Category: Fraternity News

An exploration of cinematic accessibility: Open captions set the standard

The silent film era was a cultural catalyst, ushering in the dawn of the silver screen through an innovative blend of art and technology. An essential chapter in Hollywood’s history, these movies, interspersed with text, also introduced the first notion of accessible visual captioning, which would galvanize deaf actors and activists as early as the 1920s. A hundred years later,...

Bad fungus is spreading in hospitals at an 'alarming rate.' What to know.

It’s not a fungus apocalypse. But it’s a serious, growing problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that the fungus Candida auris (C. auris) “spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities” during 2020-2021. This fungus is particularly problematic because it’s a strain that has emerged in recent years, can be resistant to some,...

'Up Here' review: A sweet musical series from the minds behind 'Hamilton' and 'Frozen'

If you like your musicals earnest and your romantic comedies cheesy, chances are you’ll enjoy Up Here. Hulu’s latest original series features a bevy of musical hard-hitters behind the wheel, including Hamilton director Thomas Kail, tick, tick…BOOM! screenwriter Steven Levenson, and Frozen and WandaVision songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. This dream team for theater kids guides viewers through a...