GLOBAL JAZZ: Pianist Vijay Iyer's cutting-edge music draws on the Indian rhythms of his heritage with post-bop, hip-hop Detroit Free Press
Vijay Iyer is not your garden variety jazz pianist and composer. For one thing, he's got an interdisciplinary PhD in cognitive science and music. For another, he collaborates with hip-hop and conceptual artists on multi-media works like "Still Life With Commentator," an existential critique of the 24/7 news media that was given its world premiere last week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Online Journal Combines Teaching Math And Studying How Students Learn Science Daily
When instructors at Bronx-area community colleges applied for a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study how students think about fundamental concepts of calculus, they hoped to gain a better understanding of how college students learn mathematics. During the 4-year project, the teacher-researchers integrated ongoing research theories with classroom teaching. As a result, their project
Isabel Coixet indieWIRE
12/11/06 - REVIEW | Out of the Past: Isabel Coixet's "The Secret Life of Words" by Michael Koresky (December 11, 2006) [An indieWIRE Review from Reverse Shot.]
Rodney Needham Independent
Rodney Phillip Needham Green, social anthropologist: born 15 May 1923; surname changed by deed poll to Needham 1947; University Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Oxford University 1956-76, Professor of Social Anthropology 1976-90; Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 1976-90; married 1947 Ruth Brysz (died 1989; two sons); died Oxford 4 December 2006.
42-metre giant will probe the universe EurekAlert!
The future of European astronomy is poised to enter a new era of discovery with the decision announced today by ESO’s governing body to proceed with detailed studies for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
42-meter giant will probe the universe PhysOrg
The future of European astronomy is poised to enter a new era of discovery with the decision announced today by ESO`s governing body to proceed with detailed studies for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). This three year study, with a budget of 57 million euro, will prepare the way for construction of the world`s largest optical/infrared telescope that will revolutionise ground-based
A public artist uses his wits Boston Globe
A giant seesaw dominates the main gallery at Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Its glossy red construction catches your eye, and then you notice its improbable setup: At one end, a single seat rests on the floor, holding up a network of nine seats at the other end. It's funny to see, defying the laws of physics, like
District will be feature story in Time magazine 12/10/06 News-Herald
WYANDOTTE — When Time magazine went in search of school districts raising the bar on educational standards, its probe led right here.
Cerca Series Opens at MCA San Diego Art Daily
Glenn Kaino, untitled (Reverse Inverse Ninja Law), 2006, thousands of handcrafted Zapatista dolls, resin stringer, twine. Courtesy the artist and The Project, New York. Photograph by Pablo Mason.
Researchers Clear Way To Stronger Glass Science Daily
Look at your window -- not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which way.
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