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Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:50 AM EST
Dawes’ deep dive into Marley lyrics spurred by lifelong love, Jamaican connections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Victorious over the many booby traps that guarded his older brother’s bedroom, a 17-year-old Kwame Dawes perched on the edge of his sibling’s neatly made bed and relaxed as the rhythms of a new Bob Marley and the Wailers album flowed from the record player.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Super Bowl LVIII: MSU experts can comment on advertising, marketing and cultural significance of halftime show
Michigan State University

Michigan State University experts are available to discuss what makes a great Super Bowl commercial, how the NFL and brands use the Super Bowl to connect with consumers and the significance of the league’s investment in Black halftime performers signifies.

Newswise: Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay – so-called ostraca – and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

 
Newswise: Super Bowl experts: The big game, Taylor Swift's impact, a new era of ads, healthy eats, and more
Released: 5-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Super Bowl experts: The big game, Taylor Swift's impact, a new era of ads, healthy eats, and more
Virginia Tech

For most people, the Super Bowl isn’t just about the game. For many, the food, commercials, and entertainment take center stage. Ahead of the big game, Virginia Tech experts can speak on a variety of topics, including Taylor Swift's impact on the NFL and gender bias, a new era of marketing, gambling, healthy snacks, and more.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
VUMC Community Art Initiative call for medical student art
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Association of American Medical Colleges and Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Art of Diagnosis Program, sponsored by the Gordan and Betty Moore Foundation, awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Community Art Initiative (CAI) $5,000 to support an exhibition of medical student art.

Newswise: Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Released: 8-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Christian Nolen usually plays guitar on stage, but the professional guitarist recently underwent an open craniotomy and played notes from Deftones songs while a neurosurgical team worked to remove a tumor (glioma) from his brain. B-roll is available.

   
Newswise: Former physician gifts Rowan University $1 million for new center for healing arts
Released: 3-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Former physician gifts Rowan University $1 million for new center for healing arts
Rowan University

Left quadriplegic following a fall in his home, Dr. James George credits therapeutic art in his journey to recovery. The former ER doctor is helping to fund a new center for therapeutic art at Rowan University in New Jersey.

Newswise: Chula Education Professor Wins Bronze Award from 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition
Released: 21-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Chula Education Professor Wins Bronze Award from 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University’s Assistant Professor Pornthep Lerttevasiri, from the Art Education Division within the Department of Art, Music, and Dance Education at the Faculty of Education, has garnered recognition at the prestigious 2023 Zhejiang Yunhe Wooden Toy Creative Design Competition.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Who wrote it? The AI ghostwriter effect
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München (Munich)

Large language models (LLMs) radically speed up text production in a variety of use cases. When they are fed with samples of our individual writing style, they are even able to produce texts that sound as though we ourselves wrote them. In other words, they act as AI ghostwriters creating texts on our behalf.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Rembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
Universiteit van Amsterdam

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

Newswise: BGSU research finds people struggle to identify AI from human art, but prefer human-made works
15-Dec-2023 11:45 AM EST
BGSU research finds people struggle to identify AI from human art, but prefer human-made works
Bowling Green State University

People generally can’t tell the difference between AI and human art, but they prefer the latter — even if they can’t explain it

Released: 15-Dec-2023 9:30 PM EST
Rembrandt broke new ground with lead-based impregnation of canvas for The Night Watch
Universiteit van Amsterdam

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.

Newswise: Come Join the “Night at the Museum @Chula” – Explore the Fascinating World of Elephants!
Released: 14-Dec-2023 8:55 AM EST
Come Join the “Night at the Museum @Chula” – Explore the Fascinating World of Elephants!
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University cordially invites all to visit the Night at the Museum 2023 @Chula, with the theme “Proboscidea: Nocturnal Life and Their Friends.”

Released: 13-Dec-2023 10:05 PM EST
Why making things matters to Australia’s future
University of South Australia

Australia’s ability to sustain its local manufacturing industry is under threat by a generational loss of crafts and hands-on making expertise, according to a UniSA research report.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 2:15 PM EST
Looking for unique stories about the winter holidays? Check out the Winter Holidays channel
Newswise

It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.

       
Released: 7-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
MSU experts: Why we’re drawn to holiday movies
Michigan State University

Michigan State University experts can explain the elements of a great holiday movie, how brands tap into the popularity and nostalgia of these films and why we keep watching them.

Newswise: Software DJ Creates Automated Pop Song Mashups #Acoustics23
30-Nov-2023 7:05 AM EST
Software DJ Creates Automated Pop Song Mashups #Acoustics23
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Xinyang Wu from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has designed a computer algorithm to intelligently create mashups using the drum tracks from one song and the vocals and instrumentals from another. The algorithm mimics the process used by professionals, identifying the most dynamic moments to adjust the tempo of the instrumental tracks and add the drum beat mashup at exactly the right moment for maximum effect. The result is a unique blend of pleasing lyrics and exciting instrumentals with wide-ranging appeal.

Newswise: Singing in the Rain: Why the Bundengan Sounds Better Wet #Acoustics23
29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Singing in the Rain: Why the Bundengan Sounds Better Wet #Acoustics23
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Gea Oswah Fatah Parikesit and their team at Universitas Gadjah Mada have investigated the physics behind why the bundengan, a portable shelter woven from bamboo that features a collection of strings and bamboo bars, sounds better when played in the rain. The bundengan is constructed by weaving bamboo splits, which are covered by overlapping bamboo culm sheaths with ropes to secure everything in place. When wet, the culm sheaths seek to return to their curled form, but tied down in their planar formation, they instead press into each other. The resulting tension allows the sheaths to vibrate together.

Newswise: Get Ready for the 2023 SMFA Art Sale
Released: 5-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Get Ready for the 2023 SMFA Art Sale
Tufts University

Just in time for the holidays, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is once again opening its doors to the public for its annual art sale. The sale, which runs Friday, December 8, through Sunday, December 10, will include more than 1,700 works created by some 550 alumni, students, faculty, and friends of the school.



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