Top Stories 5-11-2016
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As part of a UofL pediatric dentistry fund-raising event at the annual St. James Court Art Show, members of the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity student chapter use dental plaster materials to practice techniques learned in the lab and clinic. But, instead of making molds of teeth, they create custom-made 3D plaster casts of hands, feet and faces.
American University Museum summer shows explore North & South Korean art, the African influence in Brazil, and Latino artist immigrants of Washington, D.C.
Research by Nancy Steinhardt, chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, shows that mosques, and ultimately Islam, have survived in China because the Chinese architectural system is adaptable.
New research challenges the belief that touchscreens are worse input devices because they lack physical buttons. The reason is that key press timing in touchscreen input is unpredictable. When timing is made more predictable, performance improves.
Alison Stewart, art history professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, uncovers documents showing an Augsburg printer paid the equivalent of $150,000 to Sebald Beham in 1548
Magnifying Smartphone Screen Apps For Visually Impaired, Online Anti-Bullying Programs, A One Atom Engine and more in the Technology News Source
Why do people rock climb? It is a highly dangerous and difficult sport—and most definitely a non-conventional life pursuit. Independent filmmaker Oakley Anderson-Moore sets out to answer this question in her debut feature documentary, “Brave New Wild,” which is in the midst of a national theatrical tour and was recently made available for viewing on DVD as well as on iTunes and other digital platforms. Anderson-Moore filmed a series of interviews of climbers from the early days of the climbing revolution. These adventurers broke social norms in post-World War II America to live nomadic lives in their quest to conquer the Tetons, outside Yellowstone National Park, and the great rock walls, such as Half Dome and El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
A Kansas State University professor and seven undergraduate students are traveling the country to study music educators who use culturally relevant teaching styles.
Prince was one of the most important artists in American popular music during the last two decades of the twentieth century.
Four University of California, Irvine faculty in law, philosophy, chemistry and physics have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which recognizes leaders from the academic, business and government sectors who are responding to challenges facing the nation and the world.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected five New York University faculty as fellows: Leslie Greengard, a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; Yusef Komunyakaa, a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English; Trevor Morrison, dean of NYU’s School of Law; Debraj Ray, a Silver Professor in the Department of Economics; and Christopher Wood, a professor in the Department of German.
In the Elizabethan era, the play was indeed the thing, and even so vaunted a playwright as Shakespeare was far from a widely-known quantity. The playwright’s death on April 23, 1616, was marked by precious few remembrances.
Widely regarded as the world’s greatest living master in glass, Dale Chihuly’s works capture the restlessness and essence of his subjects, often plant and animal forms brimming with elaborate ribbing and streaks of color.
American University History Professor Lisa Leff is the recipient of the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.
Nate Silver’s improbably entertaining book on statistics and forecasting, “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail -- but Some Don’t,” is Northwestern University’s One Book One Northwestern all-campus read for the 2016-17 academic year
The founder of the award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Francisco J. Núñez, will be among three awarded honorary degrees at Ithaca College's Commencement ceremony. Also recognized will be New York Times correspondent Adam B. Ellick and Fisher House Foundation chair and chief executive officer Kenneth Fisher.
A music scholar from the University of Southampton has breathed new life into seven pieces of music written by the 19th Century composer Giuseppe Verdi when he was in his late teens or early 20s.
The University of Adelaide is proud to announce it has established a new institute of contemporary music and media named after internationally acclaimed Australian singer/songwriter Sia Furler.
The Music Flagship Program at the University of North Florida announces it has now been officially designated a School of Music in the College of Arts and Sciences, expanding its training and equipping of a wide range of music students—jazz studies, performance, music education and conducting as well as music technology and production—in a culture of excellence in order to be relevant 21st century music professionals.
The Wellesley College Concert Series hosts global superstar Wu Man on campus in April to perform with the Shanghai Quartet, one of the foremost chamber music ensembles in the world. The concert features the ancient Chinese pipa instrument and blends East and West.
Lester Loschky, associate professor of psychological sciences, recently published a study in PLOS ONE, which suggests viewers may have limited cognitive control of their eye movements while trying to understand films.
The world premiere of 'When Mickey Came to Town,' a new documentary film, will take place in Washington, D.C., this Saturday.
Varnishes protect works of art and wooden instruments from environmental damage. However, until recently, little research had been carried out into the effects of varnish on the sound of violins. Empa researchers have now investigated this relationship and have published their initial findings.
The 200th anniversary of Emma, one of Jane Austen’s most popular novels, is being marked with a special exhibition at Chawton House Library in Hampshire, England – supported by the University of Southampton.
Pop culture scholar who wrote the book on television series endings weighs in on some of the best and worst, as several series prepare to sign off.
According to the study, the best way to keep consumers happy and interested with initial sequel movies or products is to balance familiarity, innovation and nostalgia and make small “iterated offerings,” instead of sweeping changes. The deeper into a franchise or product line, the more changes are accepted and expected. “Once you have introduced a new product [Star Wars], you want to create a series of minor innovations first, before you make the next big push. Increment, before you innovate, is our biggest finding,” Chatterjee said.
As Jeanette Kohl, chair of the art history department at the University of California, Riverside gazed at the marble bust of a little boy at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles something just didn’t fit for her. Turns out, Kohl’s instincts were correct, and the 15th century bust titled “Saint Cyricus” does not depict the child martyr, but rather a different child, Simon of Trent, who disappeared on Easter of 1475 and was soon found dead. Given Kohl’s thorough research, the Getty plans to change the label and identification of the important sculpture.
When people playing violent video games focus on killing and maiming, they don’t often remember the corporate brands they see along the way.
A new study confirms the age-old conception that meditation is associated with wisdom. Surprisingly, it also concludes that somatic (physical) practices such as classical ballet might lead to increased wisdom.
For decades, an old Webster-Chicago Electronic Memory recorder led a surprisingly anonymous existence in a corner of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library archives.
UCLA’s Bunche Center finds that earnings and social media traffic are higher for content with more women and minority actors.
A boycott of Sunday night’s Academy Awards to protest the lack of racial diversity among the nominees is unlikely to create the change many hoped for, says a Florida Atlantic University professor who has studied boycotts for almost 20 years.
When middle school youth listen to rap music for three or more hours each day, they are more likely to believe that their peers are having sex and subsequently more likely to initiate sex by ninth grade, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Memorial events, academic conferences and public readings are slated in places James knew well, including London and Paris, where he spent many years in his youth and later life, and Venice, which he visited many times.