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BERKELEY — Four University of California, Berkeley, professors are among the latest leaders in the arts, humanities and sciences named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences today (Monday, April 20).

WHAT: The UCLA Department of Theater presents "The Devils," a 1960 dramatization by John Whiting of Aldous Huxley's nonfiction "The Devils of Loudun," about a priest accused of Satanism and burned at the stake in 17th-century France.

WHAT: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, in collaboration with the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, presents Henry Purcell's late 17th-century English Baroque opera "Dido and Æneas," directed by M.F.A.

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, the UCLA Library, legendary norteño band Los Tigres Del Norte and the Arhoolie Foundation will host the public launch of the Frontera Collection of Mexican

Listening to pleasant music could help restore vision in stroke patients, suggests study Stroke patients had improved visual awareness when they listened to their favourite music - %0A " Imperial College London News Release Under strict embargo until 17.

The UCLA Department of Music offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the year.

The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the year.

(Note to Editors: Digital images are available through media officers. The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the year.

*****CANCELED: Krzysztof Wodiczko's April 21 lecture has been canceled. Machiko Kusahara will be delivering a lecture at the same time and location.

(Note to Editors: Images are available on request. The UCLA Department of Art offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this spring, including exhibitions and public lectures.

"Cup of Java," a celebration of Javanese theater featuring seven of Java's most distinguished performance artists, will have its U.S. premiere at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April

Frank Shoemaker, a leader in the development of high-energy particle accelerators during a highly revelatory era for physics and a founding member of the experimental particle physics group at Princeton, has died at age 86.

Women in Chhattisgarh state in central India wrap their arms around one another in a harvest dance. In a country as vast and paradoxical as India, it is impossible to generalize about the role of women in society.

WHAT: The UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literature and the city of West Hollywood present "New Russian Cinema," a free, daylong film festival on the UCLA campus.

A student-led week of drama, dance and music will bring colour to Imperial College London next week ArtsFest 2009 invites staff and students to experience the diverse range of activities on offer at

Assistant professor of English Matthew Fisher is the architect of the Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts.

For centuries, brightly painted wooden masks have transformed Sri Lankan dancers into specific characters that appear in curing rituals or popular entertainment.

Imperial staff and students blown away by Wind Power concert Band of the Coldstream Guards and Imperial College Winds perform in concert - %0A " Friday 23 January 2009 By John-Paul Jones Imperial sta

Opera UCLA presents a roisterous new production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall, at 8 p.m. on Feb.

The UCLA Department of Music is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter.