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Chaz Barracks Fuses Art, Scholarship and Community in Summer Residency
With a GoPro strapped to his helmet and a microphone clipped to his bike, Chaz Antoine Barracks spent the summer pedaling through Homer, New York, transforming everyday encounters into both scholarship and art. The filmmaker, media scholar and postdoctoral fellow…
How Artists Are Embracing Artificial Intelligence to Create Works of Art
Artists have always embraced new technologies to push the boundaries of their creations—balancing imagination and authenticity with innovation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no different, says Rebecca Xu, professor of computer art and animation in the Department of Film and Media…
Art Museum Faculty Fellows Leverage Collections to Enhance Teaching
Four faculty members have been named ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Art Museum Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. The fellows program, now in its fourth year, supports innovative curriculum development and the fuller integration of the museum’s collection in University instruction….
Lights, Camera, Imagination! Faculty Help Turn Teens’ Ideas Into Films (Video)
Using simple objects such as stones, eggs, paper plates, colored markers and a globe, and employing techniques of light, shadow and motion, a dozen ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ area high schoolers are making original short films this summer using their smartphones. “Teens With…
LaunchPad Awards Student Start-Up Fund Grant
The Blackstone LaunchPad at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries has awarded a Student Start-Up Fund grant for the Spring 2025 semester to Thomas O’Brien ’25 for his company, Ten Open Projects. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis to undergraduate and graduate…
Vintage Over Digital: Alumnus Dan Cohen’s Voyager CD Bag Merges Music and Fashion
Bucking the trend of streaming music platforms and contrary to what one might expect of a member of his generation, musician Dan Cohen ’25 prefers listening to his favorite artists on compact disc (CD) and record players. His research and…
VPA Announces New Drama Department Chair
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Eleanor Holdridge as the new chair of the Department of Drama effective July 1. Holdridge comes to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from the Catholic University of America, where she served as professor…
Swinging Into Summer: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ International Jazz Fest Returns With Star Power, Student Talent and a Soulful Campus Finale
Get ready for the sweet summer sounds of jazz in the city and on campus. The University is again a sponsor of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ International Jazz Fest, a five-day celebration of world-class jazz music and community spirit, taking place June…
Katsitsatekanoniahkwa Destiny Lazore ’26 Receives Prestigious Udall Scholarship
Katsitsatekanoniahkwa Destiny Lazore, a rising senior communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and political science major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences (with a…
Blackstone LaunchPad Founders Circle Welcomes New Members
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad welcomed 34 graduates of the Class of 2025 as new members of the Founders Circle. They were selected in recognition of launching or leading ventures at the University while students, as well as contributing to…