Arts and Culture

News about UB’s arts and humanities programs and related events. (see all topics)

Breakthrough singing test quickly measures pitch accuracy
1/27/17
A UB psychologist is part of a team of researchers and educators behind a new online test that quickly measures singing accuracy.
‘Awash in a sea of information and fake news,’ Americans need to develop new literacy skills, UB’s information studies chair says
1/27/17
Responsible and level-headed Americans must develop “digital literacy skills” to sort through the flood of “biased or false misinformation” in today’s information age.
Beth Hart
1/27/17
The celebrated blues-rock singer/songwriter will perform at the Center for the Arts on February 28th.
Law prof’s new book scrutinizes privacy case that lays groundwork for modern press freedom
1/26/17
UB law professor Samantha Barbas' latest book, “Newsworthy: The Supreme Court Battle over Privacy and Press Freedom,” examines the first Supreme Court case to weigh the right of privacy versus freedom of the press.
UB professors to discuss Beethoven's hearing loss at BPO performance of his Fifth Symphony
1/19/17
Recordings will demonstrate how Beethoven might have heard music as his hearing deteriorated.
Chinese New Year celebration features traditional and contemporary performing arts at UB
1/19/17
The popular free event will feature members of UB's Confucius Institute and the Chinese Club of Western New York.
UB artists in residence reach for new audience in hour-long staged reading of Faust with new chamber score
1/9/17
UB’s Creative Arts Initiative will present The Faust Project: A Staged Reading with Live Music of Goethe's Faust, an inventive reworking of Goethe’s epic by playwright Neil Wechsler and composer Nathan Heidelberger.
The Five Irish Tenors
1/4/17
Direct from Dublin, the celebrated group will perform at the Center for the Arts on January 31st.
UB’s Confucius Institute receives top honor
12/23/16
UB was chosen among 500 such institutions worldwide.
Twelve UB research projects that caught the world’s attention in 2016
12/19/16
From homemade lava to a necklace that ‘hears’ what you eat, some highlights from a year of discovery.

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