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Áine Mangaoang is from County Wexford, Ireland, and is doctorate researcher on the use of popular music and Internet technologies, looking specifically at a Filipino viral video that fuses pop music with prison rehabilitation .

"The idea that the Middle East's democrats will be grateful to the West is misguided; old suspicions remain.

The Prime Minister was confirmed among the participants in the Moby-Dick Big Read just days before the ambitious project was launched at the Plymouth International Book Festival in September.

Researchers spray-paint ultrathin coatings that change color with only a few atoms' difference in thickness : Caroline Perry , (617) 496-1351 Romain Blanchard, Mikhail Kats, and Patrice Genevet, members of Federico Capasso's research group at Harvard SEAS.

A contemporary music composer is set to transform the country’s most technologically advanced wave tank into a giant swimming pool-sized instrument at a unique performance this month.

The University of Sheffield has joined forces with Sensoria Festival to launch a new innovative map of Sheffield's musical heritage - www.uncommonpeople.co.uk - and they are issuing a call for contributions.

: Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama Receives NEH Grant To Support Translation Work on Lessing's "Hamburg Dramaturgy"-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University Wendy Arons, Collaborators Celeb

Stanford honors the enduring memory of its founders, with a cappella fight songs, classical music, dancing and displays of Stanford family artifacts The Founders' Celebration on Sunday commemorated the day Stanford opened its doors - Oct.

What makes a good society and why do the arts, humanities and social sciences matter? Writer, broadcaster and sociologist Professor Laurie Taylor will be addressing these questions when he officially launches the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) at The University of Nottingham next week.

Bali expert and University of Sydney researcher Adrian Vickers will today (Friday 6 October) launch his new book at the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali.

The first Mellon Diversity Fellows initiating a new pre- and postdoctoral fellowship program in the College of Arts and Sciences have arrived on campus.

Professor Terry Berlier brings her art practice to campus with a solo show at the T. W. Stanford Art Gallery and a presentation at a Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous event.

PHILADELPHIA - Meredith Broussard , a lecturer in the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania , has been selected to be a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program Fellow.

01 Oct 2012 A series of classical performances outside the concert hall are culminating tomorrow (Oct 2) with what is thought to be the first ever concert at a hip Manchester venue.

The paintings of Winifred Nicholson are the subject of the latest Artist in Focus exhibition at Kettle's Yard, which begins tomorrow and runs until December 21, 2012.

Libby Sheldon (UCL History of Art) will feature in the third episode of BBC One programme Fake or Fortune? at 6.30pm on Sunday 30 September.

Aerospace engineers and structural engineers are working together to make composite aircraft structures safer.

Ads focus on U's value to Minnesota and how investing in the university 'illuminates' the state and world MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/24/2012) —The University of Minnesota is taking a uni

The University of Sheffield's ever-popular concert season returns from (20 September - 13 December 2012), kicking off with a spectacular series of Indian music and films in collaboration with the Showroom Cinema.

Thousands of people from across the globe have taken the plunge for an ambitious literary project which aims to introduce a global classic to a new generation of fans.

Nine months after closing for refurbishment, the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow has reopened with a landmark exhibition.

Seven talented young Aboriginal dancers from around the country will take part in the Wilin Spring Intensive for Indigenous contemporary dance at the Victorian College of Arts this week (17-21 September).

Mark Thompson will be a Humanitas Visiting Professor at Oxford University in the break between his current role as Director-General of the BBC and his new position as Chief Executive of the New York Times, Oxford University has announced today.

Media Note: Media will be allowed to photograph items in the Givens Collection at this event What: The Play Within a Play: Saving the Story of Your Theater's Productions When: Thursday-Friday, Septem

Opera singer and vocal studies chair Michael Dean helps pop stars tune up to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" without forgetting the words or flubbing the high notes.

An exciting series of new creative collaborations bringing birds and art under one wing will set up across the city for the upcoming Festival of the Mind this month (20 - 30 September 2012).