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Released: 1-Feb-2017 10:25 AM EST
Fashion Forecasts for 2017: Less Cowhide, More Denim, Eye-Popping Sleeves -- and Consideration for the Planet
Baylor University

After years of wanting the cheapest prices possible for clothes, consumers are starting to consider how their clothes are made and their impact on the environment, says fashion forecaster/author Lorynn Divita, Ph.D., of Baylor University.

   
Released: 30-Jan-2017 7:00 PM EST
eSports Leader UCI to Host Panel Discussion on Women in Gaming
University of California, Irvine

EVENT: Female industry leaders and academics will take part in a panel discussion at the University of California, Irvine on women in gam

Released: 25-Jan-2017 9:05 AM EST
Original Pizza Hut Building at Wichita State University Getting New Location, Being Turned Into Museum
Wichita State University

The original Pizza Hut building at Wichita State University will be moved to WSU's new Innovation Campus and turned into a museum dedicated to the history of the world-famous pizza chain. Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by brothers Frank and Dan Carney, students at what was then the University of Wichita.

   
Released: 23-Jan-2017 11:05 AM EST
Film Expert Available to Discuss Coming Oscar Nominations
Northern Arizona University

Paul Helford, the principal lecturer for creative media and film at Northern Arizona University, is available to discuss the nominations, what they mean for the film world and what nominees are likely to take home the statue.

Released: 23-Jan-2017 9:50 AM EST
Call for Proposals: Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting
Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting

The Goodman Institute is currently seeking proposals for investigative stories that serve the public interest. The application deadline is Monday, February 20.

   
Released: 13-Jan-2017 11:05 AM EST
University of Washington Law Professor Leads Group Defending 'Aural Tradition' of Creativity in Famous 'Blurred Lines' Copyright Case
University of Washington

Many pop songs that entertained millions were written by ear by composers, often people of color and from disadvantaged communities, unlearned in musical notation. A UW professor argues they should receive no less credit.

Released: 11-Jan-2017 2:05 PM EST
The Nomadic Who? -- Broomball Documentary Features Clarkson University Alumnus
Clarkson University

David Zarneke plays broomball for the Nomadic Horde, a Washington, D.C., team that, improbably, took the Men's Class D Broomball Championship in 2012. The team's unlikely rise to the top is the subject of a documentary film, “The Nomadic Who?.

Released: 6-Jan-2017 6:05 AM EST
Florida State Alums Earn Awards/Acclaim with 'Moonlight'
Florida State University

Professor Valliere Richard Auzenne offers her memories of "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins when he was a Florida State film student 15 years ago.

Released: 21-Dec-2016 10:05 AM EST
Will Trump Put His Stamp on the Presidential Inauguration? FSU Expert Available to Comment
Florida State University

Inauguration expert Elizabeth Goldsmith, professor emerita at Florida State University, explains that individual presidents, even those as fastidiously brand-conscious as Trump, typically have very little say in the organization of the ceremony.

Released: 23-Nov-2016 12:05 PM EST
Kinney Book Looks at Detroit Through Lens of Popular Culture
Bowling Green State University

Detroit, once a mecca for those looking for a good job and a better life, is now seen by some as what Dr. Rebecca J. Kinney calls a “beautiful wasteland.” A wasteland because of the perception of its postindustrial devastation, and beautiful because of its potential to rise like a phoenix from its ashes to reclaim its place among the country’s great cities. But who will this gleaming new city be for?

Released: 10-Nov-2016 3:05 PM EST
Washington University Faculty Experts Weigh in on Election Results
Washington University in St. Louis

This is the campus where, through historic debates, presidential and vice presidential candidates make their bones or make their exits. This is the campus where the democratic process is more than an exercise; it’s a point of unity, pride, leadership, scholarship, research, life.So at such a transformative moment in history, when America’s “Brexit vote” came to pass, where better than Washington University in St.

Released: 28-Oct-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Study: Pop-Culture News Helped Destigmatize Out-of-Wedlock Childbirth
University at Buffalo

Celebrity news reports over the past four decades appear to have contributed to the changing makeup of the traditional American family by helping to destigmatize out-of-wedlock childbirths in the United States, according to a study by a University at Buffalo sociologist.

Released: 28-Oct-2016 9:00 AM EDT
Toronto Police Service Supports Breastober with Pink Fundraising Campaign
University Health Network (UHN)

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce the Toronto Police Service has come on board to support breast cancer research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

Released: 26-Oct-2016 12:05 PM EDT
The Not-So-Spooky, Yet Still Sort-of-Spooky, History of Halloween
University of Alabama

Witches, Transformers, princesses, and goblins stalking neighborhoods at night for candy wasn’t always what Halloween was about. Hundreds of years ago, Halloween was about celebrating European harvest festival traditions. And as Catholicism began spreading globally, Halloween became All-Hallows-Eve – the night before the celebration of All Saints Day, which celebrated Catholic saints. Dr. Michael J. Altman, an assistant professor in the department of religious studies who specializes in American religious cultures, has researched the history and evolution of Halloween throughout the centuries

Released: 26-Oct-2016 9:00 AM EDT
Femmes Fatales Play Leading Role in Sexing Up Smoking
University of Adelaide

Smoking as a social habit is increasingly on the nose for many in modern society, but the reverse is true when it comes to portraying strong female characters in French and Chinese cinema, according to researchers from the University of Adelaide.

 
Released: 18-Oct-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Hollywood Film Historian and Horror Film Expert Lists 10 Movies ‘Everyone Should See’
Baylor University

James Kendrick, Ph.D., associate professor of film and digital media in Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences, is a Hollywood film historian and an expert on cult and horror films. While horror is not everyone’s favorite genre, Kendrick says horror films are known to have a universal appeal. He developed a list of 10 horror classics he says “everyone should see.”

Released: 17-Oct-2016 5:05 PM EDT
Witchcraft Collection Offers New Treats for Halloween
Cornell University

The Cornell Witchcraft Collection contains documents that are hundreds of years old, including witch-hunting manuals and pamphlets and minutes from 16th, 17th and 18th century European witch trials.

Released: 13-Oct-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Special Landing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter on ’86 Field
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

This year, as part of the National Manufacturing Day program hosted by the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, members of the campus, area students, and the local community will have an opportunity to view the arrival of the Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on Friday, Oct. 14. Prior to the start of the program, the Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter (weather permitting) will make its debut on the Rensselaer campus with a 7:15 a.m. landing on ’86 Field in the center of the Rensselaer campus.

Released: 13-Oct-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Philosophy Professor on the Return Of "The Walking Dead" and Our Cultural Fascination with Zombies
Academy Communications

Alden Stout, philosophy professor at Morningside College, says the ambiguities of the world of "The Walking Dead" serve as natural gateways to conversations about morality and personal consequences.

Released: 11-Oct-2016 2:05 PM EDT
It’s a ‘Numbers Game’
Bowling Green State University

In sports, October means Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series. Once this season's champion is crowned, it won't be long until baseball teams look at their draft options for next year.

   
Released: 10-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Pussy Riot, John Doe Among Music Icons to Celebrate PunkFest at Cornell
Cornell University

Four generations of punk luminaries – including John Doe and Exene Cervenka, Ian MacKaye, Aaron Cometbus, Shonen Knife, Victoria Ruiz and members of Pussy Riot – will gather at Cornell University Nov. 1-5 for a weeklong celebration of the profound cultural, political and historical impact of punk.

Released: 29-Sep-2016 12:05 PM EDT
Dressing Down to Go Up in the Polls
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Question: Since when did dressing down help politicians win elections? Answer: Since Harry S. Truman wore Hawaiian shirts. Gone are the days of Hayes, Harrison, and even Harding. For most of American history, we didn’t even know what our president looked like. Today, we know when he gets a haircut, his preference in ties, and the cut of his jeans.

Released: 23-Sep-2016 8:05 PM EDT
Are You a Jerk?
University of California, Riverside

Are you a jerk? How do you know? Jerk self-knowledge is hard to come by, says Eric Schwitzgebel, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.

Released: 22-Sep-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Hollywood Equality: All Talk, Little Action
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

New report finds that across 800 films, representation of gender, race/ethnicity, LGBT status, disability still lags behind population norms.

Released: 20-Sep-2016 6:05 PM EDT
Stony Brook University President and Students Front and Center at UN Women’s HeForShe 2nd Anniversary Celebration at the MOMA
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. and 21 Stony Brook students, along with world leaders, activists, change-makers and celebrities recommitted to fast-tracking gender equality at UN Women’s HeForShe second anniversary events on Sept. 20.

Released: 19-Sep-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Is It Bad for Your Health to Pull an All-Nighter?
Texas A&M University

A late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last month; surely you’ll be able to ace the exam if you just spend the next 24 hours focused on the material. Unfortunately, procrastination and sleep deprivation do much more harm than good.

Released: 7-Sep-2016 2:05 AM EDT
Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project Featured as Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens in D.C. Sept. 24
Baylor University

When the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opens Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C., an exhibit featuring African-American musical history will include materials from a Baylor University search-and-rescue mission to save recordings from the “Golden Age” of American black gospel music.



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