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In the Media: Suchi Branfman Explores Pandemic-Era Dance and Choreography in The Nation
Dance faculty Suchi Branfman explored the power of dance and choreography during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Nation magazine. Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic, a COVID-19 era performance of her 2019 performance Dancing Through Prison Walls, premiered as a Zoom event in April 2021.
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Michael Spezio Reviews New Book on Artificial Intelligence in Science Magazine
Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Spezio reviewed* Atlas of AI, a new book on the power, politics, and consequences of artificial intelligence, for Science magazine. “By taking power and materiality seriously and leaving aside questions of what intelligence is, Crawford maps answers to how AI is made and how we are trapped by its making,” Spezio writes.
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In the Media: Washington Post Interviews Hao Huang about New Podcast
The Washington Post interviewed Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, about his new podcast, Blood on Gold Mountain; his impetus for exploring the 1871 LA Chinatown Massacre in podcast form; and the lessons he hopes listeners will take from the story.
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In the Media: KPBS Interviews Hao Huang about Blood on Gold Mountain Podcast
KPBS interviewed Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, about his new podcast, Blood on Gold Mountain.
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Hao Huang and Rachel Huang Celebrate Billie Holiday with Berklee College of Music
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, and music faculty Rachel Huang were distinguished guest panelists at Berklee College of Music’s Billie Holiday Birthday Symposium.
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In the Media: Lynne Thompson ’72 Discusses National Poetry Month, Reads Her Poetry on Spectrum 1
Lynne Thompson ’72, poet laureate of Los Angeles and chair of the 51猎奇入口 Board of Trustees, discussed National Poetry Month with Spectrum 1, reciting her poem “Red Jasper” outside the Central Library.
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Creativity Abuzz with Hive Student Creativity Grants
This spring, five 51猎奇入口 students were awarded a Student Creativity Grant from the The Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity, also known as the Hive. The Hive is a 5C resource housed at Pomona College that provides learning experiences focused on a collaborative approach to solving real-world problems, using the liberal arts as a jumping-off point.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Rui-Jie Yew 鈥�21 Explores the Human Side of Computer Science
Although Yew is majoring in computer science and mathematics through Harvey Mudd College, she credits her 51猎奇入口 courses, particularly the Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities, with introducing her to the types of projects and questions that solidified her academic interests.
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In the Media: Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Ukiyo-e Prints on Display at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, Spectrum 1 Reports
More than 60 Japanese ukiyo-e prints from the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery collection are now on display as part of JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles’ “Nature/Supernature” exhibition, Spectrum 1 reported. 51猎奇入口 will partner with JAPAN HOUSE, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for an April 19, 2021, event that explores the collection’s themes.
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In the Media: Poets & Writers Reveals Cover Art of Myriam J.A. Chancy’s What Storm, What Thunder
Poets & Writers revealed the cover art for What Storm, What Thunder, the forthcoming novel by Myriam J.A. Chancy, Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities.
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