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Literary icon's poetry works found - Jul 23, 2008 - 3:06 pm

“Unusual” manuscripts found in Mexico City

Manuscript. Photo: Wikimedia commons

Professor Néstor Rodríguez of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American studies program has discovered two previously unknown works written by famed Latin American literary critic Pedro Henriquez Ureña (1884-1946), a man he calls the “equivalent of Northrop Frye.” continue

The making of a new musical instrument - Jul 9, 2008 - 3:07 pm

Prof. Steve Mann invented the hydraulophone, a musical instrument that you play by putting your fingers on jets of water. This one is installed at the Ontario Science Centre, but Mann is often seen around town with his invention.

Art world on fire - Jul 9, 2008 - 2:58 pm

Visual artist wins Governor General’s Award

Tanya Mars as Queen Elizabeth I in Pure Virtue, performance, 1986. Photo: George Whiteside (Source: Canada Arts Council, Media Kit)

Tanya Mars, a senior lecturer and program supervisor in visual and performing arts at U of T Scarborough, has won a Governor General’s Award for artistic achievement in visual and media arts. continue