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Lee C. Bollinger, University Statement February 21, 2012
As our university has made clear from the outset of this recent story, we are deeply concerned about any government activity that would chill the freedom of thought or intrude upon student privacy, both of which are so essential to our academic community.

’Second Skins,’ featuring painted barkcloth from Africa, New Guinea opens at Fowler April 1
This April, the Fowler Museum at UCLA presents striking examples of painted barkcloth from two regions on opposite sides of the earth — the Ituri rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Co

Cantor exhibition showcases Stanford’s collection of Native American paintings
Highlights from Stanford's Native American paintings collection are showcased in Memory and Markets: Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century The works at the Cantor Arts Center celebrate the emergence of Native American painters in the modern art market, beginning in Santa Fe in the 1930s.

Penn's Amy Gutmann Reappointed Chair of Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been re-appointed chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues by President Obama.

UCLA’s Nazarian Center brings iconic hip-hop act from Israel to campus

Bloodthirsty ants swarm Insect Fear Film Festival

Conference Marks Honorary Professorship for W.E.B. Du Bois
The posthumous recognition of W.E.B. Du Bois as Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will be celebrated at a Feb.

Not for profit: Why democracy needs the humanities
Author and philosopher Martha Nussbaum says a declining emphasis on the study of the humanities could lead to a world of "useful profit makers with no imaginations." From the United States to India and the United Kingdom, humanities and arts programs are being cut at all levels of education.

Dancers perform Anna Sokolow’s Rooms
Artistry, artifacts and scholarship come together in a dance history project presented by Stanford Dance, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and Stanford Hillel.

Stanford’s Revs Program sponsors film series celebrating cars and car culture
A film series explores the dynamic relationship between the cinema and the profound social impact of the automobile during the 20th century.

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.

New generation explores cultural changes through Asian music at Stanford festival

Bond Chapel to become new home for Reneker Organ
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.

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.

University of Minnesota School of Music presents Grammy-winning Parker Quartet Feb. 8

Penn Concludes Annual MLK Symposium
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.

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.

The Thinker, one of the world’s most famous works of art, comes home to Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center
Auguste Rodin's The Thinker returns to the Stanford campus after a two-year loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Composer Steve Reich Storms Campus with ‘Music for 18 Musicians/
In a rare San Diego appearance, renowned composer Steve Reich was honored at a sold-out Jan. 18 concert at UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.

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.

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.

Stanford University names Wiley Hausam managing director of Bing Concert Hall
Opening January 2013, the Bing Concert Hall will showcase world-class visiting performers and Stanford's community of faculty and student musicians.

Eight Professors Named 2012 Penn Fellows
PHILADELPHIA - Eight University of Pennsylvania professors have been named Penn Fellows for 2012.

UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures/Dance announces events for winter 2012

UCLA Department of Music announces winter 2012 events

University of Minnesota School of Music announces spring 2012 events

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

Center for Computer Music: 60 Years of Revolutionary Sound
Sixty years ago, music professor Vladimir Ussachevsky received a large package at his office with revolutionary new technology: a reel-to-reel Ampex tape recorder.

UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts announces events for winter 2012
Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter, including exhibitions, seminars, symposia and lectures.

UCLA Ethnomusicology announces events for winter 2012

UCLA Department of Art announces events for winter 2012

Fowler exhibition highlights artist Alighiero Boetti’s embroideries by Afghan women
From 1971 to 1994, Italian artist Alighiero Boetti (1940–94) embarked on a series of projects with Afghan embroiderers, creating monumental pieces that would become some of his most iconic works.

Stanford’s Board of Trustees approves sites for two new arts buildings
The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, which will open in 2014, and the McMurtry Building, which will open in 2015, will join the Bing Concert Hall, which will open in 2013, and the Cantor Arts Center as cornerstones of the new arts district.

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

Fowler Museum launches world music educational series for families

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.

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.

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.

At Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center, dancers bring Rodin to life
Muriel Maffre, former principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, leads a series of performance workshops at the Cantor Arts Center that bring the work of sculptor Auguste Rodin to life.

Senate tweaks dissertation committee composition; hears report on Residential Education

Thirty Japanese cloths from recent gift to be displayed at Fowler Museum

U of Minn. Professor Tetsuya Yamada wins $50,000 ceramics prize

U-M’s close ties to historic MLK Jr. Memorial
Oct. 17, 2011 U-M's close ties to historic MLK Jr. Memorial ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan's website, Montage, features the latest news and features about the arts, creative endeavors, collaborative projects and upcoming events.

Library digitization projects span multiple millennia
Cornell University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences have awarded six new grants to create new digital content of enduring value.

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.

University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler names alumna Karen Hanson as the new provost
Board of Regents to vote on the appointment at October meeting MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (10/10/2011) —University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler today announced that Karen Hanson will

Stanford exhibition spotlights Rodin’s influence on America
Rodin was the most famous artist in the world in the last decades of his life – especially in America.

UCLA Department of Music announces fall 2011 events, including Kenny Burrell at Royce Hall

UCLA Ethnomusicology announces events for fall 2011, including Kenny Burrell at Royce Hall

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.

UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance announces events for fall 2011

UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts announces events for fall 2011
Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including exhibitions, seminars, symposia and lectures.

U-M’s Sophomore Initiative offers food for thought
Sept. 28, 2011 U-M's Sophomore Initiative offers food for thought ANN ARBOR, Mich.—In a University of Michigan classroom 70 sophomores studied the effects of donuts on their health and the environment.

U of M Bike Center to open Sept. 29

’Fallen Star’ to Land on Campus This Fall
California is not known for tornados. But this fall, it might look like one tore through the University of California, San Diego and - mysteriously leaving everything else intact - deposited an entire small building on top of another, seven stories up.

UC San Diego Alum Scores "Straw Dogs" Remake
UC San Diego Alum Scores "Straw Dogs" Remake September 16, 2011 By Dirk Sutro Blood and corruption may not be for every moviegoer, but dark themes provide creative juice for film composer and UC San Diego alumnus Larry Groupé.

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.

Stanford joins National Requiem of Remembrance commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11
The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Stanford Memorial Church.