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Arts and Design


Arts and Design - Official Event
03.02.2012
Innovative composer appeals for iPad and iPhone owners to join him in music collaboration
Owners of Apple iPads and iPhones are invited to be part of an open ‘iOrchestra’ next week and perform a large-scale composition by a University composer.
Arts and Design
03.02.2012
Aphasia: A Stanford music professor's work about obsessive attention to ridiculous things
Aphasia: A Stanford music professor’s work about obsessive attention to ridiculous things
Aphasia: A Stanford music professor's work, with hand gestures and odd sounds, about obsessive attention to ridiculous things Mangled vocal samples, random icons and precise hand gestures come together in a mesmerizing performance by Stanford music scholar Mark Applebaum.
Arts and Design - History/Philosophy
01.02.2012
Q&A with Scott Centenary Tour composer
Q&A with Scott Centenary Tour composer
The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia McDowall.
Arts and Design
31.01.2012
Penn Director of Rare Book and Manuscript Library to Speak at Advanced Networks and the Arts & Humanities Symposium
MAGPI, the University of Pennsylvania's Internet2 hub, will host the Advanced Networks and the Arts & Humanities Symposium on Thursday Feb.
Life Sciences - Arts and Design
29.01.2012
Yale lectures focus on music and human evolution
The 2012 Shulman Lectures in Science and the Humanities will explore the human capacity for music-making and music perception in light of new developments in evolutionary science and theory.
Arts and Design
21.01.2012
Rock ‘n Roll Royalty comes to Kettle’s Yard
Rock ‘n Roll Royalty comes to Kettle’s Yard
Kettle's Yard has unveiled its 2012 New Music Series featuring 12 cutting edge concerts performed by world class musicians.
History/Philosophy - Arts and Design
19.01.2012
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to open Jan. 22
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library, the latest addition to the city's burgeoning downtown arts and culture district, is opening to the public on Sunday, Jan.
Arts and Design - Physics/Astronomy
19.01.2012
Violin and subatomic particle duet set to be performed at leading UK particle physics lab
One of the world’s leading physics laboratories is set to stage a unique musical duet between a violinist and radioactive subatomic particles later this month.
Arts and Design - Literature/Linguistics
18.01.2012
Exhibition tells 'a detective story about obsession&apos
Exhibition tells 'a detective story about obsession&apos
An exhibition curated at the Bodleian Library by an English academic and a Music professor uncovers the story behind the largest donation ever made to the library.
Arts and Design
18.01.2012
Lost Shostakovich sonata has UK premiere
Lost Shostakovich sonata has UK premiere
A little known Shostakovich violin sonata fragment is to be heard for the first time in the UK at a special University of Manchester performance today (19 January).
Arts and Design - Business/Economics
12.01.2012
Sound effects: Book examines impact of sound on culture
Sound effects: Book examines impact of sound on culture
In "The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies" (Oxford University Press), co-editor Trevor Pinch, professor of sociology and of science and technology studies, takes a look at how sound is experienced in machine shops, design studios, private homes and dance clubs.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Arts and Design
11.01.2012
Eight Professors Named 2012 Penn Fellows
PHILADELPHIA - Eight University of Pennsylvania professors have been named Penn Fellows for 2012.
Arts and Design - Administration/Government
03.01.2012
Schulich School of Music scholars among winners of Digging into Data Challenge
Will use computers to study changes in Western musical style from 1300 to 1900 An international team of scholars led by Julie Cumming, Associate Dean of McGill's Schulich School of Music, is amo
Arts and Design - Official Event
20.12.2011
Prince Charles and Durham expert in Christmas Day documentary on composer of ‘Jerusalem'
Prince Charles and Durham expert in Christmas Day documentary on composer of ‘Jerusalem’
Prince Charles and Durham expert in Christmas Day documentary on composer of ‘Jerusalem' A Durham music expert will star alongside Prince Charles in a Christmas Day programme about the composer of some of Britain's best known anthems.
Arts and Design
16.12.2011
Oil paintings from University of Birmingham go online for the first time
Public Invited to Tag Paintings to Help Build a National Online Catalogue The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF), in partnership with the BBC, today announced that all oil paintings in public owner
Business/Economics - Arts and Design
14.12.2011
Research Strategy published
Research Strategy published
The 2011 UCL Research Strategy calls for a transformation of the understanding of the role of our comprehensive research-intensive university in the 21st century.
Arts and Design
08.12.2011
Australia’s future opera stars to study in Melbourne
20 Dec 2011 Eight of the country's best and brightest opera singers have been selected for a new National Graduate Opera Program that will run next year as part of a collaboration between the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne and Victorian Opera.
Arts and Design - Earth Sciences
06.12.2011
Two Artists Are Better Than One?
All the artworks pictured below are featured in the Oceanside Museum of Art exhibition "Vantage Point: UCSD Visual Dialogues." A seemingly unstable sculpture is the first thing that meets the eye
Medicine/Pharmacology - Arts and Design
29.11.2011
For those with dementia, personhood persists
The scene: a long-term care home that serves elderly residents with dementia. It's lunchtime. A resident is wheeled to the table in a wheelchair.
Arts and Design
24.11.2011
Music – or language in action?
Music – or language in action?
Music is more than just sound. Sharing many features with language, it has all the hallmarks of a communicative system, as Cambridge researchers are showing.
Arts and Design
23.11.2011
University helps British Art Show 7 'moove' on
Plymouth University’s digital expertise has been drawn upon for a ‘mooving’ farewell as the UK’s biggest contemporary arts event draws to a close in the city.
Arts and Design
18.11.2011
Meet Patrick Amsellem - new head of the Museum of Public Art in Lund…
Meet Patrick Amsellem who is leaving his job as curator at the Brooklyn Museum of Art to become the new head of the Museum of Public Art in Lund from 1 January 2012.
Arts and Design
17.11.2011
Central Station commuters to get the Blade Runner treatment
Central Station commuters to get the Blade Runner treatment
The futuristic world shown in sci-fi movies Blade Runner and Minority Report is one step closer to reality for Sydneysiders thanks to a four-year collaborative research project to be undertaken at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology, Sydney.
Arts and Design - History/Philosophy
16.11.2011
From Band Aid to X-Factor: a history of the charity single
From Band Aid to X-Factor: a history of the charity single The charity single season gets under way in earnest this week with the release of the BBC charity Children In Need's song Teardrop, followed by TV talent show The X-Factor's Christmas single, Wishing On A Star.
History/Philosophy - Arts and Design
16.11.2011
Digitizing a best-kept secret: Cornell's coin collection
Digitizing a best-kept secret: Cornell’s coin collection
Cornell's coin collection is one of the best-kept secrets on campus, but if archaeologist Annetta Alexandridis has her way, the world will soon have access to every one of its 1,500 coins.
Social Sciences - Arts and Design
16.11.2011
Communication Power in the Network Society
Communication Power in the Network Society
The world-renowned sociologist, Professor Manuel Castells, is to be the second Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media at the University of Cambridge, from 16 to 21 November 2011.
Arts and Design - Literature/Linguistics
14.11.2011
Arts and Design - Pedagogy/Education Science
12.11.2011
For lust of knowing what should not be known
For lust of knowing what should not be known
Clare Holtham (1948-2010) had a huge enthusiasm for learning. After a troubled childhood, which led to a spell of homelessness, she became an intrepid traveller and independent-minded student at Newnham College, Cambridge.
Arts and Design - History/Philosophy
08.11.2011
Nov. 16 Penn Lightbulb Café to Focus on Restoring Religious Monuments in War-torn Pakistan
WHO: Michael Meister, professor of South Asia Studies in the Department of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania WHAT: Penn Lightbulb Café lecture on "Conducting Research in Pakistan: Restoring Religious Monuments in Swat" WHEN: Wednesday, Nov.
Arts and Design - Official Event
03.11.2011
Arts and Design
31.10.2011
Composer’s tribute to Iwaki premieres in Melbourne
31 Oct 2011 Renowned Melbourne composer and Professor at the University of Melbourne Barry Conyngham's symphonic tribute to the former Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Hi
Arts and Design
26.10.2011
North East could solve riddle of lost Blake collection
North East could solve riddle of lost Blake collection
26 Oct 2011 A collection of lost colour prints and illuminated books by the iconic artist and poet William Blake - potentially worth millions of pounds - is waiting to be discovered somewhere in the north east of England , according to a University of Manchester art historian.
Arts and Design
20.10.2011
Heavy metal music has negative impacts on youth
20 Oct 2011 Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music. University of Melbourne researcher Katrina McFerran has found. Young people at risk of depression are more likely to listen habitually and repetitively to heavy metal music.
Arts and Design
19.10.2011
The eyes have it: computer-inspired creativity
Constraints on creativity imposed by computer-aided design (CAD) tools are being overcome, thanks to a novel system that incorporates eye-tracking technology.
Arts and Design - Business/Economics
18.10.2011
Plymouth documentary captures treasure trove under the sea
A documentary delving into a local man’s underwater world is set to be showcased at Plymouth University, to coincide with the prestigious British Art Show 7.
Arts and Design - Life Sciences
10.10.2011
Dancer arrives at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Dancer arrives at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
In collaboration with the biological preserve, the choreographer plans a set of historical tableaux for this winter.
Arts and Design - Literature/Linguistics
07.10.2011
Environmental Sciences - Arts and Design
06.10.2011
Bottled water sales banned at Southbank campus from today
6 Oct 2011 The University of Melbourne's Southbank campus will stop selling bottled water from today making it the first Victorian university campus to reduce its environmental footprint in this way.
Arts and Design - Environmental Sciences
28.09.2011
U of M Cedar Creek field station hosts 'Ordinary Vikings' outdoor art installation exploring Scandinavian cultural roots
The University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, located in East Bethel, is hosting an outdoor art installation, “Ordinary Vikings,” Oct.
Arts and Design
28.09.2011
Lost part of Beethoven masterpiece lives again
Lost part of Beethoven masterpiece lives again
A piece of music composed by Beethoven in 1799 and lost for over 200 years has been painstakingly reconstructed by a Professor of Music at The University of Manchester.
Arts and Design - Literature/Linguistics
28.09.2011
Arts and Design - History/Philosophy
15.09.2011
Arts and Design - Literature/Linguistics
14.09.2011
UCLA's Clark Library announces 2011-12 chamber music season
UCLA’s Clark Library announces 2011-12 chamber music season
The winners of the 2011 Grammy Award for chamber music number among the top performers scheduled to appear over the coming year at UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.