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NYU's Ulrich Baer explains why poet Rainer Maria Rilke resonates on the big screen—in the Oscar-nominated Jojo Rabbit, for instance—and in the culture at large as well as why poetry finds a surprising home in movie theaters.

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New survey results from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) show that 40% of Americans admit to being more tired than usual the Monday after the Super Bowl. The AASM provides sleep tips for the night of the big game.

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Keywords: Sleep, Sleep & Sleep Disorder, Super Bowl, Football, Super Bowl 54, Super Bowl Sunday

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Keywords: Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, Popular Culture, Literature

Charlie Wickham loved roller coasters as a child – but he didn’t want to ride them. He finally hopped on one at 10 years old. Now a senior in mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, Wickham has ridden 250 roller coasters around the world, and his knack for designing rides and networking has given him a front-row seat to the amusement park industry.

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Keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Roller Coasters, Amusement Park, 3D printing

EVENT: UCI will celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year – heralding the Year of the Rat – with an academic discussion, multicultural entertainment, artistic demonstrations, interactive workshops, a Disney-sponsored raffle, lion and dragon parades, food, a laser light show and more. WHEN/WHERE: 2-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Multipurpose Academic & Administrative Building (bldg.

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Keywords: Lunar New Year

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While the average American woman's waist circumference and dress size has increased over the past 20 years, Victoria's Secret fashion models have become more slender, with a decrease in bust, waist, hips and dress size, though their waist to hip ratio (WHR) has remained constant.

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Keywords: Victoria Secret, Waist Circumference

How much you enjoy the new Star Wars movie will depend a lot on your expectations going in, a new study suggests.

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Did you know yuletide caroling began 1,000 years before Christmas existed? Or how about the fact that mistletoe was hung from doorways to ward off evil spirits? And before there was eggnog, the medieval English drank wassail made from mulled ale and roasted apples. Maria Kennedy, an instructor of folklore at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Department of American Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences, has researched the European holiday traditions that predate – and became an inseparable part of – Christmas.

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Keywords: Christmas, Jesus Christ, Nativity, Christmas traditions, holiday tradition, wassail, Waissail, Cider, eggnog, Cinnamon, nutmeg, Mistletoe, Evergreens, Christmas Trees, Christmas decorations, history of christmas, koliada, Yuletide, Christmas carol, Caroling, Rutgers Univeristy , New Jersey

With $2.7 million support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of California San Diego and San Diego Community College District are building a pipeline of successful undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in a new generation of leaders who will reshape the value and meaning of an education in the humanities in the 21st century.

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Keywords: Uc San Diego, San Diego Community College District, University, Community College, Higher Ed, Higher Education, Humanities, humanities education, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Grant Award, Grant Awards, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, transfer students, Arts And Humanities