Accessing, capturing, and representing experimental performance art is no easy feat. However, Visiting Assistant Professor Emily Capper is working hard to bring this transitory art to new audiences in novel, interactive ways—in a book, the classroom, and a web application.

In the class Music Outreach in Healthcare Settings, taught by Professor Michael Silverman, music students play for patients at the University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center. These students are learning about the experience their music can create for other people in a non-concert setting.

School of Music vocal arts alumna Anne Wieben is a professional opera singer based in Vienna, Austria and the founder and creative director of Opera on the Lake.

The McCanna House was donated to the North Dakota Museum of Art by the late Margery McCanna Jennison and has been used as an artist’s compound since 2010. Lamar Peterson, an assistant professor of art, speaks about his residency in this article from the Grand Forks Herald.

When you find yourself wondering, for instance, how best to respond to a friend’s need for guidance, you might refer to Valerie Tiberius’s recent book, Well-Being as Value Fulfillment: How We Can Help Each Other to Live Well, which presents her value-fulfillment theory.

Political science professor Tanisha Fazal writes on how the world has seen fewer formal peace treaties in the decades since the Treaty of Versailles.

The name of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Asian Languages and Literatures has changed to the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies to provide a more accurate description of the courses offered in the department.

Innovative approaches in spatial research can provide new perspectives on the world around us and better prepare us for the way society is evolving. U-Spatial supports thousands of faculty, staff, and student researchers across campus in geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and spatial computing.

John Little, PhD student in history and American Indian Studies, explores what Native American veterans' experiences were like during and after the Vietnam War. "They were fighting on two fronts: they were battling racism and stereotypes, while also fighting for the US Army,” he says.