It suggests that the influence that stereotypes can have on spontaneous impressions may not be as strong as previously thought, at least not when people are evaluating unambiguous behaviour. - Psyche
More real for the humanities than any “crisis” within is that they, along with the universities that house them, are repeatedly subject to and undermined by attacks from the outside. Universities generally, and the humanities more particularly, have long been a political football. - Prospect
That is the question that video and performance artist Liz Magic Laser and her mother, choreographer and dancer Wendy Osserman, explore in their exhibition "Convulsive States." - The New York Times
In her new role, Wadsworth, 50, will oversee a $2.6 billion foundation that gives millions of dollars in grants each year to arts, journalism and community organizations. - Poynter
Psychologists Chris Westbury and Geoff Hollis "wanted to see how a word’s phonology (sound), spelling, and meaning influenced whether people found it amusing, as well as the effectiveness of incongruity theory — the idea that the more something subverts expectations, the funnier it gets." - Mental Floss
Criticism is already bubbling up from a variety of quarters that the guild negotiating committee didn’t push hard enough with the CEO Gang of Four and the AMPTP on AI protections and success-based bonuses for streaming shows and movies. - Deadline
The success of the Austrian capital's well-known Gemeindebauten is due not only to government funding and conscientious management. The popularity of the enormous apartment complexes is due, in large part, to their design. - Bloomberg CityLab
These attractions tend to lean heavily on novelty, and their shelf life can be very short — the 2021 flurry of immersive Van Gogh shows already seems to have petered out. - Axios
Communications and IT Minister Rekha Sharma said the decision was made because some content shared on the app "disturbs social harmony and disrupts family structures and social relations." Opposition politicians say the move lacks "effectiveness, maturity and responsibility." - Al Jazeera
"The idea of Gerwig shaking the architecture with a spikier take on Narnia has a real zing to it, given how careful previous film-makers have been." - The Guardian (UK)
"For this work, Smith’s decision to blend her contemporary interviews with historical accounts of Maryland in the mid-1860s is apt. The echoes of history reverberate loudly, revealing the power of historical trauma to shape behavior in the present day." - The Atlantic
"In all my years doing research at the National Archives, I had never cried. …" The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and co-founder of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture writes about the implications of his research into the post-Civil War Freedmen's Bureau. - MSN (The Atlantic)
Vann R. Newkirk II, based on the diaries of Ella Sheppard, the group's first pianist and composer, and on materials in the historically black university's archives, recounts how the group came together in the 1870s to help save the impoverished school — and created a great American genre of music. - MSN (The Atlantic)
"A choreographer of complex maelstroms that moved at lightning speed and an uncommonly dedicated teacher who influenced generations of dancers," He impressed critics and audiences with his company, the Kevin Wynn Collection, but had a greater impact in his 30-plus years as a professor at Purchase College. - The New York Times
"Leading WPLN's mission to stamp out boring public radio is its midday news show This Is Nashville. 'We loosened it up to give it more of a personality and an edge,' (COO Robert) Sanchez says. '... And it’s paid off.'" - Inside Radio
