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The air is getting cooler. Your nose is getting stuffier. You’ve made the annual transition from shorts to pants and t-shirts to sweaters. The September equinox is nigh — autumn is upon us! Grab a pumpkin spice latte and catch a flick at one of the film festivals coming to Pittsburgh this October. These festivals...

UCLA faculty, staff and alumni share some of their favorite books, shows, podcasts and other media picks.

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes new faculty Isaiah Andrews, Joshua Bennett, Crystal Lee, Nathanial Hendren, Eli Nelson, Ashesh Rambachan, Nina Roussille, Jessica Ruffin, Caitlin Talmadge, and Miguel Zenón.

A longtime member of the Writers Guild of America, Washington University in St. Louis' Richard Chapman has written more than 200 hours of network television. But as the WGA gears up for its fourth strike in as many decades, Chapman wonders, will this time be the charm?

The University of Texas at San Antonio’s second annual student film screening will feature several films by local high school and college students.

From April 13-14, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music will host two days of events with the legendary Clark Sisters, a group that has been on the vanguard of gospel music for more than half a century. Winners of three Grammy Awards, and with sixteen albums to their credit, the Clark Sisters are the highest-selling female gospel group in history.

On March 18, the Georgetown community and public are invited to join two events exploring New Orleans’ music and traditions: Screening of City of a Million Dreams (3:30-5:15pm, EDT). City of a Million Dreams traces the history of New Orleans’ famed burial tradition, the jazz funeral. It follows two New Orleanians, writer Deb Cotton and […]

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MIT media scholar Sulafa Zidani discusses tech, culture, and transnational perspectives, including efforts to diversity teaching syllabi.

MIT media scholar Sulafa Zidani discusses tech, culture, and transnational perspectives, including efforts to diversity teaching syllabi.