Households across the United Kingdom are urged to be on the lookout for hundreds of precious artworks created by Australian First Nations children who were forcibly taken from their families in the 1940s.
UIC partners with Luv City for program scheduled to run July 5 through Aug. 9
The Marguerite Casey Foundation supports leaders, scholars and initiatives focused on shifting the balance of power in society
June is Aphasia Awareness Month and the members of the Summer Aphasia Arts Program held a concert, theatrical performance and an art exhibit after honing their artistic skills over two weeks.
In a new book, Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Internet Age, Professor Michael Century of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute brings a unique perspective to the emergence of the digital age set in a specifically Canadian narrative.
Multiple events will be held during the run of the exhibitions through Aug. 6
The projects range from art, literature and history to the emerging subfields of climate change and sound studies, as well as cutting-edge areas such as Afrolatinidades and archival studies.
Summer learning initiative kicks off June 27
An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is investigating the personal transformation effects of Heifer International’s efforts to end poverty and build sustainable communities across the globe.Heifer International has a vision to explore the nature of personal transformation around the glove and measure its impact at the individual level.
New excavations find a succession of ancient cultures visiting the cave for art and burial.
Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club Presents Men’s Health Fair, Sponsored by Ochsner Xavier Institute of Health Equity and Research.
The Center of Excellence in Universal Design, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, now holds a patent for “QR Braille” and given a certificate of invention from the Department of Intellectual Property in Thailand.
Many of the settlement activities were documented in the Hull-House Bulletins
Renowned multidisciplinary artist R. Luke DuBois, associate professor and director of the Integrated Design and Media program at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in collaboration with cloud company Akamai Technologies, has created the first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) artwork dynamically fueled by the internet.
Benefit for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Features Broadway’s Hottest Stars and Supports Thousands with Life-Threating Lung Disease
Goli Ameri endows public diplomacy innovation prize that honors U.S. foreign and civil service officers for creative and scalable initiatives that advance global public diplomacy.
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have utilized AI technologies to conclude that male characters are four times more prevalent in literature than female characters.
Ocean explorer and professor of oceanography Robert Ballard will deliver the keynote address for the University of Rhode Island’s 136th Undergraduate Commencement. WaterFire founder and executive artistic director Barnaby M. Evans will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
By: Bill Wellock | Published: April 26, 2022 | 12:39 pm | SHARE: Reported antisemitic incidents in the United States reached their highest level ever in 2021, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported.ADL noted 2,717 incidents last year, a 34% increase from 2020. It is the highest number since the organization began tracking incidents in 1979.
Irvine, Calif., April 21, 2022 — Tiffany Lopez, visionary artist and administrator and proven champion for diversity and inclusion, has been named dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. She will assume the post on July 1. Lopez comes to UCI from Arizona State University, where she serves as vice provost for inclusive excellence and as a Foundation Professor in the Sidney Poitier New American Film School in ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
By: Bill Wellock | Published: April 15, 2022 | 11:02 am | SHARE: Earth Day marks a time to consider the environmental challenges facing humanity, including our changing climate. Through the efforts of scientists around the planet, the understanding of those changes is constantly being refined.A wealth of our knowledge about how the climate works is due to the interest of the U.
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) congratulates the 75 new and or re-elected division councilors to the General Council for a three-year term starting on July 1, 2022.
Application deadlines are May 27 for immersive on-campus summer arts experience at Fresno State, or April 22 for study abroad programs
In less than three years at Sandia National Laboratories, competitive intelligence specialist Kelli Howie's targeted work to develop and advance women inventors was recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium with a national Rookie of the Year Award.
Irvine, Calif., April 12, 2022 — Bruce Yonemoto, a video and digital media installation artist, educator, writer, curator, and professor of art at the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. He joins 179 other American and Canadian scientists and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, as well as writers and artists of all kinds, in 51 fields receiving the prestigious grants.
The complete archival collection of famed bestselling New Orleans author Anne Rice is now open by appointment to the general public and campus community for research through the Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC), a division of Tulane University Libraries.
Kvaal visited CSUDH on April 7 to learn how the campus works to support a population of students who have been historically underserved and underrepresented in higher education, and the unique challenges and opportunities that presents.
Four individuals who have made major contributions in fields ranging from sports and entertainment to national defense and artificial intelligence will receive honorary degrees at Tulane University’s 2022 Commencement. Henry “Hank” Aaron, one of baseball’s greatest players; Gen. David H. Berger, a Tulane graduate and commandant of the United States Marine Corps; Ken Jeong, a medical doctor who became one of the country’s most sought-after comedic actors and Dr. Rosalind Picard, an inventor, engineer, scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence, will receive honorary degrees at the May 21 ceremony. Aaron will receive Tulane’s first-ever posthumous honorary degree.
The archives received a $100,000 grant from the California State Library to support CSUDH’s LGBTQ History Access Project, and $40,000 from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to begin the cataloguing of the L.A. Free Press collection.
The opening of the Hunt School of Dental Medicine and Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic could not have been done without the help of our community. That teamwork is symbolized by an 8-foot sculpture – crafted by renowned El Paso artist Julio Sanchez De Alba – which now welcomes visitors to the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso officials revealed the work of art on Feb. 24 with the Texas Tech University System’s Board of Regents and members of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s Board of Directors in attendance. The unveiling took place prior to the regents’ meeting on the TTUHSC El Paso campus.
Mountainside received “Leader” status from the HRC, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer civil rights organization, demonstrating Mountainside’s commitment to the equitable treatment & public commitment to LGBTQ+ patients, visitors & team members.
Over the last several months, a certain bird – believed to be a sacred ibis – has been drawing a lot of attention, and covering a lot of ground, at Cornell University.
Colson Whitehead, author of The New York Times bestsellers The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, will speak virtually at the 81st annual McKinney Writing Award ceremony on Wednesday, April 6 at 7 p.m.
Joe Trimmer, emeritus professor of English at Ball State University, has been selected as the 2022 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) – Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee.
Irvine, Calif., March 28, 2022 — Spellbinding views – both indoors and out – will grace the future home of the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art at the University of California, Irvine when it opens along Campus Drive near Jamboree Road – a location UCI officials announced today. The North Campus site – which is near where the UCI Medical Center-Irvine complex is also being constructed – will offer visitors “sweeping views of the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve to complement Langson IMCA’s remarkable collection of California impressionist and contemporary art and serve as a vibrant hub for discovery, exchange and engagement,” said museum director Kim Kanatani.
Jeanne Scheper is one of UCI’s leading voices on student loan debt. The associate professor and chair of gender & sexuality studies had more than $72,000 in student debt upon completing a Ph.D. in English literature at UC Santa Barbara – with 90 percent of the loans taken out for postgraduate studies. An advocate of people sharing their debt stories as opposed to being ashamed of them, Scheper here helps us answer “What’s next?” with student loan debt forgiveness and dissects the systemic effects of student debt.
Teenagers who take part in arts and cultural activities, such as dance, drama, reading and going to concerts, are less likely to engage in antisocial and criminalized behavior up to two years later, according to a new study by University College London and University of Florida researchers.
Professor Shigeki Nakauchi's research team at Toyohashi University of Technology worked with researchers from the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal) to examine preferences for color composition particitated by Japanese and Portuguese people for Japanese and Occidental paintings through experiments using the original paintings and paintings with artificially altered color compositions.
Christina Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories' first full-time archaeologist, works with teams throughout Sandia to ensure the U.S. Department of Energy remains in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Findings suggest Incas had a different name for the site
The fellowship is for CSUDH Professor of History Bianca Murillo's next book, Financing Africa’s Future: A Socio-Economic History of Ghana, 1950-1980.
The legacy of artist, activist and UNC alumna Lydia Ruyle '72 is being celebrated during Women's History Month through an exhibition featuring her lively banners of divine goddesses
The exhibit, “A Search for Unity: Rudy Lozano and the Coalition Building in Chicago,” will run until the fall
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As arts and culture take centre stage in the Adelaide Fringe Festival, experts at the University of South Australia are highlighting a desperate need for arts professionals experienced in technologies and philanthropy to help navigate the sector towards a brighter future amid COVID-19.
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has created a digital history project that brings to life the untold story of the enslaved colonial people who were sold as national property during the French Revolution. Dr. Nathan Marvin, assistant professor of history at UA Little Rock, created the website, “Enslaved by the Church, Sold for the Republic,” to tell the story of what happened to the enslaved people that were owned by the Roman Catholic Church in the French colonies.
The Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has launched a new online exhibit exploring the life and achievements of Dr. William Townsend, a civil rights leader in Arkansas who was the first African American licensed to practice optometry in the state.
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