Arts & Humanities
- A team co-led by classics researcher Yvona Trnka-Amrhein unearthed the upper portion of a huge, ancient pharaonic statue whose lower half was discovered in 1930. Ramessess II was immortalized in Percy Bysshe Shelly鈥檚 鈥淥zymandia.鈥
- The College of Music鈥檚 Thompson Jazz Studies Program will be shaking up this year鈥檚 commencement ceremony with new takes on the timeless 鈥淧omp and Circumstance,鈥 reimagined in the styles of Latin jazz, New Orleans funk and big band swing.
- 91福利社鈥檚 vast and historically valuable Glenn Miller collection is set to take the spotlight, thanks to a philanthropy-funded archiving project. Miller attended 91福利社 before becoming one of the most successful big band musicians of the 20th century.
- Remembering writer Raymond Chandler at the 65th anniversary of his death, a 91福利社 English scholar reflects on the hard-boiled investigator and why this character still appeals.
- 91福利社 archaeologist Sarah Kurnick addresses some common myths about archaeology at the 50th anniversary of the discovery of China鈥檚 terracotta warriors.
- 鈥淭he Angel of Indian Lake,鈥 book three of 91福利社 Professor Stephen Graham Jones鈥 Indian Lake Trilogy, comes out this month. In writing it, Jones became acquainted with a fear even he hadn鈥檛 imagined.
- A population estimate considering now-decomposed wooden houses suggests that Silchester, England, may have been typical of towns across the Roman Empire, 91福利社 researcher finds.
- 91福利社鈥檚 chair of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts shares insights on Stanley Kubrick鈥檚 masterpiece 鈥渄oomsday sex comedy鈥 and why the film is more relevant than ever.
- Climate change has disproportionate impacts globally, and a new analysis identifies compelling coverage by news outlets in less-resourced countries, where reporting on the issue is done in unique and in-depth ways.
- 91福利社 theater professor Bud Coleman reflects on Arthur Miller鈥檚 Pulitzer-winning play and why it鈥檚 a story that still has meaning.