Treatment with the drug dutasteride (Avodart) and regular monitoring delays the progression of low-risk, localized prostate cancer, according to the results of a three-year clinical trial conducted by the University of Toronto's Neil Fleshner .

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/03/2012) —The University of Minnesota School of Music will present Benjamin Britten's contemporary masterpiece War Requiem at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1 in Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 Fourth St. South, Minneapolis.

Late this fall, Bond Chapel will echo with the sounds of a remarkable musical instrument. - The Reneker Memorial Organ, a baroque-style organ built in 1983, will be moved this summer from 5757 S. University Ave., the current home of the Chicago Theological Seminary, to Bond Chapel.

MAGPI, the University of Pennsylvania's Internet2 hub, will host the Advanced Networks and the Arts & Humanities Symposium on Thursday Feb.

The University of Pennsylvania's African-American Resource Center personnel coordinated with organizations all over campus to create a symposium of social justice-oriented events lasting nearly a month.

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.

Students pay homage to cultural history in the eighth annual Pan-Asian Music Festival. - Music Associate Professor Jindong Cai , the founder and artistic director of the festival, hopes that the program will open the audience's eyes to the cultural connections between these countries.

Filling seats is always a concern at concert venues. Now, in a twist, Miller Theatre wants to fill the stage with listeners.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (01/30/2012) —The University of Minnesota School of Music presents the Parker Quartet in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

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.