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Newswise: ‘A political animal’ — FSU history professor discusses reign and impact of Napoleon Bonaparte
Released: 12-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
‘A political animal’ — FSU history professor discusses reign and impact of Napoleon Bonaparte
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: October 12, 2023 | 9:00 am | SHARE: Napoleon Bonaparte was a towering figure in history. He seized power in the aftermath of the French Revolution, remade the country and conquered much of Europe. A single exile was not enough to keep him from threatening a long-standing power structure on the continent.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built
Tübingen University

The development of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia and the Middle East led to a substantial increase in violence between inhabitants. Laws, centralized administration, trade and culture then caused the ratio of violent deaths to fall back again in the Early and Middle Bronze Age (3,300 to 1,500 BCE).

Released: 10-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
OmniMotion Allows for Better Video Motion Estimation
Cornell University

Cornell researchers have developed a new optimization tool to estimate motion throughout an input video, which has potential applications in video editing and generative AI video creation.

Released: 5-Oct-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Taylor Swift Is Good for the NFL, Says Virginia Tech Sports Media Expert
Virginia Tech

Taylor Swift’s Swifties and professional football fanatics typically do not rub elbows. But in the past two weeks, they’ve been finding some common ground.   When the pop superstar attended a Sunday night prime time NFL match-up between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets, her appearance set in motion a frenzy of attention and situated the league in front of a new fan base.

Newswise:Video Embedded finding-art-in-the-biological-rhythms-of-trees
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Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Finding art in the biological rhythms of trees
Iowa State University

An Iowa State University professor is creating art out of data produced by tree saplings and the environment using sound, light and artificial intelligence. It’s an experimental approach to science and technology that inspires an alternate awareness of the environment in its audience.

Newswise: Put parents in control: media classification system needs parent input
Released: 28-Sep-2023 12:05 AM EDT
Put parents in control: media classification system needs parent input
University of South Australia

Parents are being asked to have a say on whether Australia’s media classification system is effective in informing decisions around age-appropriate films and video games for children.

Newswise: “Dinorá Justice: The Lay of the Land” explores historical perceptions of femininity and the natural world in the artistic canon
Released: 27-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
“Dinorá Justice: The Lay of the Land” explores historical perceptions of femininity and the natural world in the artistic canon
Tufts University

Multidisciplinary artist Dinorá Justice examines the place of women in traditional landscapes across the canon, in “Dinorá Justice: The Lay of the Land.”

Released: 26-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
FSU graduate claims Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
Florida State University

By: Mark Blackwell Thomas | Published: September 26, 2023 | 12:19 pm | SHARE: A Florida State University graduate whose fiction writing draws from his experience as an immigrant from Nigeria has earned the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, one of the most prestigious awards in American literature. 

Released: 25-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
"Barbie" is strong on entertainment value, soft on social change, says Virginia Tech expert
Virginia Tech

The “Barbie” buzz continues, even months after the blockbuster movie’s release. The box office record-breaking film now is available to rent or buy through various video on demand platforms, including Prime Video and Apple TV.

Released: 22-Sep-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Why the UFC-WWE Merger is a One-Two Marketing Punch
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Marketing professor Mary Beth Furst explains why TKO has reason to believe that both WWE and UFC can complement each other to grow the overall market of viewers in the combat sports and entertainment space.

   
Newswise: Once Upon a Skyline: The Story of Las Vegas Strip Architecture
Released: 21-Sep-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Once Upon a Skyline: The Story of Las Vegas Strip Architecture
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Hospitality design expert Glenn NP Nowak on the tech-loaded MSG Sphere’s impact on Strip and residential architecture, and how UNLV is prepping the next generation of creators.

Newswise: In the “I” of the Beholder: People Believe Self-Relevant Artwork is More Beautiful
Released: 14-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
In the “I” of the Beholder: People Believe Self-Relevant Artwork is More Beautiful
Association for Psychological Science

New research shows how we prefer art that speaks to our sense of self. The findings could lead to more effective forms of art therapy, but can also lead media companies to generate addictive content online.

Released: 11-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
The sounds of a song can tell us what it is about
Universiteit van Amsterdam

Can you tell what a song is used for when it is not in your language or from your culture? A new study finds that worldwide, people are pretty good at recognizing when an unfamiliar song is used for dancing, soothing babies, or healing sickness.

Newswise: WashU Expert: ‘Golden Bachelor’ could normalize quest for romance at any age
Released: 29-Aug-2023 1:35 PM EDT
WashU Expert: ‘Golden Bachelor’ could normalize quest for romance at any age
Washington University in St. Louis

This fall, ABC will premiere the reality show “The Golden Bachelor,” a spinoff of “The Bachelor,” where the star is Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old man looking for a new partner. The show has the potential to help normalize the desire for love at any age, said an expert on productive engagement of older adults.

Newswise: The sound of science: AI can ID musical copyright infringement better than human ears, law experts say
Released: 28-Aug-2023 8:00 PM EDT
The sound of science: AI can ID musical copyright infringement better than human ears, law experts say
West Virginia University

Artificial intelligence could help determine the verdicts of future court cases involving musical copyright, according to West Virginia University College of Law researchers.

Newswise: Remembering Bob Barker as ‘One of the Best Game Show Hosts of All Time’
Released: 28-Aug-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Remembering Bob Barker as ‘One of the Best Game Show Hosts of All Time’
California State University, Fullerton

Longtime host of “The Price Is Right” Bob Barker died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 99.

Released: 25-Aug-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Dance as a performative art form enhanced identity negotiation and strengthened group identity in people with Parkinson’s disease
University of Eastern Finland

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland and Balettakademien Stockholm found that performing in a dance company and being involved in its activities play a significant role in the identity and disease-related identity negotiation in people with Parkinson’s disease.

Released: 23-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
American University’s Feminist Art History Conference Begins Sept. 29
American University

Gathering convenes scholars at the forefront of feminist art history to discuss new insights and contemporary relevance of artists, movements and more

Released: 22-Aug-2023 4:05 AM EDT
Rediscovering the joy of music collection
Bar-Ilan University

A series of three studies led by Prof. Ofer Bergman from Bar-Ilan University has uncovered a fascinating relationship between music collection and listening enjoyment in the era of streaming music.

Newswise: Chulalongkorn’s Communication Arts and Thai Media Fund Organize Creative Luk Thung: Thai Soft Power Going Global
Released: 18-Aug-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Chulalongkorn’s Communication Arts and Thai Media Fund Organize Creative Luk Thung: Thai Soft Power Going Global
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Communication Arts, in collaboration with Thai Media Fund, is organizing the Creative Luk Thung: Thai Soft Power Going Global project to promote the arts of Thai Luk thung music or Folk Song on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the emergence of luk thung music in Thailand.

Newswise: Classic rock music can be recreated from recorded brain activity
8-Aug-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Classic rock music can be recreated from recorded brain activity
PLOS

Researchers led by Ludovic Bellier at the University of California, Berkeley, US, demonstrate that recognizable versions of classic Pink Floyd rock music can be reconstructed from brain activity that was recorded while patients listened to the song.

Newswise: People Experience Emotions with Computer-Generated Art
Released: 3-Aug-2023 8:45 AM EDT
People Experience Emotions with Computer-Generated Art
University of Vienna

Computers and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming increasingly important in the art world. AI-generated artworks fetch millions at auction, and artists routinely use algorithms to create aesthetic content. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Vienna has conducted experiments showing that, contrary to popular intuition, people perceive emotions and intentions when viewing art, even when they know the work was generated by a computer. The study was recently published in the journal "Computer in Human Behavior".

   
Newswise: Consumer Psychology Expert Discusses Barbie's Brand Relevance
Released: 2-Aug-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Consumer Psychology Expert Discusses Barbie's Brand Relevance
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

A New York Institute of Technology consumer psychology expert discusses Barbie's brand relevance.

   
Newswise: Dance and the state: Research explores ballet training in Ukraine
Released: 25-Jul-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Dance and the state: Research explores ballet training in Ukraine
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Ballet training centers of Ukraine successfully resist co-optation by both neo-imperial and nationalist ideologies, forming robust and inclusive dancing communities that in many ways mirror structures of modern Ukrainian society, according to research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Music expert expounds on Tony Bennett’s monumental legacy
Virginia Tech

Singer Tony Bennett, dead at age 96, left behind a mountain of musical achievements over a career that spanned eight decades. Singer and Virginia Tech voice expert Ariana Wyatt expounds on Bennett’s many contributions to music and society.

Newswise: Virginia Tech particle physicist: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ film excels at accuracy
Released: 24-Jul-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Virginia Tech particle physicist: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ film excels at accuracy
Virginia Tech

Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film “Oppenheimer,” shattered expectations on opening weekend, bringing in $80.5 million. The biopic about the so-called “father of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer, science director of the Manhattan Project during World War II, was Nolan’s biggest non-Batman debut. But how accurate is the science and the history behind Oppenheimer’s (portrayed in the film by Cillian Murphy) life portrayed? Virginia Tech’s Kevin Pitts, a physicist and high-energy experimentalist who previously was chief research officer at the Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois, weighs in.

Released: 21-Jul-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Hollywood actors’ strike: MSU experts can comment
Michigan State University

Fair compensation in the streaming era and regulation of artificial intelligence and its use in film and television are the key issues in the first tandem strike of the actors' and writers' unions since 1960. MSU experts are available to comment on what these strikes mean for television and film moving forward.

Newswise: Expert Outlines What’s at Stake as Hollywood Actors Ally with Writers’ Strike
Released: 17-Jul-2023 3:15 PM EDT
Expert Outlines What’s at Stake as Hollywood Actors Ally with Writers’ Strike
Virginia Tech

Hollywood actors and writers are standing side by side on the picket line for the first time in more than 60 years. Future blockbusters such as the next “Mission: Impossible” and “Deadpool” movies and the fifth season of “Stranger Things” have stopped production. “More than 11,000 writers were involved in the Writers Guild of America strike.

   
Newswise: Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
6-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Hidden details of Egyptian paintings revealed by chemical imaging
PLOS

On-site analysis of paint layering identifies history of alterations in ancient paintings.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Humidity – not just light – causes color degradation in historical paintings, researchers discover
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

When you look at a painting in a museum, the colors that you see are likely less bright than they were originally, something that had previously been attributed mainly to light exposure. Now, researchers have discovered a new cause of color degradation: humidity.

21-Jun-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Brontë literary treasures on public display together for first time
University of Leeds

‘Becoming the Brontës’ offers visitors the unique opportunity to gain a rich insight into the origins of Yorkshire’s most famous literary family.

Newswise: “The Tribe Has Spoken”: Race and Gender Bias Influence Voting Outcomes in Reality TV Show 
Released: 27-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
“The Tribe Has Spoken”: Race and Gender Bias Influence Voting Outcomes in Reality TV Show 
Association for Psychological Science

Zero-sum situations in which one person’s loss is another’s gain are known to bring out people’s worst tendencies—and the reality television show Survivor is no exception

Released: 26-Jun-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Headlines involving the fascinating (and perilous) world of oceanography and marine biology can be viewed on the Marine Science channel
Newswise

The recent tragic loss of the Titan submersible in the depths of the North Atlantic has brought the fascinating (and very dangerous) world of Oceanography and Marine Science to the forefront. Below are some recent stories that have been added to the Marine Science channel on Newswise, including expert commentary on the Titan submersible.

       
Released: 20-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
The meaning behind the Woodstock character in ‘Peanuts’
Ohio State University

The character Woodstock in the Peanuts comic strip could be seen as Charles Schulz's attempt to represent the young people of the time in a positive and affirming way.

Newswise: TV Dramas Effectively Prompt Middle Schoolers to Talk about Vaping Dangers
Released: 14-Jun-2023 12:05 AM EDT
TV Dramas Effectively Prompt Middle Schoolers to Talk about Vaping Dangers
University of Pittsburgh

When three prime-time TV medical dramas — “Grey’s Anatomy,” “New Amsterdam” and “Chicago Med” — coincidentally featured storylines about the dangers of youth vaping within a few weeks of each other, University of Pittsburgh social scientist Beth Hoffman, Ph.D., saw an opportunity to engage real-life adolescents in a discussion about electronic cigarettes.

   
Newswise: Mount Sinai Health System Launches New Season of Road to Resilience Podcast
Released: 13-Jun-2023 1:50 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Launches New Season of Road to Resilience Podcast
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Health System’s flagship podcast, Road to Resilience, is returning to the airwaves after a yearlong hiatus, the Health System announced today.

Newswise: UWF receives $170,000 donation to fund Larry Butler Memorial Music Scholarship
Released: 13-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
UWF receives $170,000 donation to fund Larry Butler Memorial Music Scholarship
University of West Florida

#UWF celebrates a $170,000 donation to Dr. Grier Williams School of Music in support of the Larry Butler Memorial Music Scholarship Fund.

Released: 7-Jun-2023 12:35 PM EDT
Science shows why our taste in music can’t be siloed into catch-all genres
Frontiers

Liking certain things or styles is an important aspect of peoples’ identities and social lives. Tastes can influence the ways humans act and judge. How to best describe musical taste reliably is – due to the ever-changing diversification and transformation of music – difficult and open to debate.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Preexisting stereotypes influence entertainment selection
University of Michigan

Entertainment media has increasingly featured diverse representations that have the potential to combat harmful social stereotypes, but a new University of Michigan study raises questions about how effective they can be in the current media landscape.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-app-uses-ai-to-enable-anyone-to-make-musical-mashups
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Released: 31-May-2023 3:15 PM EDT
New App Uses AI to Enable Anyone to Make Musical Mashups
Georgia Institute of Technology

Mixboard is a tablet application that lets users without musical or editing experience create the songs of their dreams.

Newswise: Dim the House Lights: The 28th New Jersey International Film Festival Hits Screens Starting Friday
Released: 31-May-2023 12:35 PM EDT
Dim the House Lights: The 28th New Jersey International Film Festival Hits Screens Starting Friday
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Forty films from around the world will be screened at Rutgers during the 2023 New Jersey International Film Festival, which marks its 28th anniversary.  The festival – sponsored by the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center and the interdisciplinary cinema studies program at the School of Arts and Sciences – will be held on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between Friday, June 2, and Sunday, June 11.

Newswise: Building positive peace goes beyond conflict resolution
Released: 31-May-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Building positive peace goes beyond conflict resolution
Iowa State University

A new collection of essays from a dozen Iowa State University faculty underscores how all of us can play a role in cultivating a more peaceful world. The authors demonstrate this by drawing from their own disciplines – agriculture, architecture, business, education, engineering, history, music, nutrition and food systems and philosophy.

Newswise: Viewers Actually ‘Binge-Watch’ TV with a lot of Self-Control
22-May-2023 8:10 PM EDT
Viewers Actually ‘Binge-Watch’ TV with a lot of Self-Control
University of California San Diego

If viewers sometimes feel guilty about binge-watching television programing, they really shouldn’t. Though its name implies impulsive behavior, binge-watching TV is a common activity planned out by viewers, suggests new research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management and School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Newswise: Meet the First Asian American Chair of the CSU Board of Trustees
Released: 22-May-2023 3:55 PM EDT
Meet the First Asian American Chair of the CSU Board of Trustees
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The university’s first Asian American woman to serve as chair of the CSU Board of Trustees shares stories and lessons from her leadership journey.

Newswise: AU Museum to Open Six New Exhibits This Summer
Released: 18-May-2023 1:20 PM EDT
AU Museum to Open Six New Exhibits This Summer
American University

Summer exhibitions at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will open June 17. They feature the first U.S. museum showing of black and white photographs of rural communities in pre-war Ukraine; prints and posters from a trailblazing artist from the Chicano Art Movement; glass sculptures by Rhoda Baer; Spanish artist Pilar Albarracín and Taiwanese-American artist Leigh Wen; and an artistic and poetic collaboration on the struggles of displaced people.



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