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Released: 11-Oct-2019 10:20 AM EDT
Rutgers Native American Experts Weigh in on Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day Debate
Rutgers University

Camilla Townsend, a history professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick whose research focuses on the relationship between indigenous people and Europeans throughout the Americas, says there is room for both holidays.

Released: 10-Oct-2019 4:35 PM EDT
Researchers Publish Article Posing Powerful Moral Conflict Between Physician Aid-in-Dying and Suicide Prevention
University of Utah

Researchers at the University of Utah have published an article in the October edition of the American Journal of Bioethics posing the powerful moral conflict between physician aid-in-dying and suicide prevention. In the article, Brent Kious, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Margaret Battin, distinguished professor of philosophy, ask the question, if the practice of PAD for terminal illness is permissible, then should it be justifiable for those who suffer from psychiatric illness, since the suffering can be equally severe?

Released: 9-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Walls of Art Tell the Story of UCLA School of Nursing
UCLA School of Nursing

Paintings bring the UCLA School of Nursing's story to life in a way that engages and creates pride.

   
Released: 9-Oct-2019 8:00 AM EDT
What is the Meaning of Music? It’s a Matter of Semantics—Oct. 15 Lecture
New York University

NYU Linguistics Professor Philippe Schlenker will discuss the distinctions between music and language semantics in “Musical Meaning within Super Semantics,” a public lecture, on Tues., Oct. 15.

Released: 8-Oct-2019 9:40 AM EDT
Rutgers Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary November 3–17
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival celebrates twenty years of exploring Jewish history, culture, and identity through film. Running from November 3-17, the festival will feature nineteen films, including four New Jersey premieres and a closing night preview screening, and discussions with filmmakers, scholars, and other noteworthy guests.

Released: 7-Oct-2019 1:05 PM EDT
The Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory
New York University

Eliot Borenstein, author of "Plots Against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy After Socialism" (Cornell University Press, 2019), has traced how conspiracy theories, and their attendant sentiment and paranoia, are ingrained in Russian political and cultural life today.

Released: 4-Oct-2019 4:05 PM EDT
Royal Patron Joins Global Heritage Organization to Support Women Leadership in Heritage
Global Heritage Fund

On Thursday, September 19th, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester joined Global Heritage Fund (GHF) to celebrate Women Leaders in World Heritage at the historic St James’s Palace in London.

Released: 4-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Fulbright Scholar to Teach Flute in Egypt
South Dakota State University

A 11-day fellowship in Israel led flutist Tammy Yonce to apply for a Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Cairo, Egypt this spring. She begins teaching at the Academy of Arts Feb. 1.

Released: 2-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Homerathon: All 15,693 Lines of Poetry from 'Iliad' to be Read Aloud Oct. 4
Gonzaga University

Gonzaga University’s most “epic” tradition unfolds on Friday, Oct. 4, in an all-day public reading aloud of the oldest of the Greek epics, Homer’s “Iliad.” That’s 15,693 lines of poetry to be read until finish expected around midnight.

Released: 26-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Music is essential for the transmission of ethnobiological knowledge
University of Helsinki

Music has been a long-standing focus of scientific inquiry. For instance, since the 1850s, the evolutionary function of music has been a subject of keen debate.

Released: 19-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

People who are accustomed to listening to Western music, which is based on a system of notes organized in octaves

   
Released: 19-Sep-2019 8:55 AM EDT
USC Annenberg Innovation Lab launches Civic Media Fellowship
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab) has launched a fellowship program to empower social entrepreneurs, artists, organizers, scholars, and others to increase awareness, understanding, and engagement around pressing areas of public interest — with particular attention to underrepresented communities. Funded by a three-year, $3.5 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, fellows enjoy a unique opportunity to reflect on their journeys while collaborating on creative and meaningful projects.

Released: 16-Sep-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Could Johnny Tremain be gay?
Furman University

This feature story describes education professor Scott Henderson's published research on Johnny Tremain.

Released: 13-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Fredric Jameson donates personal, professional papers to UCI Libraries
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine Libraries are honored to announce that Fredric Jameson – the influential scholar and director of the Institute for Critical Theory at Duke University – has agreed to donate his personal papers and professional records to UCI Libraries’ Critical Theory Archive.

Released: 12-Sep-2019 8:05 AM EDT
$2.25 million gift to UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture to help secure Rockefeller legacy in Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust has gifted $2.25 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture to preserve and educate the public about the history of Arkansas, including the notable contributions of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. 

Released: 9-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Crossroads Premieres ‘Paul Robeson’ at NBPAC’s Grand Opening, ‘Lion King’ Actor to Star
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Paul Robeson – a play examining the life of the famous scholar, athlete, entertainer and activist who graduated from Rutgers 100 years ago – is the first production of the upcoming season of the Crossroads Theatre Company as well as Crossroads’ first play in the new New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC).

Released: 5-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Marks Grand Opening of New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts today will mark the public opening of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, a $172 million redevelopment project that promises to transform

Released: 4-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Saint Louis University, Opus Prize Foundation Announce Finalists for $1 Million Opus Prize
Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University and the Opus Prize Foundation announced the three finalists for the 16th annual $1 million Opus Prize, awarded annually to a leader in faith-based humanitarian work.

Released: 4-Sep-2019 8:00 AM EDT
“What We Can Learn About Allyship Today from ‘Suffragents’ Who Helped Women Get the Vote”—Sept. 23 Lecture by NYU’s Brooke Kroeger
New York University

Author Brooke Kroeger will discuss the impact of powerful men in the women's suffrage movement with “What We Can Learn About Allyship Today from ‘Suffragents’ Who Helped Women Get the Vote,” on Mon., Sept. 23.



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