Michael Goodhope, coordinator of the award-winning Kids-Helping-Kids Mentoring Program, is the featured comedian at the fall “Gospel Comedy and Music Extravaganza” on Saturday October 17th, 4:30-8:00pm at the Lehman College Studio Theatre, in the Bronx.
Pumpkin products proliferate this time of year — and not just for traditional pies and breads, but for whimsical goodies that may not live up to the pumpkin’s healthy reputation.
The new movie about Steve Jobs is expected to draw huge crowds eager to see yet another romanticized story about a well known business celebrity. Thomas Streeter, professor of sociology at the University of Vermont, explores why in his new paper, “Steve Jobs, Romantic Individualism, and the Desire for Good Capitalism” in the International Journal of Communication. He writes that this desire says “more about our culture than the man,” and that Jobs’ story fits perfectly with the romantic individualist story that American culture can't seem to get enough of.
Lisner’s 2015-16 Iberian music and dance series Highlights Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Cultures
“Bigger, better and badder than ever before!!!” is how international indie cassette labels are billing Oct. 17 — Cassette Store Day. On the vinyl record front, Billboard Magazine reports that more vinyl albums were sold in 2014 than in any year since Nielsen started tracking music sales in 1991. That’s — sorry — a record. And in case you missed it, National Eight-Track Day was April 11.
New iPhone app from Apple is designed to make it easier for large numbers of HIV patients to participate in research. Will enable participants to easily complete tasks or submit surveys right from the app.
One Team For The Cure shirts benefitting the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. are now on sale online through One Team Shop (www.oneteamshop.com), the NFLPA’s e-commerce store featuring officially licensed player merchandise of more than 1,800 NFL players.
Five out of every six names that appear in the media today are those of men, a McGill-led research team has discovered. That's because the media focuses nearly exclusively on individuals at the top of occupational and social hierarchies, who are mostly men: CEOs, politicians, movie directors, and the like.
When the phrase "gone to the dogs" is used, it's usually not used in the most positive fashion. But in Macomb, Illinois, the term is 100 percent positive as the community has embraced a local beloved canine and showcases the dog – or rather, dogs – throughout this west-central Illinois community.
Announcement of Inaugural Autoimmune Walk to be held in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, November 8, 2015
Google Maps' Street View recently completed a full visit to the Nova Southeastern University main campus in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida - and the result is now the campus has been fully mapped and available on Google Maps.
Local faculty experts from DePaul University are available to provide insight and commentary on the many different ways food impacts our lives, from filling your belly to filling your soul.
Reporters wishing to request an interview should contact Ashwin Verghese at 215-204-7739 (office), 717-676-8584 (cell) or [email protected]. Photos are available upon request.
It’s a vital time for the food industry, with an increased focus on how to make food easier to access in low-income communities, healthy eating and the local food movement. A food philosopher and several celebrity chefs will discuss many of these popular topics during Lisner’s fall food series.
An artificial intelligence programme to improve Tinder suggestions has been developed by Harm de Vries, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Montreal who was sick of swiping left.
Vampires aren't just crypt dwellers and sparkly teens anymore. Now, they're reflecting our need to bond.
GW’s Lisner Auditorium will celebrate a range of African music styles, including Ethiopian pop, South African vocal music and West African dance music, during its 2015-16 season.
For some, it’s difficult to understand how a herd of rotting corpses with insatiable appetites for human flesh can have such mass appeal. But millions of people around the globe are eating it up … so to speak.
When it comes to clutter, the technological is increasingly crossing over into physical space, says a Baylor University interior design expert.
As Independence Day approaches, social media is lighting up with memes and quotes from the nation’s Founding Fathers. But did George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin actually say these things for which they receive so much acclaim? A Baylor scholar can tell the truth about Ben.
Researchers at Bournemouth University have been looking at the impact of lower-limb prosthetics on competitive running, specifically looking at whether athletes with prosthesis are at an unfair advantage when running against athletes without prosthetics.
Some notable but lesser-known women in American history might be overlooked as possibilities for the soon-to-be redesigned $10 bill. Who are the other women who merit consideration on the $10?
UW-Milwaukee’s App Brewery and the Waukesha (Wisconsin) County Public Libraries have developed a free app called “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” that families can use to track the books they’re reading to their preschoolers.
Many beaches can have hidden dangers that lurk in the surf. Beach accidents can happen quickly and they can be deadly, says a beach expert at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
Chris Hansen, M.F.A., independent filmmaker and chair of the film and digital media department in Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences, discusses the challenges for original storytelling and the future of the film industry.
The rare corpse flower, widely known as the world’s smelliest plant, has started to bloom McMaster, one of only a handful in the world to do so this year.
A decoded message from a distant galaxy provided the plans for a Quantum Mechanical 3D printer in Left Brain Games’ puzzle shooter, Dynamakr. Players feed patterns into the machine to create designs for new devices never seen before on Earth—devices so advanced, they’re like magic. Game play allows non-experts to participate in improving software security in Phase 2 of DARPA’s Verigames project.
In Monster Proof, a new browser-based puzzle game from voidALPHA, players assume the role of a newly crowned ruler of a vast country in a fantasy setting. To win, they use problem-solving skills to answer illustrated mathematical questions. As each level is solved, the game crowd sources the software security process of formal verification.
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