medical student art
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Association of American Medical Colleges and Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Art of Diagnosis Program, sponsored by the Gordan and Betty Moore Foundation, awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Community Art Initiative (CAI) $5,000 to support an exhibition of medical student art.

Newswise: Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Released: 8-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Christian Nolen usually plays guitar on stage, but the professional guitarist recently underwent an open craniotomy and played notes from Deftones songs while a neurosurgical team worked to remove a tumor (glioma) from his brain. B-roll is available.

   
Newswise: Former physician gifts Rowan University $1 million for new center for healing arts
Released: 3-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Former physician gifts Rowan University $1 million for new center for healing arts
Rowan University

Left quadriplegic following a fall in his home, Dr. James George credits therapeutic art in his journey to recovery. The former ER doctor is helping to fund a new center for therapeutic art at Rowan University in New Jersey.

Newswise: Chula Education Professor Wins Bronze Award from 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition
Released: 21-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Chula Education Professor Wins Bronze Award from 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University’s Assistant Professor Pornthep Lerttevasiri, from the Art Education Division within the Department of Art, Music, and Dance Education at the Faculty of Education, has garnered recognition at the prestigious 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Who wrote it? The AI ghostwriter effect
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich)

Large language models (LLMs) radically speed up text production in a variety of use cases. When they are fed with samples of our individual writing style, they are even able to produce texts that sound as though we ourselves wrote them. In other words, they act as AI ghostwriters creating texts on our behalf.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Rembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
Universiteit van Amsterdam

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

Newswise: BGSU research finds people struggle to identify AI from human art, but prefer human-made works
15-Dec-2023 11:45 AM EST
BGSU research finds people struggle to identify AI from human art, but prefer human-made works
Bowling Green State University

People generally can’t tell the difference between AI and human art, but they prefer the latter — even if they can’t explain it

Released: 15-Dec-2023 9:30 PM EST
Rembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
Universiteit van Amsterdam

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

Newswise: Come Join the “Night at the Museum @Chula” – Explore the Fascinating World of Elephants!
Released: 14-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Come Join the “Night at the Museum @Chula” – Explore the Fascinating World of Elephants!
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University cordially invites all to visit the Night at the Museum 2023 @Chula, with the theme “Proboscidea: Nocturnal Life and Their Friends.”

Released: 13-Dec-2023 10:05 PM EST
Why making things matters to Australia’s future
University of South Australia

Australia’s ability to sustain its local manufacturing industry is under threat by a generational loss of crafts and hands-on making expertise, according to a UniSA research report.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:15 PM EST
Looking for unique stories about the winter holidays? Check out the Winter Holidays channel
Newswise

It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.

       
Released: 7-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
MSU experts: Why we’re drawn to holiday movies
Michigan State University

Michigan State University experts can explain the elements of a great holiday movie, how brands tap into the popularity and nostalgia of these films and why we keep watching them.

Newswise: Software DJ Creates Automated Pop Song Mashups #Acoustics23
30-Nov-2023 7:05 AM EST
Software DJ Creates Automated Pop Song Mashups #Acoustics23
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Xinyang Wu from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has designed a computer algorithm to intelligently create mashups using the drum tracks from one song and the vocals and instrumentals from another. The algorithm mimics the process used by professionals, identifying the most dynamic moments to adjust the tempo of the instrumental tracks and add the drum beat mashup at exactly the right moment for maximum effect. The result is a unique blend of pleasing lyrics and exciting instrumentals with wide-ranging appeal.

Newswise: Singing in the Rain: Why the Bundengan Sounds Better Wet #Acoustics23
29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Singing in the Rain: Why the Bundengan Sounds Better Wet #Acoustics23
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Gea Oswah Fatah Parikesit and their team at Universitas Gadjah Mada have investigated the physics behind why the bundengan, a portable shelter woven from bamboo that features a collection of strings and bamboo bars, sounds better when played in the rain. The bundengan is constructed by weaving bamboo splits, which are covered by overlapping bamboo culm sheaths with ropes to secure everything in place. When wet, the culm sheaths seek to return to their curled form, but tied down in their planar formation, they instead press into each other. The resulting tension allows the sheaths to vibrate together.

Newswise: Get Ready for the 2023 SMFA Art Sale
Released: 5-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Get Ready for the 2023 SMFA Art Sale
Tufts University

Just in time for the holidays, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is once again opening its doors to the public for its annual art sale. The sale, which runs Friday, December 8, through Sunday, December 10, will include more than 1,700 works created by some 550 alumni, students, faculty, and friends of the school.

Released: 29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Workplace culture is very different these days. Find out how different by exploring the "In the Workplace" channel
Newswise

The latest articles on occupational medicine, workplace culture, and the labor market are in the "In the Workplace" channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: ‘Safari & Science’ Art Exhibit Merges Art with Science during Art Basel
Released: 29-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
‘Safari & Science’ Art Exhibit Merges Art with Science during Art Basel
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

The 'Safari and Science,' art exhibit at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center opens Dec. 1. The exhibit blends photographs of Africa with the scientific research Sophia George, Ph.D., is conducting worldwide to control and prevent cancer in the Black community.

Newswise: Arts, medicine combine to help patients with chronic digestive symptoms
Released: 28-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Arts, medicine combine to help patients with chronic digestive symptoms
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

In a study led by a team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State’s Wexner Center for the Arts, patients suffering from digestive symptoms were prescribed participation in an art program designed to help ease stress associated with their chronic illness.

Newswise: WVU Extension service project on display at U.S. Capitol for holiday season
Released: 27-Nov-2023 10:45 AM EST
WVU Extension service project on display at U.S. Capitol for holiday season
West Virginia University

West Virginia University will be represented in Washington this holiday season beginning Tuesday (Nov. 28) with the official lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an evergreen with many connections to the Mountain State through WVU Extension.

Released: 16-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
New Study Finds Schools Call Moms More Than Dads
Tufts University

Laura Gee, an associate professor of economics at Tufts, and her colleagues recently completed a study that looked at how calls and messages from children's schools are split along gender lines. One of their findings surprised exactly no one: Mothers get the lion’s share of the interruptions.

Released: 9-Nov-2023 9:30 AM EST
NCUR 2025 to Take Place in Pittsburgh, PA
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has selected the city of Pittsburgh to hold the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in partnership with Duquesne University and the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education.

   
Newswise: Daraphirom Palace Museum Receives Silver Award for Historical & Culture Attraction in Thailand Tourism Awards 2023
Released: 9-Nov-2023 8:55 AM EST
Daraphirom Palace Museum Receives Silver Award for Historical & Culture Attraction in Thailand Tourism Awards 2023
Chulalongkorn University

Daraphirom Palace Museum, Chulalongkorn University, has been awarded the Silver Award in the Historical and Culture Attraction category by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in Thailand Tourism Awards 2023. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday, September 27, 2023.

Released: 8-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Cultural artifacts serve as “cognitive fossils,” helping uncover the psychology of the past
Cell Press

New computational methods can reveal the psychological shifts of past cultures through analysis of historical artifacts.

Newswise: FSU history doctoral student receives Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Japan
Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
FSU history doctoral student receives Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Japan
Florida State University

Florida State University doctoral candidate Emily Lu will use the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program fellowship to support her dissertation research on the intersection of the arts and politics in imperial Japan during the wartime periods leading up to 1945.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation
University of Plymouth

Poetry can help people cope with loneliness, isolation, anxiety, and depression.

 
Released: 3-Nov-2023 11:00 AM EDT
World’s Largest Meeting of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Spotlights Advances in Artificial Intelligence
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

AAO 2023 delivers opportunities to hear from the greatest minds in medical and surgical eye care discuss the latest scientific breakthroughs in vision treatment and research.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EDT
$7.5M gift enables ‘unparalleled engagements with art’ at the MSU Broad Art Museum
Michigan State University

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University will benefit from a significant $7.5 million bequest gift from alumnus Alan Ross and his spouse, Rebecca Ross.

Newswise: Chula Art Education Professor Wins Gold Medal at International Invention Contest in Singapore
Released: 31-Oct-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Chula Art Education Professor Wins Gold Medal at International Invention Contest in Singapore
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University congratulates Assoc. Prof. Pornthep Lerttevasiri from the Division of Art Education, Faculty of Education, for receiving the Gold Medal in the Industrial Design category at the WorldInvent TM 22+23 Singapore International Invention Show (WoSG), held in Singapore from September 4 to 6, 2023.

Newswise: Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Thai Studies Presented the Outstanding Thai Heritage Conservation Agency Award 2023
Released: 30-Oct-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Thai Studies Presented the Outstanding Thai Heritage Conservation Agency Award 2023
Chulalongkorn University

The Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, received the Outstanding Thai Heritage Conservation Agency Award for the year 2023 from the Thai Heritage Conservation Day Steering Committee, Fine Arts Department, on Thai Heritage Conservation Day, April 2, 2023, which is also the anniversary of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s birthday.

Newswise: Museum of Natural History Chulalongkorn University and Chulalongkorn University’s Natural History Museum of Nan Awarded Outstanding Glorified Thai Museum Award 2023
Released: 27-Oct-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Museum of Natural History Chulalongkorn University and Chulalongkorn University’s Natural History Museum of Nan Awarded Outstanding Glorified Thai Museum Award 2023
Chulalongkorn University

Museum of Natural History Chulalongkorn University and Chulalongkorn University’s Natural History Museum of Nan were awarded the Outstanding Glorified Thai Museum Award 2023 with the theme of Museum and Learning Center & SDGs17.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Our favorite bittersweet symphonies may help us deal better with physical pain
Frontiers

Researchers found that listening to our preferred music reduces pain intensity and unpleasantness, knowledge which could optimize music-based pain therapies

Released: 25-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Nostalgia fuels hype for adult Barbie costumes, fashion design expert says
Virginia Tech

This Halloween is expected to look a lot like Barbie’s Dreamland. The widely successful summer film’s stars Barbie and Ken have found their way onto the top Halloween costume lists for this year. 

Released: 20-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Algorithm and blues: how to judge music plagiarism?
University of Auckland

Study investigates how algorithms compare to human judgement in music plagiarism disputes

Newswise: AIP Recognizes 2023 Andrew Gemant Award Winner Sidney Perkowitz for Contributions to Physics and Culture
Released: 17-Oct-2023 9:05 AM EDT
AIP Recognizes 2023 Andrew Gemant Award Winner Sidney Perkowitz for Contributions to Physics and Culture
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

AIP is pleased to announce Sidney Perkowitz as the winner of the 2023 Andrew Gemant Award, presented to those who have made significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics. Perkowitz was chosen by the award selection committee for his enduring commitment to bridge the physics community with the arts and humanities by using a variety of media, including books, essays, public lectures, and theatrical productions.



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