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The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies, is proud to present the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2020 which marks our 38th Anniversary. The Festival will take place on select Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings beginning at 7PM between January 25 and February 28, 2020

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Keywords: New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2020, Film Festival, New Jersey, new jersey film festival, Rutgers University, Program in Cinema Studies, New Jersey Media Arts Center, Rutgers Film Co-op

Georgia’s burgeoning film and television industry stands ready to benefit from an expanded workforce, thanks to an innovative new partnership between the University of Georgia, the Georgia Film Academy and Pinewood Forest, the new community in Fayetteville, Georgia, located adjacent to Pinewood Atlanta Studios.

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Keywords: film, Television, Fine Art, Digital Media, Entertainment, Entertainment Media

Last year, the Japanese or Japanese-inspired comics and graphic novels reportedly outsold old-fashioned superhero comics for the first time ever in the United States, a trend expected to continue. Satoru Saito, an associate professor of Japanese literature at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, teaches courses on Japanese pop culture and anime which explore the foundations of these narrative forms and how they relate to the wider Japanese culture.

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Keywords: Comic Books, manga, Anime, japanese pop culture, japanese animation, Superheroes, Marvel Comics, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Comics

Mark Peterson is president of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture.

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Keywords: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, George Lucas

Thousands of fans from 20 countries flock to Crosby House museum in busloads each year.

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Keywords: Bing Crosby, Hollywood, Pop Culture, Movie Stars, Academy Award winner, Singers, Actors, Famous People

Music is an art, but it is also a science involving vibrating reeds and strings, sound waves and resonances. The study of acoustics can help scientists produce beautiful music even with musical instruments fashioned with high-tech methods, such as 3D printing. Researchers studied the sound quality of a 3D-printed ukulele and compared it to a standard wooden instrument, and will present the group’s results at the 178th ASA Meeting.

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Keywords: Acoustics, Music, 3D printing, musical instruments, ukulele, Xiaoyu Niu, University of Chinese Academy Sciences, ASA, 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America

One of the first things viewers of “Rick and Morty” might notice about Rick is his penchant for punctuating his speech with burps. Brooke Kidner has analyzed the frequency and acoustics of belching while speaking, and by zeroing in on the specific pitches and sound qualities of a midspeech burp, aims to find what latent linguistic meaning might be found in the little-studied gastrointestinal grumbles. Kidner will present her findings at the 178th ASA Meeting.

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Keywords: Belching, Speech, Linguistics, acoustic characteristics, Acoustics, burping, Brooke Kidner , University Of Southern California, ASA, 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America

UC San Diego professor and world-renowned composer Lei Liang wins the 2020 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his orchestral work that both evokes the realities of climate change and offers the enduring potential for healing.

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Keywords: Uc San Diego, Uc San Diego Department Of Music, Music, music composition, Composers, Composing, Award Announcement, Grawemeyer, Composition

Karl Havens was a leading international expert on aquatic research, management, education and outreach. Now, his art will support those who carry on his life’s work, with bidding underway for a selection of his original artwork. Funds raised will benefit the Karl Havens Excellence Endowment.

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Keywords: Florida Sea Grant, florida coastline, algal blooms, Karl Havens