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Search underway for new dean of the College of Arts and Architecture

12/21/18

Penn State has launched a national search for the next dean of the College of Arts and Architecture. Hari Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs, is chairing the search committee. Barbara Korner, who has led the college since 2007, announced in March that she will retire as dean on June 30, 2019.

A woman smiles while she holds her violin at the neck.

I Am Woman — Regina Carter

12/20/18

Multiple Grammy Award-winning musician Regina Carter is celebrated as one of a small number of professional black female jazz violinists in the world. Her path started with classical violin but diverged to the jazz variety, and she has been taking risks and defying stereotypes since.

Center for the Performing Arts donates almost $6K to THON

12/20/18

Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts announced a final tally for funds raised for a major Penn State charity, thanks to ticket and merchandise sales at a performance in November. After tallying ticket and merchandise sales, the center donated $5,961 to the Four Diamonds Fund.

A woman holds her violin at the neck while she smiles and looks off to her right.

Regina Carter to interpret the songs of Ella Fitzgerald Jan. 31 at Schwab

12/19/18

If someone can evoke the sound and spirit of one of the most beloved jazz vocalists of all time — without being a singer herself — it’s Regina Carter. The jazz violinist will make her sixth appearance on a Penn State stage to perform “Simply Ella,” a program commemorating Ella Fitzgerald, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in Schwab Auditorium.

Dancers wearing casual clothing are shown in various states of gesticulation.

BodyTraffic, a Los Angeles dance company, to make Penn State premiere Jan. 26

12/14/18

A Los Angeles Times critic described BodyTraffic as “one of the most talked-about young companies, not just in L.A. but nationwide.” In its first performance at Penn State — at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in Eisenhower Auditorium — the company will perform a selection of dances by its growing roster of affiliated international choreographers.

DK Osseo-Asare (center) and his team install their work in the ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Architecture faculty exhibit work at world famous museum

12/13/18

Yasmine Abbas and DK Osseo-Asare, assistant professors of architecture and engineering design at Penn State, are among the invited artists whose works are on display in the “Africas in Production” exhibition at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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