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Man with therapeutic glasses stares at an image of an eye on a computer monitor

Krystel Huxlin has developed rigorous visual training that can restore some of the basic vision lost to traumatic brain injury, stroke, or a tumor. Here Huxlin discusses how this therapy teaches undamaged parts of the brain to take over.

Krystel Huxlin has developed rigorous visual training that can restore some of the basic vision lost to traumatic brain injury, stroke, or a tumor.

topics: featured-post-side, Flaum Eye Institute, Krystel Huxlin, Light and Sound Interactive, research finding, School of Medicine and Dentistry, vision,
four students and professor pose for a photo on the quad

While they may not have been selected for the Hult Prize finals, Team Meliora is continuing their efforts to build homes for refugees, using Lego-style bricks made from recycled plastic.

topics: awards, entrepreneurship, global engagement, Hult Prize,

President and CEO Joel Seligman has outlined several steps the University will take to review the institution’s policies on sexual harassment and misconduct and to address claims of retaliation when complaints are made against the University. Seligman made the announcement on Tuesday, September 12, as part of a public Town Hall meeting attended by more than 500 students, faculty, and other members of the University community.

Seligman made the announcement on Tuesday, September 12, as part of a public Town Hall meeting.

photo of John Ashbery
The Arts
September 13, 2017

Remembering John Ashbery

John Ashbery was memorialized as one of America’s premiere poets upon his passing earlier this month. English professor James Longenbach reflects on a long friendship with Ashbery and his impact on poetry and literature.

topics: Department of English, humanities, James Longenbach, literature, poetry, School of Arts and Sciences,
woman with an IV in her hand, working a crossword puzzle
Science & Technology
September 11, 2017

Protein identified in post-chemo cell death puzzle

Researchers have identified a protein that is required for cell death after undergoing chemotherapy—at least, it appears, in male mice.

topics: cancer, Department of Biology, Dragony Fu, featured-post-side, Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
turntable needle on a vinyl record
Society & Culture
September 11, 2017

What’s vinyl got to do with it?

As new technologies take form, they often change habits and practices in ways few could have predicted at the time. At this week’s Light and Sound Interactive conference, Darren Mueller will examine vinyl’s impact on creating and consuming music.

"The models of distribution today are changing so rapidly-similar times in history can help us think about how we can navigate these issues moving forward.”

topics: announcements, Eastman School of Music, Light and Sound Interactive,
the back panel of a flat screen prototype
Science & Technology
September 8, 2017

Designing a world of immersive sound

Using a new approach to flat-panel design, Mark Bocko and his team are creating inexpensive prototypes of speakers that double as wall hangings and overhead lights.

With a new approach to flat-panel design, Mark Bocko and his team create inexpensive prototypes of speakers that double as wall hangings and overhead lights.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, augmented reality, Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Light and Sound Interactive, Mark Bocko, virtual reality,
sparks fly as workers use a grider on a bell

The familiar sound of the bells in tower of Rush Rhees Library will be silenced for the next few weeks, while parts of the Hopeman Memorial Carillon are under restoration.

The bells in tower of Rush Rhees Library will be silenced for the next few weeks, while parts of the Hopeman Memorial Carillon are under restoration.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Hopeman Memorial Carillon, School of Arts and Sciences,