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Whether it’s “A Christmas Story,” “The Santa Clause” or “Elf,” dads play a vital role in recent popular Christmas media. In real-life holiday scenarios, fathers do as well…and that’s true whether dads are merry makers or Christmas curmudgeons.
“Quingo,” a game launched in September by local startup Game It Forward for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, today, just in time for the holidays, released a new “Winter Wonderland” question pack. For $3.99, players can receive 50 holiday and winter-themed questions.Six Seattle-based charities receive funds from the game, which combines the fun of bingo with the challenge of trivia questions.
The Julep Ball, the premier Derby Eve Party with a Purpose, is proud to announce it has partnered with Churchill Downs as an Official Event of the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.
Professor Schultz is recently published a book on the the late Elliott Smith.
Professors from Butler University and University of Manchester (England) have compiled a book of essays that look at the role of religion in the long-running series "Doctor Who."
For twenty-somethings graduating in May, the holidays are a time to give a present with a purpose.
Add colorful fruits and vegetables to make Thanksgiving dinner healthier and lighter, a Saint Louis University assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics suggests.
“Quingo,” a game created by local startup Game It Forward that was first released in September for the iPad, will be available for the iPhone starting Oct. 31. Six charities, including five based in Seattle, receive funds from the game, which combines the fun of bingo with the challenge of trivia questions.
The report looks at media consumption by individuals in and out of the home, excluding the workplace, between 2008 and 2015, breaking “media” down into 30 categories of media type and delivery (e.g. television, social media, computer gaming
Students in a film class at Indiana University have launched a campaign for financial backers at crowdfunding site Indiegogo, with much support from their professor, veteran film and television actor, director, producer and educator Robby Benson. The students are more than a quarter of the way towards their goal of raising $10,000, which will be used for a variety of expenses for 13 short films. Their class' Indiegogo site features a promotional video the students made along with information about a number of gifts for contributors.
On Oct. 30, 1938, a radio adaption of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” sent many Americans in a panic over a potential Martian invasion. On Oct. 30, 2013, Binghamton University will be at the national forefront of a day of events designed to not only bring “The War of the Worlds” back to the public consciousness, but also to discuss the lessons learned from the production and live media, in general.
As scores of Americans enter the darkened realms of haunted houses, nighttime hayrides and horror film marathons, monsters, ghosts and pop-culture goblins wait to give them a scare. A popular Halloween tradition, these dramatized attractions, coupled with costumes, trick-or-treat candy and festive decorations added up to an estimated $7 billion in 2011. While it may seem odd to celebrate a night of fright with so much enthusiasm, confronting what scares us isn’t a new phenomenon, says Paul J. Patterson, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University.
Clarkson University's already "green" campus will get even greener in November when it becomes the winter home of the local farmers market.
Ten Major League Baseball players have been nominated for the 49th annual Hutch Award®, to be given Jan. 30 at Safeco Field in Seattle. The award, launched a year after Hutchinson’s death by three of his friends, is presented annually at the Hutch Award Luncheon which raises funds for cancer research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Benjamin Hafensteiner, a professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester, didn’t plan on starting the fall semester as a star in a viral video, but that’s exactly what happened. And in true fashion, Hafensteiner turned it into a teaching moment.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has released a new 24-minute film about the recently renovated Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope. The film is narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster, star of the 1997 Warner Brothers film, "Contact," which was filmed in part at the VLA.
A University of Iowa law professor researches freedom suits, legal actions largely lost to history that were brought by slaves against their masters in hopes of gaining their freedom.
The popularity of the undead has led to a new, creative teaching platform in UA’s department of telecommunication and film.